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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.

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Purplle raises $120 Mn led by ADIA; to buyback ESOPs worth $6 Mn

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Purplle raises $120 Mn led by ADIA; to buyback ESOPs worth $6 Mn
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Online beauty and grooming products marketplace Purplle has raised Rs 1,000 crore (approximately $120 million) in a round led by a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) with participation from other investors. The latest round includes a combination of primary and secondary shares. While the company did not disclose its current valuation, media reports estimate it at around $1.2-$1.3 billion. In addition to the funding round, Purplle has announced its largest-ever employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) liquidity program worth Rs 50 crore ($6 million). As per the company, it has granted ESOPs to 320 employees to date, and 85 of them have liquidated ESOPs worth Rs 75 crore ($9 million) over three buyback programs. In June 2022, Purplle raised $33 million in its Series E round from South Korea’s Paramark Ventures and turned unicorn with a valuation of $1.1 billion. The Manish Taneja-led company is primarily a marketplace but also sells its own labels such as Good Vibes. The company serves the beauty needs of customers in tier II, III and micro-markets, expanding beyond metro cities. Purplle claims that it is operationally profitable and has grown its GMV by around 4x over the last three years. It expects to grow its online platform faster than the industry while scaling offline stores and improving profitability. For the fiscal year ending March 2023, Purplle reported Rs 475 crore in operating revenue along with a loss of Rs 230 crore, according to startup data intelligence platform TheKredible. In the previous fiscal year (FY22), its revenue and losses stood at Rs 219 crore and Rs 203 crore, respectively. This will be the second secondary transaction for Purplle within a year. In October 2023, JSW Ventures exited the Gurugram-based company through a sale to Manipal Education & Medical Group Family Office (MEMG).

Exclusive: Doceree raises $13.6 Mn from Creaegis

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Exclusive: Doceree raises $13.6 Mn from Creaegis
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Healthcare startup Doceree has raised Rs 113.5 crore (approximately $13.6 million) from Indian private equity firm Creaegis. The board at Doceree has passed a special resolution to issue 10 equity and 2,4300 CCPS at an issue price of Rs 4,672 per share to raise Rs 113.5 crore, its regulatory filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies shows. Importantly, Doceree has received its investments in its local India entity for the first time. Prior to this round, the company had used its holding entity in the US to receive all fundings. Doceree has raised over $50 million to date including $35 million in its Series B round led by Creaegis. Previously, it raised $11 million in a Series A round led by Eight Road Ventures in 2022. Four-year-old Doceree aims to empower pharmaceutical and life-sciences companies and healthcare media agencies with solutions that reach HCPs (healthcare professionals) on their networks to achieve better patient health outcomes. In May last year, Doceree collaborated with Hello Health Group to foray into eight Southeast Asian countries including Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Myanmar, Singapore, Philippines and Taiwan. As per startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Doceree registered 60% surge in its operating revenue to Rs 26.6 crore in FY23 from Rs 16.6 crore in FY22. During the period, its losses increase to only Rs 1.53 crore from Rs 38 lakh. Creaegis closed its maiden fund at about $426 million (Rs 3,500 crore) last year. Its portfolio includes Medikabazaar, Zopper, and Kale Logistics among others. Creaegis also has made its major investments in Third Wave Coffee and Zopper.

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