Building healthcare solutions for a post-pandemic India

15 November 2021 | 2pm SGT (11:30am IST)

The idea

While even the most developed countries in the world have been impacted in unforeseeable ways by successive waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact on countries like India have exposed many systemic flaws. The low penetration level of insurance and meagre budgetary allocations to healthcare as a proportion of GDP all came to a head, particularly during the second wave of the pandemic earlier this year.
 
It has changed how people in India, and indeed in several countries struggling with similar problems across the region, view healthcare. There’s expected to be an uptick in insurance. But there’s also a need to go beyond insurance.
 
It is amply clear that contemporary health and financial solutions were designed with a simpler, less technologically advanced world in mind. And that millions of people across the continent need solutions and treatments that remain out of the grasp of even those willing and able to pay, thanks to prevailing industry structures.
 
In a lively discussion organised by DealStreetAsia and Kenko Health, we will explore how private capital driven interventions can potentially address these need gaps, by modifying business models or building them from ground up.

The panel will consist of practitioners as well as leading investors working towards expanding the remit of healthcare solutions and the way they can be accessed by a large target audience across the region.

Speakers

Dheeraj Chowdhry

Chief Business Officer, South East Asia
PineLabs

Ben Mathias

Managing Partner
Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India

Ruchira Shukla

Regional Lead, South Asia, Disruptive Technologies (Direct Investing and VC Funds), Global Sector Lead – HealthTech International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank Group

Abhishek Mohan

Principal
Sequoia India

Aniruddha Sen

Co-Founder
Kenko Health

Joji Thomas Philip

Founder & Editor-in-Chief
DealStreetAsia (moderator)

Webinar sponsor

Our attendees

Contact Us

Wilfred Wong

wilfred@dealstreetasia.com

+65 9159 2337

Singapore Reporter/s

In Singapore, we are looking to double our reporting team by this year-end to comprehensively cover the fast-moving world of funded startups and VC, PE & M&A deals. We want reporters who can tell our readers what is really happening in these sectors and why it matters to markets, companies and consumers. The ability to write precisely and urgently is crucial for these roles. Ideal candidates must have to ability to work in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-changing environment. We want our new hires to be digitally savvy and ready to experiment with new forms of storytelling. Most importantly, we are looking for hard-hitting reporters who work well in a team. Collaboration and collegiality are a must.

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).   

  • A reporter to track companies/startups that have raised private capital, and have the potential to become unicorns. SEA currently has over 40 companies with a valuation of over $100 million and under $1 billion.
  • A reporter who can get behind the scenes and reveal how funding rounds are put together, or why they’ve failed to materialise. She/he in this role will largely focus on long-format stories. 
  • A journalist to track special situations funds, distressed debt and private credit (from the PE angle) across Asia.

Singapore Reporter/s

In Singapore, we are looking to double our reporting team by this year-end to comprehensively cover the fast-moving world of funded startups and VC, PE & M&A deals. We want reporters who can tell our readers what is really happening in these sectors and why it matters to markets, companies and consumers. The ability to write precisely and urgently is crucial for these roles. Ideal candidates must have to ability to work in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-changing environment. We want our new hires to be digitally savvy and ready to experiment with new forms of storytelling. Most importantly, we are looking for hard-hitting reporters who work well in a team. Collaboration and collegiality are a must.

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).   

  • A reporter to track companies/startups that have raised private capital, and have the potential to become unicorns. SEA currently has over 40 companies with a valuation of over $100 million and under $1 billion.
  • A reporter who can get behind the scenes and reveal how funding rounds are put together, or why they’ve failed to materialise. She/he in this role will largely focus on long-format stories. 
  • A journalist to track special situations funds, distressed debt and private credit (from the PE angle) across Asia.