[WIP] Investor Landscape

Who's funding India healthtech and what it means for AarogyaDost


TL;DR

Investor Type
Key Players
Focus Areas

Top VCs

Accel, Peak XV, 3one4

PHR, longevity, platforms

Angels

Nikhil Kamath, Binny Bansal

Longevity, health innovation

Strategic

Tata, Reliance, Bajaj

Ecosystem plays

Global

Tencent, a16z, General Catalyst

Scale players


Venture Capital Firms

Tier 1 - Most Active in Healthtech

Accel India

Metric
Details

Portfolio

BioPeak, Eka Care (indirect), 100+ companies

Stage

Seed to Series B

Check size

$0.5M - $15M

Key Partner

Prashanth Prakash (Longevity India patron)

Thesis

Consumer tech, health innovation

Relevance to AarogyaDost: High - Prashanth Prakash personally invested in longevity. Strong signal for category.

Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia India)

Metric
Details

Portfolio

Practo ($228M total)

Stage

Seed to Growth

Check size

$1M - $100M+

Thesis

Category leaders, large markets

Relevance: Medium - Backed Practo, interested in healthcare scale plays.

3one4 Capital

Metric
Details

Portfolio

Eka Care

Stage

Seed to Series A

Check size

$0.5M - $5M

Thesis

India-first, consumer health

Relevance: High - Direct PHR investor, understands space.

Hummingbird Ventures

Metric
Details

Portfolio

Eka Care (Lead Series A)

Stage

Series A

Check size

$5M - $20M

Thesis

Deep tech, health innovation

Relevance: High - Led largest PHR round in India.

Tier 2 - Active in Adjacent Spaces

VC
Portfolio
Stage
Notes

Mirae Asset

Eka Care

Growth

Korean VC, healthcare focus

Verlinvest

Eka Care

Growth

Consumer brands, health

Aditya Birla Ventures

Eka Care

Corporate

Strategic health interest

Z47 (formerly NEA)

Practo

Growth

Global healthcare portfolio

AIA Group

Practo

Strategic

Insurance + healthcare


Angel Investors

High-Profile Health Angels

Nikhil Kamath (Zerodha)

Metric
Details

Investments

BioPeak, multiple health startups

Focus

Longevity, preventive health

Stage

Seed, early

Signal

Deeply interested in longevity personally

Why it matters: Co-founder of India's largest broker personally backing longevity. Strong market signal.

Binny Bansal (Flipkart co-founder)

Metric
Details

Investments

Eka Care

Focus

Consumer tech, health

Stage

Seed

Signal

Proven operator betting on PHR

Ranjan Pai (Claypond Capital / Manipal Group)

Metric
Details

Investments

BioPeak

Focus

Healthcare (owns Manipal Hospitals)

Stage

Seed to Series A

Signal

Hospital owner investing in longevity

Why it matters: Healthcare industry insider backing longevity clinics. Deep domain expertise.

Other Notable Angels

Angel
Background
Health Investments

Rohit MA

-

Eka Care

Kunal Shah

CRED founder

Health adjacent

Sanjeev Bikhchandani

Info Edge founder

Practo (early)


Strategic Investors

Corporate Health Bets

Corporate
Vehicle
Investments
Strategic Interest

Tata

Tata Digital

1MG acquisition

Digital health ecosystem

Reliance

Reliance Retail

Netmeds acquisition

E-pharmacy + health

Bajaj

Bajaj Finserv

Bajaj Finserv Health

Insurance + health services

Manipal

Claypond Capital

BioPeak

Hospital + longevity

Samsung

Partnership

Eka Care integration

Wearables + PHR

Pattern: Large corporates acquiring/partnering rather than building. Opportunity: AarogyaDost could be acquisition target or partner.


Global Investors in India Health

Investor
Portfolio
HQ
Notes

Tencent

Practo

China

Healthcare portfolio globally

General Catalyst

Function Health

USA

Longevity thesis

a16z

Neko Health

USA

Bio + health focus

Khosla Ventures

Various

USA

Health innovation


Funding by Category

Direct PHR

Company
Total Raised
Key Investors

Eka Care

$19.5M

Hummingbird (lead), 3one4, Mirae, Binny Bansal

DRiefcase

Bootstrapped

-

Health-e

Unknown

Government partnerships

Healthcare Platforms

Company
Total Raised
Key Investors

Practo

$228M

Peak XV, Tencent, Z47, AIA

MediBuddy

$125M+

Quadria, Lightrock

PharmEasy

$1.1B+

Prosus, TPG, Temasek

Longevity (Global)

Company
Total Raised
Key Investors

Neko Health

$260M

a16z, Lakestar

Function Health

$53M

General Catalyst

Prenuvo

$120M

-

BioPeak

Undisclosed

Nikhil Kamath, Ranjan Pai, Accel

E-Pharmacy

Company
Total Raised
Key Investors

Tata 1MG

$230M+

Tata (acquired)

Netmeds

$130M+

Reliance (acquired)


Investment Thesis Patterns

What's Getting Funded

Thesis
Evidence
AarogyaDost Fit

Longevity

BioPeak, Neko ($1.8B), $8.5B global

✅ Strong

AI in health

Eka Care AI, PharmEasy Swasth

✅ Strong

India-first

Eka Care, BioPeak

✅ Strong

Family/consumer

Eka Care positioning

✅ Strong

ABDM/digital health infra

Government push

✅ Strong

What's NOT Getting Funded

Anti-thesis
Reason
AarogyaDost Avoidance

Hospital EHR

Enterprise sales, slow

✅ Consumer focus

General wellness

Retention issues

✅ Records = permanent value

Insurance-first

Regulatory complexity

✅ Consumer-first


Funding Recommendations for AarogyaDost

Target Investors

Tier 1 Targets

Investor
Why
Approach

Accel

Prashanth Prakash longevity interest

Longevity + family angle

3one4

Eka Care investor, knows PHR

Differentiation from Eka

Hummingbird

Led Eka Care Series A

"Next evolution of PHR"

Angel Targets

Angel
Why
Approach

Nikhil Kamath

BioPeak investor, longevity focus

Data layer for longevity

Ranjan Pai

Healthcare domain, BioPeak

Hospital data aggregation

Strategic Targets

Corporate
Why
Approach

Samsung Health

Eka Care partner, wearables

Alternative PHR partner

Tata Health

1MG ecosystem

Data layer integration

Positioning for Fundraise

Narrative: "Longevity data hub for Indian families"

Key proof points:

  1. Longevity sector = $8.5B, fastest growing

  2. BioPeak generates 60GB data with no storage solution

  3. Family-first = unique angle

  4. ABDM-native = government tailwind

  5. ₹999 pricing = mass market longevity


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Last updated: 2025-11-21 Data sources: Tracxn, Crunchbase, news articles, company announcements

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