$21M funding to deliver AI to rural clinics in India

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M funding to deliver AI to rural clinics in India

$21M funding to deliver AI to rural clinics in India

E-clinic startup CureBay in India has bagged $21 million in a Collection B funding spherical led by Bertelsmann India Funding. Elevar Fairness and British Worldwide Funding additionally joined the fundraising occasion.

Since launching in 2021, the corporate now has a sequence of over 150 rural e-clinics throughout the states of Odisha and Chhattisgarh, using over 1,000 group well being staff, or Swasthya Mitras, who’re educated to facilitate teleconsultations, diagnostic checks, drugs order and supply, and hospital admission and concierge providers. CureBay gives a preventive well being service package deal to which round 90,000 are actively subscribed. 

WHAT IT’S FOR

With its recent funds, CureBay plans to deploy proprietary AI-powered algorithms to allow workflow automation and improve the predictive capabilities of its rural e-clinic community. The startup has already built-in machine studying, generative AI, and Web of Issues diagnostics into its know-how platform.

“The capital will assist us scale know-how, expertise, and attain to deliver dignified, reasonably priced healthcare to the final mile,” added founder and CEO Priyadarshi Mohapatra. 

CureBay raised greater than $13 million in Collection A funding in two rounds over the previous three years to construct its community. It targets to arrange 200 e-clinics in rural India. 

MARKET SNAPSHOT

Indian well being tech startups creating or integrating AI into their know-how stack have attracted essentially the most investments in recent times. For instance, medical imaging startup Qure.ai raised $65 million in Collection D funding in September, whereas dermatology startup Cureskin raked in $20 million in Collection B funding in March final 12 months. 

Dozee, which gives an AI-powered contactless important indicators monitoring and alert system, seeks to enter extra worldwide markets with its newest $8 million funding. 

Kauvery Hospital, via its investing arm, Healthcare Capital, supplied undisclosed funding to distant affected person monitoring system developer Lifesigns to assist increase its AI and predictive algorithm capabilities.

Early this 12 months, BrainSight AI, which develops an AI-powered mind mapping platform, scored $5 million in pre-Collection A funding, whereas Consint.AI, which gives generative AI-driven insurance coverage know-how options, raised $500,000 in seed funding.