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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Healthcare |
| Founders | Saurabh Arora Rahul Narang |
| Headquarters | , India |
Lybrate is a mobile healthcare technology company that developed an online platform to connect doctors and patients. [1] [2] [3] The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Delhi, India. [4] [5] The service allows patients to connect with the doctor online through a video call or schedule an appointment and can get info about medication. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
The service was founded in July 2013 by Saurabh Arora formerly worked at Facebook in the United States [11] [12] and Rahul Narang, [13] former professionals of Snapdeal. Arora [14] and Narang teamed up to create an online platform to connect patients with doctors and eliminate self-medication in India. [15] [16] [17] They started building the company with their own funds and in August 2014, they raised $1.23 million seed funding from Nexus Venture Partners. [18] [19] In July 2015, Lybrate raised $10.2 million Series A funding led by Tiger Global, [20] Nexus and Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons [21] to scale technology and operations, develop products and recruit talent. [22] [23] [24] In 2015, Lybrate collaborated with Indian Medical Association as digital partner to educate doctors, incorporate technology in their practice for communicating with patients. [25] [26] [27]
Lybrate was initially launched to connect people with healthcare professionals, allowing them to book appointments with doctors using the web portal and mobile application. [28] [29] In May 2016, Lybrate launch Lybrate Lab+, [30] an online lab testing service that allows a patient sample to be collected right from their home, with results later shared online. [31] [32] It also provides patient management services for doctors, and remote doctor-patient consultancy. [33] [34] The service currently has over 1 lakh (100,000) certified doctors available and connect patients with medical care professionals. [35] [36] [37] [38]
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