In conjunction with the announcement of our third India healthcare seed funding investment in the past 100 days, we are announcing our intention to invest in another 3-4 healthcare startups in 2014. We are also pleased to announce that Dr. Michael J. Free OBE, Ph. D., a globally-recognized global health…
Seeking to provide better price and quality health services to millions of people across all income levels in India 8 January 2014 – Bangalore, India. Unitus Ventures, India’s most active seed-stage impact venture investor, has invested in Commerzpoint Networks, creators of Medypal.com, a new online India healthcare marketplace. Medypal provides…
In part 3 of this series we explored the burden of healthcare expenses and health financing models. In this part 4 of our series on India healthcare impact investing, we explore the current status and the novel business solutions within the field of maternal and neonatal care. Much work to be done…
This is part 3 of a series on healthcare impact investing in India. In the part 2 of this series, we outlined the common chronic diseases in India and how entrepreneurs are looking to provide affordable preventive solutions to these patients. In this segment, we look beyond the physical complications of…
Innovative startups face the medical and economic challenges of addressing chronic disease in India This is part 2 of a series on healthcare impact investing within India. In part 1 of this series, we introduced the sub-sectors within healthcare that are not only imperative to the health of India’s base of…
Opportunity to prevent blindness for 10 million people in India 18 December 2013: Bangalore, India. Unitus Ventures, India’s most active impact investor, has made an investment in Welcare Health Systems Private Ltd, an affordable eye screening services company. Welcare sets up low-cost eye screening services within existing health centers making…
At this year’s VC Circle Health Summit in Mumbai, over 350 physicians, engineers, entrepreneurs, and investors converged from far corners of India to discuss the challenges and opportunities within the nation’s healthcare economy. A recent Bain report predicts the sector to touch $280Bn by 2020 at a CAGR of 20%. However, Dr. Gurmink Advani,…
Healthcare in India is both a complex challenge and an immense opportunity. Beyond the health benefits of medical innovations and interventions, addressing access to affordable basic health and wellness care is imperative to the financial security of low-income Indians. Indeed, health expenses remain the leading reason for default among MFI…
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Unitus Ventures, a leading venture capital firm in India, is joining forces with its US affiliate Capria Ventures, a Global South specialist, to operate with a unified global strategy under a single brand, Capria Ventures.
