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eHealth Access aims for 1 lakh users this fiscal

Posted on May 15, 2012 by StartupCentral | 0 Comments

Hyderabad-based eHealth Access, an online healthcare startup that earlier provided medical consultation services over chat and telephone under the brand name Dialurdoctor, plans to open talks with investors for second round of funding after the third quarter of the current year. The company recently raised $ 0.37 million (Rs 2 crore) in angel funding from Hyderabad investment banking firm Akasam…

GIC Invests $100 Million in Vasan Healthcare

Posted on March 15, 2012 by StartupCentral | 0 Comments

Sequoia Capital-backed Vasan Healthcare has raised $100 million as part of a growth round of funding from sovereign wealth fund Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC). This is the Chennai-based eye and dental care hospitals chain’s fourth round of private equity funding. It earlier raised $50 million from Sequoia Capital and WestBridge Capital over multiple rounds. GIC will retain a minority…

Veerendra Hiremath on why plug-and-play doesn’t work in affordable healthcare

Posted on January 20, 2012 by StartupCentral | 1 Comments

Vaatsalya Healthcare, the Bangalore-based startup that pioneered affordable and quality hospitals for small towns and semi-urban consumers, has a new mission in 2012. It wants to set up a residential training school for nursing and paramedical staff, at an initial investment of $1.5 million. This will help the company address the talent shortage problem that it currently faces. The school…

Matrix Partners invests $9.95 million in Cloudnine

Posted on August 10, 2011 by StartupCentral

Matrix Partners India has announced a $9.95 million (Rs 45 crore) Series A investment in Bangalore-based Kids Clinic India, which delivers maternity and infant care under the brand name Cloudnine. This is Mumbai-based Matrix’s second investment in the niche healthcare segment. It had invested $11.05 million in eye hospitals chain Centre for Sight last October. Apart from maternal care, Cloudnine…

Vaatsalya launches affordable birthing services

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Snigdha Sengupta

Bangalore-based low-cost hospitals chain Vaatsalya Healthcare launched its first Rural Birthing Center at Kotumachagi village in Karnatak’s Gadag district yesterday. The center is part of a new initiative by the company to create a model for low-cost birthing-related healthcare services. The centers are a public-private partnership that involves the Deshpande Foundation and the Kotumuchagi village panchayat, said a company release….

[Breaking] Vaatsalya to raise $10 Million series C round

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Snigdha Sengupta

Bangalore-based Vaatsalya Healthcare is close to stitching up a $10 million Series C venture capital round from new and existing investors. This will take the total capital raised by the company, which runs 11 low-cost hospitals in Tier II and III Indian cities, to $16.7 million. The fresh round of funding is expected to see participation from Vaatsalya’s existing investors,…

Matrix Partners invests in eye hospitals chain

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Snigdha Sengupta

Matrix Partners India has invested Rs 50 crore in Delhi-based specialty eye hospitals chain Centre for Sight (CFS), which currently operates in ten locations across North India. The company plans to set up five more hospitals by the end of the year, said a press release. The company was started in 1996 by ophthalmic surgeon Mahipal S Sachdev and claims…

Healthcare Startups: Piramal Prize 2010

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Snigdha Sengupta

Some news for healthcare entrepreneurs. The Piramal Prize 2010 is inviting applications from high-impact business models and ideas that address India’s healthcare crisis. There are two categories — emerging ventures and established organizations. The winner in the emerging ventures category, who must be less than three years old, will receive structured funding worth Rs 10 lakh and additional support such…

eHealth Access aims for 1 lakh users this fiscal

GIC Invests $100 Million in Vasan Healthcare

Veerendra Hiremath on why plug-and-play doesn’t work in affordable healthcare

Matrix Partners invests $9.95 million in Cloudnine

Vaatsalya launches affordable birthing services

[Breaking] Vaatsalya to raise $10 Million series C round

Matrix Partners invests in eye hospitals chain

Healthcare Startups: Piramal Prize 2010

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