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MedySeva raises Rs 4 Cr led by Unicorn India Ventures

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MedySeva raises Rs 4 Cr led by Unicorn India Ventures
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Healthtech startup MedySeva has raised Rs 4 crore in a seed round led by Unicorn India Ventures. The proceeds will be used to expand phygital healthcare clinics across tier-II and tier-III locations, upgrade its telemedicine platform, strengthen digital infrastructure, increase patient outreach, and build on-ground operations and clinical support teams. Founded in 2022 by Dr. Vishesh Kasliwal, MedySeva provides teleconsultation and in-person doctor services through a hybrid healthcare model for rural and semi-urban regions. The company connects patients to doctors across medical specialities using a central telemedicine platform supported by physical clinics. MedySeva claims to have delivered 1,00,000 consultations in the last 12 months with a 60% repeat-patient rate. The firm aims to scale to 2 lakh annual consultations in 18 months. It has partnered with medical colleges to set up satellite clinics and onboarded doctors from 10 medical specialties. The brand has also tied up with pharmacies and healthcare providers to build a local care network. MedySeva plans to open over 500 phygital healthcare centres across India over the next 18–24 months and enter five new states through institutional and state-level partnerships. MedySeva competes with primary healthcare and telemedicine players such as Practo, Medibuddy, Clinikk, HealthPlix, CureBay, and eSanjeevani in rural and semi-urban healthcare access.

CureBay acquires Saveo’s pharma distribution business

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CureBay acquires Saveo’s pharma distribution business
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CureBay acquires Saveo’s pharma distribution business CureBay, a hybrid healthcare platform, has acquired the pharma distribution business of Saveo Healthtech for an undisclosed amount. The deal includes Saveo’s network serving over 10,000 retail pharmacies across southern India, along with distribution hubs in Bengaluru and Hyderabad, procurement capabilities, and a tech-enabled ordering platform. CureBay plans to integrate Saveo’s distribution infrastructure with its existing healthcare network to improve fulfillment cycles and inventory visibility. Founded by Priyadarshi Mohapatra, CureBay operates a network of over 190 eClinics across 15,000 villages and has served more than one million patients. The company provides teleconsultation, diagnostics, pharmacy access, and referral services through a hybrid model combining physical centres and digital tools. Saveo’s founders Vivek Jaiswal and Shivansh Shrivastava continue to focus on building the company’s brand-led vertical independently under the parent company funded by existing investors. Saveo previously operated two segments, distribution and branded pharma, with the distribution business now divested. The founders are scaling Silvercross, a direct-to-retail pharma brand operating across 18 states, with an ARR of Rs 100 crore and EBITDA of -3%. The brand also provides first-of-its-kind, batch-level lab reports accessible via QR codes on medicine packaging. With this acquisition, CureBay is moving towards a full-stack healthcare model by integrating medicine distribution into its core offering. The company has already completed most of the integration and is deploying combined operations in select markets. Back in May last year, CureBay had raised $21 million in its Series B funding round, led by Bertelsmann India Investments at around $75 million valuation.

Karma Primary Healthcare raises $1.3 Mn in Series A

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Karma Primary Healthcare raises $1.3 Mn in Series A
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Digital healthcare startup Karma Primary Healthcare has secured Rs 11 crore (nearly $1.3 million) in Series A funding round led by UBS Optimus Foundation along with participation from 1Crowd and other investors. The company had previously raised $1.69 million from Ennovent, Ankur Capital, Innospark, Grand Challenges Canada and others. The capital will be deployed to enhance its technological capabilities and expand the team as it builds-out a patient-centric care model for rural patients, Karma stated in a press release. Co-founded in 2014 by Jagdeep Singh Gambhir, Gagandeep Singh Gambhir, and Manjeet Singh Gambhir, Karma Healthcare develops an online platform for primary health services remotely. It offers tech-enabled remote patient monitoring services for rural villages and rural health clinics in villages. The platform also offers remote consultation with a doctor for multiple diseases. The clinic staffs a community health worker, who records vital parameters, facilitates a video consultation between the patient and a physician, prints the e-prescription emailed by the doctor, and provides free of cost medicines. The Hyderabad-based company claims that it enables access to primary healthcare across 8 states in India through its assisted telemedicine model, witnessed a threefold increase in its patient base over the last three years, impacting more than 350,000 lives, with 55% of them being women. Karma aims to reach 100 locations serving over 150,000 patients annually by 2027. The company says that it is shifting from a transaction-based care model to a patient-centered, value-based care model. For the fiscal year ending in March 2023, Karma Primary Healthcare’s revenue decreased by 7.5% to Rs 4.79 crore from Rs 5.18 crore in FY22. The company’s losses increased to Rs 3.21 crore in FY23 from a profit of Rs 10.20 lakh in the previous fiscal year. It competes with players like DocOnline and Practo, among others.

Postudio raises $1 Mn in pre-Seed funding

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Postudio raises $1 Mn in pre-Seed funding
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Snippets Postudio raises $1 Mn in pre-Seed funding The funds will be used to scale up in the Indian enterprise market, develop AI-based product features, expand the team, and launch in the U.S. market in H2 2025. Gyan Vardhan 21 Jan 2025 13:08 IST Cloud-based post-production software company Postudio has raised $1 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Audacity Venture Capital. The funds will be used to scale up in the Indian enterprise market, develop AI-based product features, expand the team, and launch in the U.S. market in H2 2025. Founded by media veterans Dhawal Gusain and Harish Prabhu, Postudio offers a web-based platform that enhances post-production workflows with features like virtual editing, real-time collaboration, and AI-driven content localization. In under two years, Postudio has crossed the $1 million ARR milestone and aims to double its revenue in 2025, driven by rising demand for remote collaboration and a focus on affordability and data security. According to Postudio, its innovative platform has been rapidly adopted by media enterprises and independent production houses in India. The company is now poised for global expansion, aiming to redefine the post-production industry with scalable, cloud-based solutions that offer significant cost savings and enhanced security. The firm added that major media enterprises have achieved 20-40% savings by adopting Postudio, which provides easy implementation, user-friendly design, and enhanced security for content protection.

Binny Bansal-backed RISA Labs raises $11.1 Mn in funding

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Binny Bansal-backed RISA Labs raises $11.1 Mn in funding
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RISA Labs, an AI-driven healthtech startup, has raised $11.1 million in a funding round co-led by Cencora Ventures and Optum Ventures. The round also saw participation from Oncology Ventures, Z21 Ventures, and John Simon of Ventureforgood, along with existing backer Binny Bansal, co-founder of Flipkart. Earlier in April last year, RISA Labs had raised $3.5 million in a seed funding round led by Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal and others. The proceeds will be used to scale product development, expand deployments with hospitals and cancer care networks, and support customer onboarding across the US healthcare system. Founded in the US, RISA Labs is building an AI operating system for cancer care. The platform focuses on automating clinical and administrative workflows in oncology, helping healthcare providers reduce manual effort, improve coordination, and speed up treatment processes. RISA Labs is targeting oncology providers that deal with complex workflows involving diagnostics, treatment planning, approvals, and patient coordination.

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