HealthCRED secures $1.2 mn in Seed Funding, aims to enhance B2B healthcare financing in India

HealthCRED has raised $ 1.2 million in a seed funding round. The round was led by Antler India, TRTL VC, DeVC, iSeedVC and Angel List India. The round also saw participation from prominent angel investors including Dr Subho Ray (President, IAMAI), Nitin Gupta (CEO, Uni Cards), Amit Lakhotia (CEO, ParkPlus) and founders of InsuranceDekho and SEA-based Docquity. The infusion of capital will be utilised to enhance customer relationships and expand operations to the southern and western parts of the country. It will also be channelised to hire fresh talents and develop B2B loan onboarding and loan management systems, creating an end-to-end digitised B2B healthcare lending framework. 

Founded in 2022 by Shrey Jain and Arpit Jangir, HealthCRED aims to become India’s first healthcare-focused Small Finance Bank (SFB). The company provides swift, comprehensive, and adaptable financing solutions tailored for the healthcare sector. HealthCRED collaborates with Hospitals, specialised Healthcare Service Providers (HSPs across nephrology, oncology, and diagnostics), Insurers, and Pharmaceutical and Consumable Supply Chain partners to deliver intelligent and efficient financing solutions.

HealthCRED aims to address a burgeoning working capital gap in hospitals and the healthcare supply chain, targeting the needs of India’s rapidly growing $ 300 billion+ healthcare industry. With ambitious growth targets, the company aims to disburse over $1 billion over the next 5 years through digital means, basis alternate data-driven underwriting.