Dhruv Gupta

I candidly talked with Viren Shetty (Narayana Health) and Vivek Sinha (Emversity) on the Superleap podcast about solving for healthcare in India. We discussed a plethora of topics - from Venture capital to why marketplaces don't work in Healthcare. From structural challenges in the sector to personal challenges during the COVID wave. Catch the episode here: https://lnkd.in/gTcuSYU8

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Here’s some great news for health tech / age tech! My main man Anurag Ram Chandran and his co-conspirator Ayush Agrawal have launched Kubo Care Private Ltd : a technology platform to assist senior living. I've seen their PoCs, and they are doing some really exciting work. Big props to Antler India for getting this talent together and giving them an ecosystem to conceive and then start executing this idea! More than the PoC, I've seen the guys upfront and I can tell you that they really want to solve for better living for our senior citizens. With more and more intra and inter national migration of the newer generation, we need technology to help us take care of fastest growing population in India today : our senior citizens. Healthy, safe, happy, respectable and comfortable aging is not just a social responsibility to maintain the fabric of society, but also a massive business opportunity. The middle class 60+ population is also more independent than ever. They don’t want to travel to the US and spend time in cold places where they are always dependent on someone to drive them around. They want their activities, community, shopping and routines (which are often better than those of much younger people). Technology to enable this is a massive opportunity. My friends at Ubiqare Health have also been working on this opportunity : remote monitoring technology for healthy to palliative usecases. The beauty of building a company is that you can create something that never existed. Here’s hoping that Kubo et al can create something brilliant, that our elders will be proud of and delighted to use 😁

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Great insights for anyone building any business.

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Opportunities in the US-India corridor 🚀 I received some reachouts lately from founders and leaders around the US-India continuum of opportunities particularly for Health, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS (and insurance) having spent the last 15+ years around it across geographies and stakeholders, beginning with Neural Networks and AI applications in Health and Engineering back in the day at Stanford University with amazing mentors and I am grateful for the various opportunities! I also commented briefly on the massive US-India opportunity to Chamath Palihapitiya's post last week as well as Brendan Rogers' post today highlighting the new developments and possibilities :) Many of you who know me, perhaps also know my continued interests in operating at intersections be it regions such as the US, India, Middle-East and fields of Health, AI, SaaS, and insurance. I've often seen magic happen at intersections 🙂 Sharing a short video to highlight my quick initial view of leveraging the strengths, glad to get on a call specific to your business context in detail for scaleup and partner in unlocking it 🚀 #founders #startups #leaders #Health, #AI, #SaaS, #insurance #usa #india #opportunity #revenue #growth #gotomarket #productmarketing #consumer #sales #businessmodel #partnership #nitindua #usindia #gtm

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How does India deliver “Care” to rural communities through Digital Health? The mission of an ideal Digital Health Solution should be to deliver hospital-grade care, anytime and anywhere across India & the globe. The Solution should enable multiple health screens & deliver high-quality care regardless of whether the rural community has a local Doctor or a trained Nurse or whether they have power or WiFi, etc. While challenges like power & WiFi can be addressed through technology, how does one deliver health screens & diagnostics without the presence of a local Doctor or Nurse? Enter the ASHA Worker. THE most critical “Non-Technology” component of our Digital Health Solution. It is the Asha worker who ensures that all tasks related to creating a patient profile, capturing patient symptoms, and measuring patient vitals, are completed efficiently despite the unavailability of qualified medical professionals. The Asha workers also visit patient’s homes to provide door-to-door care – especially for older patients with mobility issues and for expectant mothers who may not be able to visit a clinic. And finally, there’s an emotional element to delivering good quality “patient care” that cannot be fulfilled by ANY technology, and which is warmly delivered by the Asha worker. The Asha workers also need to be provided with a digital health solution that has advanced telemedicine capabilities but is extremely easy to use. That was the design mantra for the RHEMOS Health Station. India’s smallest & easy-to-use rural care solution. It enables Asha workers to administer 60+ critical vitals, blood/urine & pre-natal tests in village PHCs. The Health Station can also be carried to a patient’s home to deliver high-quality care ensuring huge patient convenience. Once it measures vitals, it transmits test results to App & Cloud to enable remote Doctor interventions & treatment. RHEMOS also works offline if cellular networks are unavailable & enables local health screens and collects test results, which are all transmitted to cloud once the cellular network is restored. It is also designed to work on Battery & Bluetooth to ensure no dependence on power or WiFi. And finally, with the capability to measure 60+ vitals & bio-markers, it can be used by Asha workers to deliver comprehensive primary care, chronic care, prenatal care, NCD & Anaemia detection health camps, etc. In conclusion, it is the Asha workers that define the success of digital health & enable us to connect rural patients with remote doctors for treatment. They reduce our reliance on medical staff and drastically cut care delivery costs. They accelerate rural care implementations, and ensure easy access to affordable and high-quality care in remote and underserved rural communities, which also makes this a massively scalable initiative. Click to know more: https://lnkd.in/dWHqZsJZ #healthtech #medicaldevices #digitalhealth #telemedicine #medtech #remotehealthcare #healthcaremonitoring 

