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Bengaluru based oncology startup, OncoStem Diagnostics, has recently raised $6 million from VC firm Sequoia Capital India Advisors, a senior executive of the company said. OncoStem focuses on personalized cancer treatment planning through the development of tests that try to effectively predict the chance of cancer recurrence in patients. It was founded by Manjiri Bakre in 2011. The startup earlier raised its first funding in 2011 from California-based VC firm Artiman Ventures which invested $3 million in the company in multiple tranches. “There are no affordable tests in India to accurately predict the risk of cancer recurrence. We aim to develop innovative and cost-effective tests that will help predict and assess the risk of recurrence in cancer patients, thus providing doctors ...

Former Myntra executives Prasad Kompalli and Ashutosh Lawania's health tech startup Mfine, has raised $1.5 million in its first round of funding led by Stellaris Venture Partners. The funding round also saw participation from Mayur Abhaya and Rohit MA, healthcare entrepreneurs from Stellaris’ Founder Network. Kompalli, who spent four years with Myntra, and Lawania, who cofounded Myntra, both left the company around December 2016 and started tinkering with the idea of using artificial intelligence in healthcare. “We got excited about the application of artificial intelligence in healthcare and changing the consumer experience,” said Kompalli. “We see a huge opportunity to build a consumer focused digital health platform in India.” The duo is joined at Mfine by former Myntra CTO Ajit...

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OncoStem Diagnostics Raises $6 Mn Funding From Sequoia Capital

Former Myntra Executives’ Health Tech Startup Bags $1.5 Mn From Stellaris Venture Partners