[WIP] Business Model

Revenue Model

Primary: B2C Subscriptions

Freemium model with premium subscriptions for advanced features ^revenue-model

Pricing Tiers

Free Tier (User Acquisition)

  • Basic document upload (limited storage)

  • View last 6 months of records

  • Simple biomarker tracking

  • Single user profile Purpose: Acquire users, demonstrate value ^free-tier

Individual Premium - ₹299/month (₹3,588/year)

  • Unlimited document storage

  • Full health history (all time)

  • Biological age calculation

  • Advanced biomarker tracking

  • Pollution-adjusted metrics

  • Peer comparison insights

  • 1 user profile Target: Individuals managing chronic conditions ^individual-tier

Family Plan - ₹999/month (₹11,988/year) ⭐ Primary Focus

  • Everything in Individual

  • Up to 5 family member profiles

  • Multi-generational health management

  • Family health history tracking

  • Shared access controls (caregiver access)

  • Priority support Target: Families managing parents, children, spouse health ^family-tier

Premium Plus - ₹1,999/month (₹23,988/year) (Future)

  • Everything in Family

  • Personalized health coaching

  • Genetic testing integration

  • Advanced AI insights

  • Telemedicine credits

  • Annual health reports Target: High-net-worth health-conscious families ^premium-plus

Revenue Projections

Conservative Scenario (Year 2)

Product Offering
# Users
Monthly Price
Annual Revenue

Individual Premium

50,000

₹299

₹17.94 Cr

Family Plan

25,000

₹999

₹29.97 Cr

Total

₹47.91 Cr (~$5.7M)

^conservative-projection

Base Case Scenario (Year 3)

Product Offering
# Users
Monthly Price
Annual Revenue

Individual Premium

100,000

₹299

₹35.88 Cr

Family Plan

50,000

₹999

₹59.94 Cr

Total

₹95.82 Cr (~$11.5M)

^base-case-projection

Ambitious Scenario (Year 5)

Product Offering
# Users
Monthly Price
Annual Revenue

Individual Premium

200,000

₹299

₹71.76 Cr

Family Plan

100,000

₹999

₹119.88 Cr

Total

₹191.64 Cr (~$23M)

^ambitious-projection

Unit Economics

Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC)

  • Paid ads: ₹2,000-3,000 per user

  • Clinic partnerships: ₹500-1,000 per user

  • Referrals: ₹200-500 per user

  • Blended CAC target: ₹1,500 per user ^cac

Lifetime Value (LTV)

Individual Premium (3-year retention):

  • ₹299/month × 36 months = ₹10,764

  • LTV:CAC = 7.2x (blended)

Family Plan (5-year retention):

  • ₹999/month × 60 months = ₹59,940

  • LTV:CAC = 40x (blended)

Health records are sticky → high retention expected ^ltv

Payback Period

  • Individual: 5-6 months

  • Family: 1.5-2 months

  • Target: <6 months across all tiers ^payback

Conversion Funnel

Acquisition

  • Content marketing, SEO (health blogs)

  • Clinic partnerships (doctor referrals)

  • Paid ads (Google, Meta)

  • Community (patient groups, forums) Target: 10,000 signups/month by Month 12 ^acquisition

Activation

  • Upload first document

  • See first biomarker trend

  • Calculate biological age Target: 60% of signups activate ^activation

Trial Conversion

  • Offer 1-3 month premium trial

  • Unlock family profiles, advanced insights during trial

  • In-app nudges showing value Target: 15-20% trial → paid conversion ^trial-conversion

Retention

  • Weekly health insights push notifications

  • Email summaries of health changes

  • New biomarker detected alerts

  • Feature releases Target: 80% monthly retention after 6 months ^retention

Distribution Strategy

Phase 1: Clinic Partnerships (Months 1-6)

  • Partner with 10-20 chronic disease clinics (diabetes, cardiology, nephrology)

  • Doctors invite patients to digitize records

  • Clinic gets dashboard view (with consent) for better care Goal: 1,000 paying families ^clinic-partnerships

Phase 2: Direct B2C (Months 6-12)

  • Content marketing (SEO blogs on diabetes, CKD, longevity)

  • Referral program (invite family, get 1 month free)

  • Paid acquisition (Google Ads, Meta Ads) Goal: 5,000 paying families ^direct-b2c

Phase 3: B2B2C - Employers (Months 12-24)

  • Corporate wellness packages

  • Employer subsidizes family health plans

  • Pilot with 5-10 mid-size companies (500-2,000 employees) Goal: 10,000 paying families ^employer-b2b2c

