MUrgency will leverage Tata’s experience and network as a global business leader to develop the emergency response network globally through appropriate partnerships
Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, has invested in San Francisco-based medical emergency response start-up app company, Murgency. The award winning mobile app makes emergency response available with just one tap on a mobile phone in under 9.0 minutes in urban areas.
MUrgency will use the proceeds of funding to augment technology and scale operations besides leveraging Tata’s experience and network as a global business leader to develop the emergency response network globally through appropriate partnerships.
Ratan Tata has made more than 25 investments in startups in the last two years. Healthcare startups that have benefitted from his investment include Lybrate, an online doctor consulting start-up, Swasth India, a startup which focuses on cancer treatment and health data analytics and Invictus Oncology, a cancer therapeutic startup.