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AI-led wellness and lifestyle app built for India’s Tier II and III cities, offering personalised wellness journeys, expert-curated courses (covering weight loss, gut health, skin, hair, sleep, and joint pain) with vernacular daily guidance in Hindi and English. Users subscribe to monthly plans, and can take AI-led courses at an additional fee (e.g. marathon training, fixing your sleep routine, full body transformations). In its first year the company has crossed 1.5M installs and 100K paying users, with 73% of its paying base from cities like Meerut, Varanasi, Indore, and Jalandhar. The company has longer term ambitions in diagnostics, health commerce, and other personalized care services. $7M Series A round led by Lightspeed, with participation existing investors Kae Capital (seed) and All In Capital (pre-seed). Founded in 2025, Bengaluru-based. Founders: Manavdeep (IIM Lucknow '21; Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology ’17) previously worked at Pocket FM as an Associate Director and then Director of Growth & Marketing India for a year, prior to which he was at Meesho as category manager across Men’s Fashion, Home, and New Categories. Gurjot (IIM Lucknow ’21; Dr. SSB University Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Panjab University ’19) worked at Pocket FM in content strategy and India growth roles for approximately a year, prior to which she was also at a category manager at Meesho. She is ex-Mastercard.
Mental health platform offering therapy, counselling, and wellness solutions for individuals and enterprises, operating an omnichannel model that combines digital access with 20+ physical centres across Bengaluru, Delhi, Noida, Hyderabad, Jaipur, and Lucknow. Has delivered over 35,000 therapy sessions across 40+ cities, serving 200+ clients. In July 2025, acquired US-based mental wellbeing startup Being Cares Inc to strengthen its AI-driven child behavioural development ecosystem. ₹2.77CR bridge round from existing investor Rainmatter, and India Foundation Fund. The company last raised a $2.5M Pre-Series A led by RPSG Ventures in Sep 2024. Founded in 2021, Gurugram-based. Founders: CEO Dr. Krishna (IIT Delhi, BTech Chemical Engineering '03, MTech Process Engineering '03; University of California Riverside, PhD '07; IIMA '12) was a Regional General Manager at Uber for nearly four years and President & Head of Marketplaces at Droom for a year before co-founding Lissun. Tarun (Himachal Pradesh University '04; ISB '10) was VP of the Leisure Business at OYO for three years and Head Driver Operations at Uber for three years.
Healthcare payments platform that helps you pay for medical bills across hospitals, clinics, diagnostics, dental care, dermatology, eye care, mental health services, and pharmacies, all through a single app, with no network restrictions. The platform combines payments with instant cashback, embedded employer health benefits, mutual fund savings access, and medical financing for expenses not covered by insurance. Used by 7,00,000+ people, with an average usage frequency of 9 times a month across a network of 15,000+ healthcare partners. Series A round; amount raised undisclosed. Investors include Unicorn India Ventures, India Accelerator Growth Opportunities Fund, Brew Opportunities Fund, Finvolve Ventures, FirstPort Capital, and Maithan Family Office. Founded in 2019, Mumbai-based. Founders: Chris (NYU Stern School of Business; St. Mary's University) was Founder & Group CEO of EBS Worldwide for 9 years and earlier spent 7.5 years as Associate Vice President at Ernst & Young before co-founding QubeHealth-Pay. Gagan (St Joseph's College of Commerce, Bachelors in Commerce '97; École des Ponts Business School, MBA Finance '98) was Vice President at Argonaut Private Equity for 2.5 years and Associate Vice President at Ernst & Young Global Consulting Services for 7.5 years before co-founding QubeHealth-Pay.
Biotechnology company focused on cell and gene therapies. It develops next‑generation therapies utilising Chimeric Antigen Receptor T (CAR-T) cells to treat cancers and blood disorders with an aim to make life-saving therapies more affordable and accessible. Current treatments cost $500-$700K, the startup aims to price its treatments at $60-$70K. . This round will be used to advance Cellogen’s CAR‑T clinical programs, expand its gene therapy pipeline, and strengthen its GMP‑compliant manufacturing and regulatory capabilities. ₹20CR Series A led by Kotak Alternate Asset Managers via its Kotak Life Sciences Fund I (KLSF-I). Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company Natco Pharma acquired a ~5% stake in Cellogen Therapeutics for ₹15CR in 2024. Founded in 2021, Noida based. Founders: Dr. Gaurav Kharya ( Netaji Subash Chadra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur '21) has been the Director of the Department of Bone Marrow Transplant and Cellular Therapy at Apollo Hospital in Delhi since 2019; Dr. Tanveer Ahmad (Masters in Biochemistry, University of Kashmir '07) has been an Assistant Professor at Jamia Millia Islamia since 2017.
