Practo
Opinion
Outlook 2021: Health-tech trends to watch this year
Let’s get the not-so-good news out of the way first. Globally, there has been a 12% decline year-on-year in health-tech investing, ......
Consumer
Matrix Partners-backed OZiva dials VC investors for larger cheque
Plant-based nutrition brand OZiva is in discussions with a new set of venture capital firms to raise a larger round ......
Healthcare
Healthcare PE deals fall from perch in July-Sept, M&As little changed
The number of private equity deals in India’s healthcare sector dropped in the July-September period to their lowest level in ......
General
Grapevine: Practo raises down round; RIL hardnosed on Amazon in Future Retail
Online healthcare portal Practo has raised $32 million (Rs 240 crore) in a new round of funding led by Chinese ......
Consumer
Matrix Partners leads Series A round for nutrition brand OZiva
Early-stage venture capital firm Matrix Partners India has led a $5 million (Rs 37crore) Series A funding round in plant-based ......
Healthcare
Will the Covid-19 crisis infuse a fresh lease of life into health-tech startups?
Earlier this month, India’s second-largest hospital chain Fortis Healthcare Ltd started e-consultation services for the public at its Noida hospital ......
TMT
Trifecta Capital backs health-tech startup in large venture debt deal
Trifecta Capital has written a big-ticket cheque to a health-technology startup in another sign that venture debt is gaining popularity ......
TMT
As ru-Net rebrands, here's why its India portfolio needs a breath of fresh air
Russian venture capital firm ru-Net, which has invested in at least 10 companies in India since foraying into the country ......
TMT
Here are the Indian startups that may join the unicorn club in 2018
The multi-billion-dollar funding rounds in Flipkart, Paytm and Ola in 2017 camouflaged not just the fact that overall venture capital ......
TMT
Flashback 2017: Health-tech startups ride AI wave; e-pharmacies lead fundraising
Funding into the health-tech sector stabilised in 2017 from the over-exuberance seen in 2015 and slowdown witnessed in 2016. Investors ......