India: Healthcare service provider Healers At Home raises angel funding

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By Bhawna Gupta

November 22, 2015

Healers at Home Ltd, a Delhi-based home healthcare services providing firm behind the brand Healers At Home, has raised an angel funding from group of investors. the company announced.

These investors include Fortis president Daljit Singh, ISB founder Pramath Raj Sinha, NASSCOM chairman BVR Mohan Reddy and other investors. The deal amount remained undisclosed.

The startup will use the money for its expansion plans and to add more services to its offerings.

Healers At Home was founded by Kshitij Garg in 2014 and provides healthcare services to the customers at home at an affordable price.

Garg, an IIT Kanpur alumnus, was working with 9.9 Media before founding this venture and has also worked with National Social Entrepreneurship Forum, Panoramic Dreamz Pvt Ltd, PBOPlus and others.

Healers At Home competes with the companies like Care24 which raised $350,000 from VC firm India Quotient last month.

The others companies in the space, Medinfi Healthcare which provides an Android app to help users locate the nearest doctors and hospitals for their everyday check-ups, raised Rs.2 crore from individual investors and entrepreneurs.

Another company Practo, an online doctor discovery platform recently expanded into Malaysian market after an acquisition of Qikwell, a company into scheduling hospitals appointment.

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