Phase 4: Longevity Partnerships (Months 12-24)

  • BioPeak: Data layer for their diagnostics

  • Neko Health (if they enter India)

  • Premium preventive clinics Goal: Premium tier users, brand positioning ^longevity-partnerships

Secondary Revenue Streams (Future)

Insurance Partnerships

  • Discovery Vitality model: Healthier users get lower premiums

  • Revenue share from insurance conversions

  • Actuarial data licensing (anonymized, aggregated) Timeline: Year 2-3 ^insurance-revenue

B2B SaaS (Hospital/Clinic Edition)

  • White-label PHR for hospital networks

  • Clinic dashboard for patient health tracking

  • Subscription per provider Timeline: Year 3+ ^b2b-saas

API Access

  • Health data API for third-party apps (with user consent)

  • Developer platform for integrations

  • Usage-based pricing Timeline: Year 3+ ^api-revenue

Genetic Testing Integration

  • Partner with testing labs (Mapmygenome, 3billion, etc.)

  • Revenue share on test referrals

  • Premium tier feature Timeline: Year 2+ ^genetic-testing-revenue

Cost Structure

Fixed Costs (Early Stage)

Item
Monthly Cost
Annual Cost

Team (3-5 people)

₹8-12L

₹96-144L

Cloud infrastructure

₹2-3L

₹24-36L

Office & operations

₹1-2L

₹12-24L

Legal & compliance

₹0.5-1L

₹6-12L

Total Fixed

₹11.5-18L/month

₹138-216L/year

^fixed-costs

Variable Costs

  • Customer acquisition: ₹1,500/user (blended CAC)

  • Cloud storage/compute: ₹50/user/month

  • Customer support: ₹20/user/month ^variable-costs

Break-Even Analysis

Fixed costs: ₹150L/year (₹12.5L/month) Break-even (Family plan at ₹999/month):

  • Requires ~1,250 paying families

  • Achievable in 12-18 months with clinic partnerships ^break-even

Go-To-Market Budget (Year 1)

Customer Acquisition (₹60L)

  • Clinic partnership development: ₹15L

  • Paid ads: ₹25L

  • Content marketing & SEO: ₹10L

  • Community & events: ₹10L ^gtm-acquisition

Product & Engineering (₹80L)

  • Core team salaries

  • Cloud infrastructure

  • Tools & software ^gtm-engineering

Operations (₹20L)

  • Legal & compliance

  • Customer support

  • Office & admin ^gtm-operations

Total Year 1 Budget: ₹160L (~$190K) Runway: 12-15 months with pre-seed funding ^year-1-budget

Key Metrics to Track

Acquisition Metrics

  • Signups per month

  • CAC by channel

  • Activation rate (first upload)

  • Top of funnel conversion ^acquisition-metrics

Engagement Metrics

  • DAU / MAU ratio

  • Documents uploaded per user

  • Biomarkers tracked

  • Weekly active users ^engagement-metrics

Revenue Metrics

  • MRR (Monthly Recurring Revenue)

  • ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue)

  • Trial → paid conversion rate

  • ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) ^revenue-metrics

Retention Metrics

  • Monthly retention cohorts

  • Churn rate

  • LTV

  • NPS (Net Promoter Score) ^retention-metrics

Unit Economics

  • LTV:CAC ratio

  • Payback period

  • Gross margin

  • Burn multiple ^unit-economics-metrics

Competitive Pricing Analysis

Competitor
Pricing
Our Position

Eka Care

Free (basic)

We charge for premium insights

Driefcase

₹499/year (storage only)

Higher price, more value (insights, family)

Apple Health

Free (device-locked)

Device-agnostic, India-specific

Function Health (US)

$499/year

India pricing 1/5th cost

BioPeak

₹50,000/test (diagnostics)

Data layer, recurring revenue

Positioning: Premium vs basic PHR, affordable vs US longevity ^competitive-pricing

Why This Model Works

1. Recurring Revenue

Subscription model provides predictable, scalable revenue ^recurring-revenue

2. High Retention

Health records are permanent, users don't switch (high switching cost) ^high-retention

3. Family Network Effects

One user invites family → multi-profile accounts → higher ARPU ^network-effects

4. Expanding Monetization

Start with subscriptions, expand to insurance, B2B, API, testing partnerships ^expanding-monetization

5. Low Marginal Costs

Digital product, cloud storage cheap, high gross margins (70-80%) ^low-marginal-cost

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  • [[solution]] - Product features

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