Health and wellness platform taking a holistic approach to personal health- combining smart wearables, AI-powered coaching, personalised nutrition, and skincare under one roof. Its flagship titanium smart ring tracks 150+ health markers like sleep, recovery, activity, stress, and nutrition, with a companion app delivering AI-driven insights, custom fitness plans. The brand also has a skincare range tailored to different skin types, and in 2024 acquired Sweden-based nutrition brand Näck to strengthen its supplements play. ₹36CR Pre-Series A5 from angels including Deepak Gupta, Arnab Basu, Manav Gupta, and Vilas Dhar. Founded in 2022, Gurugram-based. Founders: CEO Gaurav (IIT Delhi '03, BTech; IIM Calcutta '05, MBA) spent 6 years at Zomato, rising to Co-Founder and COO and before that was a Senior Principal at Kearney. Arpana (IIM Calcutta, MBA '05, IIT Kharagpur, BTech '03) previously founded SkillTap and Spark and held roles at McKinsey, and UNINOR before co-founding Gabit.
Brand offering reusable and disposable period panties designed for comfort, protection, and everyday ease, along with broader menstrual wellness products. Revenue scale undisclosed, 500K customers till date. ₹20CR Series A led by Atomic Capital. Founded in Jan 2022, Bangalore based. Founders: CEO Kiriti (Annamalai University '12) is ex-Amazon (associate account manager) and Flex (supply chain at this appliance manufacturer). CMO Sourav (Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology '12, NIT Silchar '15) was a senior engineer at John Deere for five years; Satyajit (Gauhati University '04) was with Capgemini for seven years.
eCommerce marketplace focused on proteins and supplements, with 10,000 products across 450 brands. It combines content, discovery, and assisted shopping to help consumers make informed health choices. The product line includes supplements, health foods and beverages, fitness gear, weight management items and sexual health items. The company will build a dark store network for faster deliveries, with this round. HyugaLife’s parent company Pratech Brands, also owns Inaari, a natural healthcare brand supporting hormonal balance. $10.6M Series A. The company raised $6.3M at seed from Peak XV, Spring Marketing Capital in 2024. Founded in 2021, Mumbai based. Founders: Sachin (Univerity of Mumbai '04, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth '06, University of Michigan '12) was at Nykaa for five years, where he was CFO and ran Nykaa Superstore, their B2B platform; CBO Anvi (Institute of Chemical Technology '12, Cambridge Judge Business School '17) was at Unilever (a year in business development) and Amazon (two years as a category manager) and was an Executive Director at family owned Prasol Chemicals; Neehar (Institute of Chemical Technology '12, Said Business School '17) was at Amazon for four years as a product manager.
Formerly known as InnerHour. Mental health platform offering clinical treatment, therapy, and care programs for conditions like anxiety, depression, and ADHD. Experts are available online, at their Super Speciality Mental Health Hospital in Bangalore, and through an expanding network of clinics, with one each currently in Bangalore/Delhi/Mumbai. in It has 6M users and has undertaken 220K therapy sessions. ₹50CR extended Series A led by Fireside Ventures, with the participation of Shreyas Shibulal and Lightbox. Lightbox led a $5.2M Series A in 2021. Founded in Jan 2016, Mumbai based. Founders: CEO Amit (Kasturba Medical College MBBS '00; LBS '12) worked across the NHS in the UK, at Southern Health NHS Foundation and the Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in management roles across both clinical and commercial operations and strategy; Co-Founder Neha (LSR '01; University of the Arts, London '16) founded India Art Fair, building the business over a decade before selling it to MCH Group (owner of Art Basel).
Oncology care centres focused on delivering advanced cancer treatment with a personalised approach. The company operates four centres in Delhi NCR, and combines evidence-based therapies and experienced oncologists with dedicated care coordinators who guide patients from diagnosis through recovery. ₹27CR Series A led by Sky Impact Capital, along with Huddle Ventures, Lotus Herbal Group, SteerX and Tremis Capital. Founded in Oct 2023, Delhi based. Founders: Deepak (NIT Warangal '13; MDI Gurgaon '17) was previously a GM at Pristyn Care and built out the IVF category; Amar (NIT Karnataka '13; IIM Kozhikode '17) was previously the head of central supply for the hospital partner network at Pristyn.
Nutraceutical company blending plant-based ingredients with patented nanotechnology to enhance supplement efficacy. Using a chemical-free extraction process, the company claims significantly higher bioavailability compared to conventional formulations.Its portfolio spans solutions for immunity, gut health, stress, sleep, weight management and overall vitality. ₹40CR investment by Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited, through its Kotak Life Sciences Fund I. Founded in Oct 2020, Hyderabad based. Founder & CEO Sachin (Auckland University of Technology '07; Univ. of Sydney '11) was CEO of Simply Fresh (precision farming) after over a decade of tech roles in Australia/NZ.