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Teleconsultation is revolutionizing the way patients seek second medical opinions, particularly in underserved rural communities in India. By overcoming geographical barriers, addressing healthcare personnel shortages, and promoting informed decision-making, #telemedicine is not only transforming healthcare accessibility but also improving patient outcomes. As the #healthcare landscape continues to evolve, teleconsultation's role in empowering patients' decision-making for second opinions is poised to become a powerful tool in bridging healthcare gaps and promoting better #healthforall. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/gbhsbScn

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Nothing like meeting a healthtech veteran and winner! Vivek Srivastava and the team at HCAH have created a new industry in India. Home healthcare (literally healthcare at home 😄) is going to be huge. I’ll give you 2 reasons why: 1. Hospitals are now becoming places of serious sick care. Most big hospitals make their money in surgeries and interventions, and they have designed everything from their hiring processes to their support staff to their equipment to their incentives to align with this. 2. Hospitals are themselves carving out separate brands and identities for anything that is not sick care. It stated with Rohit M A and team starting Cloudnine, and now every large hospital has its own post-conception (maybe even pre?) to post-delivery product (Apollo Cradle, Ma Kauvery) etc. But hospitals have the DNA of setting up a shop and treating people who walk in. Setting up a system where care is delivered at home is going to be a whole different ball game. My prediction : anything that is not a serious intervention will be handled at home. It will require some social re-engineering and some bold marketing, and there’ll be lots of chatter about it, but it will happen. And I suspect that the HCAH team will be perfectly positioned to capitalise on that wave 🌊

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Healthtech startup Orange Health has raised $12 Mn (INR 101.5 Cr) in an undisclosed funding round led by Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund👇 The round also saw participation from a host of existing investors, including Accel, General Catalyst, Bertelsmann India Investments and Y Combinator. The Bengaluru-based company plans to use the fresh capital to grow its team, product expansion and drive further innovation in diagnostics. Orange Health’s latest round takes its total funding round to $47 Mn till date. Founded in 2020 by Gupta and Bhambra, Orange Health is an on-demand diagnostics service provider. It competes with the likes of Practo, Redcliffe Labs and PharmEasy in India. In 2022, the startup raised $25 Mn in a Series B round led by Bertelsmann India Investments and General Catalyst. 🔗To read the in-depth article, click here: https://4-2.co/3CYVVIL #news #healthtech #startup #fundraising

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How should learning process evolve for software engineers in today's world? My view: AI developers should look beyond mere accuracy. Factors like performance, scalability, and modular development are crucial for ensuring compatibility with future API releases. These elements are essential for robust, future-proof solutions. A big shoutout to KCC team for bridging the gap between industry and academia, and for their dedicated investment in nurturing future leaders and tech innovators. #KCC #AI #software #performance #scalability #innovation

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Exciting insights from my exclusive interview with Shrey Jain and Arpit Jangir, founders of HealthCRED! They share how the recent $1.2M funding will fuel expansion into southern and western India, addressing critical working capital gaps in the healthcare ecosystem. Read about their vision for transforming healthcare finance. #HealthCRED #HealthcareFinance #Innovation #HealthcareExpansion #HealthTech

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𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 (𝗘𝗠𝗥) 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 $𝟰𝟭𝟰 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆, 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 $𝟵𝟬𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟯𝟬. DocPlix is a healthcare startup founded in 2021 by Dr. Varun Garg (CEO), @Aayush Garg (CTO), and @Dr. Ajay Shukla (CIO). The company aims to digitize health records for India’s 1.4 billion people, offering an (ABDM)-compliant Electronic Health Record system. They are particularly focused on underserved areas, extending their services to tier-2 and tier-3 cities in India. 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: DocPlix operates in the health-tech space with a B2B model, focusing on digitizing patient records and providing AI-powered decision support to healthcare professionals. Their solutions are designed to make healthcare more transparent, efficient, and patient-centric. 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀: DocPlix has raised ₹1.2 crore in a bridge funding round led by Inflection Point Ventures. The funds are being used for product development, AI integration, and market expansion. The startup also plans to expand globally, starting with the USA by late 2024. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝘇𝗲: The Indian EHR market, which DocPlix is part of, was valued at $414 million in 2022 and is projected to grow to $900 million by 2030. Globally, the EHR market is expected to grow from $25 billion in 2022 to $40 billion by 2032. 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲: Specific revenue figures for DocPlix are not publicly disclosed, but the company is focused on expanding its customer base, particularly in tier-2 and tier-3 cities, and has a renewal rate of 93% with an increasing customer base 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗜𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺,  1. Fragmented Healthcare System: 2. High Costs: 3. Lack of Digital Infrastructure: 4. Resistance to Change: 5. Regulatory and Compliance Issues: 6. Data Security and Privacy Concerns: 7. Intero-perability Issues: 8. Training and Workforce Challenges: 9. Return on Investment (ROI) Concerns: 10. Resistance by doctors at the Individual clinic level: *The information provided is based on available online sources, and I'm open to corrections or updates if there are any inaccuracies*

