Practo Health

Practo
Type of site
 Private
Available in English
Headquarters Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Founder(s) Shashank ND and Abhinav Lal
Services Health care management
Website www.practo.com
Alexa rank 453 (India) (September 2016)[1]
Commercial Yes
Registration Optional
Launched 3 June 2010
Current status Active

Practo is a healthcare company[2] founded by Shashank ND[3] and Abhinav Lal in 2009. Patients use Practo to find and book appointments with doctors, and some doctors use Practo Ray a Saas software to manage their practice.

It is now the world's second largest healthtech start-up (next to Zocdoc) and its last fundraising round[4] had pegged its valuation at $525 million.[5]

History

Practo was founded in Bengaluru in 2008 by Shashank ND[6] and AbhinavLal[7] both alumni of National Institute of Technology, Currently Practo is present in 15 countries, 50 Indian cities[8] with 200,000 registered doctors, 8000 diagnostic centers, 10,000 hospitals and 4,000 Wellness and Fitness centers. It currently operates in Mobile web, iOS and Android operating system.

Acquisitions and Partnerships

In April 2015,the firm acquired FitHo,[9] a Delhi based fitness tech startup,for an undisclosed amount.

In July 2015, it acquired Mumbai based firm Genii[10]

In September 2015, it acquired Insta Health for $12 Million (Rs. 80 Crore). The deal was a mix of cash and equity and saw 100 employees of Insta Health join Practo

On 24 September 2015, it acquired Qikwell for an undisclosed amount, a mixture of cash and stock options. .[11]

On 16 November 2015, Practo and Uber announced a partnership in India, Indonesia,[12] Philippines and Singapore.

Awards

Voted the best app at Google Think Mobile Conference 2014 [13]

References

  1. ↑ "practo.com/ Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2016-09-09.
  2. ↑ Gooptu, Biswarup (14 December 2012). "Power of ideas: Bangalore-based venture Practo Technologies offers clinic management software solutions". The Economic Times. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Chandramouli, Divya (1 June 2015). "Closer to giving every indian a health account". The Smart CEO. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "Practo raises $90 million in fresh funding". Times Of India. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Rs 573 crore investment round lead by Tencent, Sofina values on-line healthcare service Practo at Rs 3,300 crore". The Economic Times. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Hussain, Shabana (16 February 2015). "Shashank ND & Abhinav Lal give docs a digital helping hand". Forbes India. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  7. ↑ Suthar, Jeet (25 July 2015). "Shashank ND & Abhinav Lal give docs a digital helping hand". The Tech Portal. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Malik, Meghna (19 March 2015). "Practo healthcare app: Finding doctors made easy". The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "Practo acquires FitHo to launch preventive healthcare service". Financial Times. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  10. ↑ Kanth, K Rajani (10 July 2015). "Practo Technologies acquires Genii". Business Standard. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  11. ↑ Chakraborty, Sayan (24 July 2015). "Practo eyes developing countries in bid to expand global footprint". Live Mint. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  12. ↑ Maulani, Anisa (1 September 2015). "Indian healthcare platform Practo enters Indonesia". e27. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  13. ↑ Sharma, Richa (4 May 2015). "Finding a doctor in your vicinity with Practo". Gizmodo. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
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