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17Apr By AdityaNo Comments

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Credihealth Raises $1.5M Funding

Credihealth, an online medical assistance firm, said it has raised $1.5 million (over ₹9 crore) from Tolaram Group and Mountain Pine Capital. The pre-series A funding also saw participation from former KPMG partner Bala Swaminathan, one of the earliest investors in the platform. "More than money, it is innovation and steady growth that are needed to survive in the market today. The funding will primarily be utilised to augment technology and infrastructure to expand services and introduce new products," said Ravi Virmani, founder of Credihealth. With this round of funding, Credihealth aims to expand its operations and fund the new services to address the non-clinical pain points of patients, it said in a statement.

Letsmd.com- One Stop Platform To Compare & Find Best Hospitals & Doctors

29Mar By AdityaNo Comments

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Letsmd.com- One Stop Platform To Compare & Find Best Hospitals & Doctors

Seeking to help patients get cheaper hospital treatment and loans to cover the cost, a group of entrepreneurs has launched an online aggregator. Founded by Mr. Prakhar Gupta and Tenzin Thargay, this New Delhi based healthcare startup Letsmd.com provide options to a person who can choose the hospital, the doctor and get the price/cost comparisons from 300 of the 500 speciality tertiary-care hospitals in the capital. Letsmd.com also facilitates loans for patients for a duration of 10-24 months at an interest of 6.5-10 per cent. It closed a USD 750,000 funding from a clutch of angel investors like Calcutta Angels, Waterbridge Ventures and Anupam Mittal, recently, founder Nivesh Khandelwal told Pixr8. The elective medical needs covered by the aggregator includes only IVF treatment, b...

9Jan By NitishNo Comments

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Bangalore Based Health Care Startup MobiDent Raised Pre Series A Funding

Bangalore-based healthcare startup MobiDent has raised Pre Series A funding from New York-based DanGold Investment Corp. The funds will be utilised to roll out home dental services in 12 cities across India. The company also plans to hire 250 dentists and invest in strengthening digital technology, marketing and sales with the help of these funds. In August 2016, the company secured funding from IIM-Ahmedabad’s Centre for Innovation incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE). Speaking on the development, MobiDent’s Vivek Madappa said “The time is right for disruptive innovation using digital technology and portable equipments.” “The investment will enable us to enhance our technology platform, strengthen marketing & sales and hire 250 dentists across the country. The funds will also...

India’s Biggest Online Healthcare Platform Practo Expand Overseas

12Jun By AnkitaNo Comments

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India’s Biggest Online Healthcare Platform Practo Expand Overseas

Digital healthcare platform Practo is intensifying expansion in key markets, including Southeast Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and eastern Europe besides adding 65 new cities in India during 2016. The Bengaluru-based firm claims it manages over 40 million appointments across 35 cities in India and in countries such as Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, and Brazil. The company is present in over 50 cities in 15 countries around the world. "We plan to expand our footprint from 35 to 100 cities in India, while internationally expanding further across South East Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Eastern Europe," Practo Founder & CEO Shashank ND said. Elaborating on the companys plans, he said "We will expand further into our existing international markets by covering ...

1May By AnkitaNo Comments

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Online Doctor Consultation Startup DocsApp Raises $1.2 mn Seed Funding

Online doctor consultation app DocsApp has raised a seed investment of $1.2 million from Japanese venture capital firm by Rebright Partners and angel Investors Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan, who were also the early investors in Facebook. Satish Kannan, CoFounder & CEO, DocsApp, said, “With mobile phones becoming the key medium of communication across the country, DocsApp takes advantage of this widespread network to provide high quality primary healthcare services to people across India through our mobile application. The patient doesn't need to travel to have a medical consultation. We want to bridge the gap between patients and doctors through this platform so that people can get expert consultation on demand. We believe that this will also help us take specialised care d...

Some Serious Questions Asked From Two Varanasi Boys About Their Startup Dawailelo.com

25Jan By NitishNo Comments

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Some Serious Questions Asked From Two Varanasi Boys About Their Startup Dawailelo.com

How many of you live in metro? And your family lives in tier 2 and tier 3 cities? Who takes care of your family’s health when in need while you are busy in your work? Two youngsters also came across same questions and came up with a solution: Dawailelo. Dawailelo helps the people through their services in tier 2 and tier 3 cities where there is acute need of genuine, affordable and accessible health care services. Hailing from tier 2 city like Varanasi, the two founders Arpit Sarin and Aditya Agrawal wanted to know whether others are facing the same problem and thus they conducted a survey of 2000 residents to understand the roots. They came to know that majorly the old age patients are suffering from one or other chronic diseases and need health care at home, peopl...