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Imagine if accessing quality healthcare at home was as simple as a click—well, now it is! HealthOK Global is thrilled to team up with Apollo Pharmacy to make healthcare more affordable and accessible for seniors across India. At HealthOK Global, we’ve always believed that healthcare should be simple, effective, and accessible to every senior citizen in India. Our mission is to break down the barriers to quality care and make it affordable for Senior citizens across India. That’s why at HealthOK Global we are thrilled to announce our latest partnership with Apollo Pharmacy, one of the nation’s most trusted healthcare providers. This collaboration is a major step in our mission to deliver affordable, high-quality healthcare services nationwide. Here’s how this partnership benefits you: 1. Access to Apollo’s trusted network of hospitals, clinics, and medical professionals, bringing you top-notch healthcare wherever you are.   2. Exclusive discounts on a wide range of healthcare services including diagnostic tests, preventive check-ups, and consultations, making quality care more accessible. 3. 30% discount on all lab tests at home through Apollo Pharmacy online, allowing you to prioritize health without leaving home or worrying about the cost. 4. A seamless, convenient experience with easy access to manage your health needs—all at your fingertips. At the heart of this partnership is a shared vision: to make healthcare more affordable and accessible without compromising on quality. Whether you’re looking to take control of your health through preventive care or require specialized advice, HealthOK Global and Apollo Pharmacy are here to support you every step of the way. What makes this partnership special? With the backing of Apollo Pharmacy’s reach, HealthOK Global is ensuring you receive world-class healthcare at a fraction of the cost. We’re committed to removing barriers to quality healthcare, so you can focus on what truly matters—your well-being. Now is the perfect time to take control of your health. Start by exploring the incredible benefits of this partnership and take advantage of these exclusive offers today: https://lnkd.in/d7bJvr62 Because your health matters. #HealthOKGlobal #ApolloHealthcare #ApolloPharmacy #Seniorcare #Eldercare 

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As the nature of healthcare shifts, so must the tools we use to manage it. That’s where Visit Health comes in–to redefine the employee benefits ecosystem by integrating OPD services seamlessly, making health access as straightforward as it should be. It is great to have partnered with the 5th Annual RethinkHR Conclave to talk about our ‘why’.

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it's about transforming lives and reshaping the future of healthcare in India.

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The future of #menopausal health in India is not predetermined. It is a narrative we can – and must – rewrite. By acknowledging the scale and complexity of this crisis, we can create a paradigm shift in how we approach women's health. The burgeoning menopause treatment industry, projected to reach 24.4𝐁𝐧 by 2030, reflects a growing awareness and demand for solutions. And the $600𝐁𝐧 industry attributed to Menopause care and productivity gain is huge! However, this is just the tip of the iceberg. We need to go beyond symptom management and focus on holistic well-being. This requires a concerted effort from all stakeholders – from pharmaceutical companies investing in R&D to healthcare providers offering comprehensive care, and from employers fostering supportive workplaces to policymakers prioritising women's health in national agendas. The historical CAGR of 5.8% in India's menopause treatment industry from 2019 to 2023 signals a positive trend, but we must accelerate this momentum. We need to invest in research that not only addresses the biological aspects of menopause but also delves into the sociocultural factors that shape women's experiences. We need to develop innovative solutions that are not only 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 but also 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 to women across the socioeconomic spectrum. As leaders, we have a unique opportunity to shape the future of menopausal health in India. Empowering women with knowledge, resources, and community so that they can navigate this transition with confidence and resilience. #Menopause is not the end of a woman's story; it's a new chapter filled with potential. Let us work together to ensure that this chapter is one of good health, well-being, and happiness for every woman in India. The report is a culmination of the reality of Menopause in India and a wake up call for the impact needed in the space. Thanks to Shivani Sahay for putting this together with the help of Dr. Ameya Kulkarni-Kanakiya and the team at Elda Health Nimish Bhonsale Siddhant Mishra #Menopause #womenshealth #womenempowerment

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Virtual primary care and chronic disease management programs are critical for employers to help improve employee health and engagement. This program can lower medical spend and premiums increases brining significant financial savings. #employeehealth #medicalinsurance #AkosMDIndia #HealthInnovation #DigitalHealth

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