Impactful Healthcare Investors in India, 2023

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27 Dec 2023

1. HealthQuad


HealthQuad


HealthQuad believes that India continues to be plagued by mega healthcare challenges related to accessibility, affordability and quality of care. In resource constrained country like India, the goal of universal healthcare can only be achieved through adoption of disruptive solutions. With a collective experience of more than 200 years in healthcare, a network of 40+ healthcare companies spanning across India, SE Asia and Europe and with a focus on inclusivity, HealthQuad stand as pioneers in healthcare investing, approach being marked by meticulousness, placing significant emphasis on elements that generate positive social impact which goes beyond cohorts that have been traditionally addressed by private investments.”


2.  Alkemi Growth Capital


Alkemi Growth Capital | LinkedIn


Alkemi invests in disruptive healthcare companies changing the status quo. So far Alkemi has invested in 10+ companies across diagnostics, medtech, healthcare delivery etc. Some key investments include Redcliffe Liftech, Doceree, Docquity, Medkart, Saveo etc”


3.  Tata Capital


Tata Capital (@tatacapital) / X


“As an investor in the healthcare lifesciences sector, Tata Capital Healthcare Fund (TCHF) supports businesses that address the rising opportunity in domestic healthcare consumption and building competency in India for the world. As India’s significantly expanding, middle class will need 3x increase in healthcare spend by the end of the decade and on the other hand India faces a triple challenge of disease burden with Non-Communicable Diseases contributing to 66% deaths in the country. These “2Ds” of Disease and Demographics are the core challenges addressed by TCHF portfolio companies. The fund's portfolio of 15+ companies spans the entire healthcare ecosystem, specifically catering to underserved disease segments like oncology, nephrology, and neuro-psychiatry. Over the past year, TCHF platform has generated a positive measurable impact in-terms of 1.1Mn direct health beneficiaries, 8.2Mn indirect health beneficiaries, 1000+ jobs created and 35% uptick in women employees.”


4.OrbiMed


OrbiMed


OrbiMed has been investing globally for over 20 years across the healthcare industry: from early-stage private companies to large multinational corporations spanning from biopharmaceuticals to medical devices, diagnostics, and healthcare services, OrbiMed is scouting for innovations that will help ensure humanity lives healthier, longer, and more productive lives.



5.  W health Ventures


W Health Ventures | LinkedIn


W Health believes in Building the Future of Healthcare Delivery by investing in and grow tech-enabled early-stage healthcare companies that are disrupting care delivery in the US and India. The Vision is to address the broken healthcare system, which has created large unmet patient needs. W Health Ventures aims to solve critical challenges faced by people due to lack of access, lack of awareness and poor-quality healthcare.

 


6.  Peak XV Partners


Peak XV Partners | LinkedIn


Peak XV Partners (Formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA) is a leading venture capital and growth investing firm investing across India, South East Asia and beyond. Their approach is to work side by side with founders to help them realise their ambitions. They distil what they’ve learnt and offer it to founders from bespoke advice and support to our cohort and community-based programs such as Surge, Spark, Pathfinders, Pitstop, Build and Guild. The founders of Peak XV partner with generate returns, the majority of which go to our largely non-profit LP base and serve worthwhile causes like preserving our planet, education, fighting poverty and advancing the field of medicine.


7.  Lightspeed Venture Partners


Lightspeed India | LinkedIn


Lightspeed Venture Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm focused on accelerating disruptive innovations and  a mission to build for India and transform laggard markets and infrastructure in various domains including Healthcare. For over twenty years Lightspeed has been the first investor and an early backer of some of the most innovative companies in the world. In service of bold founders with big ideas, they stand behind their companies with high conviction from Seed to Series F and beyond.

 

8. Eight Roads Ventures


Eight Roads Ventures (@8roadsventures) / X


Eight Roads Ventures is a global venture capital firm backed by Fidelity that helps entrepreneurs scale. They back and partner with game-changing technology and healthcare companies. Their commitment to innovation is global in scale, & they have partnerships with over 300 companies and investment teams across Asia, Europe and the US with 50+ years of venture investing experience. Their unique platform provides entrepreneurs with access to a global ecosystem, to leverage and learn from.

 

9. Somerset Indus Capital Partners


Somerset Indus Capital Partners | LinkedIn


Somerset Indus is a healthcare-focused private equity firm making private equity and equity-related investments primarily in growth-oriented healthcare companies in India. Its thesis is investing in promoters in tier 2 and 3 cities where real action is. Added to this sustainable, impactful investment with the highest compliance on ESG. Somerset is now invested fully out of its funds 1 and 2 and currently raising fund 3 -200-250 Mn $ with a first close planned by March 24. Somerset is invested by NiiF - India's first and only sovereign fund in addition to DFC etc. Fund 3 has elicited very good response and interest and Kannan Ramesh, senior partner says that the endorsement of a healthcare specialist fund, based on its very good performance and portfolio in funds 1 and 2 is heartening. Somerset will continue to back promoters with a passion to build impactful and sustainable business in India he said.


Healthcare
Investors
India
2023

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