{"id":338148,"date":"2017-04-12T16:24:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T08:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1475840"},"modified":"2017-04-12T16:24:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T08:24:56","slug":"india-based-doctor-booking-platform-lybrate-quietly-raises-3m-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/india-based-doctor-booking-platform-lybrate-quietly-raises-3m-more\/","title":{"rendered":"India-based doctor booking platform Lybrate quietly raises $3M more"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Indian health tech startup\u00a0Lybrate<\/a> has raised $3 million in new funding, according to a filing<\/a> in the U.S., where it\u00a0is incorporated.<\/p>\n

Lybrate declined to comment on the filing, nor would it provide details of the investors who participated in the round.<\/p>\n

Make what you will of that cagey\u00a0response.\u00a0The company last raised $10.2 million led by Tiger Global in July 2015<\/a>, which is some time ago. This new capital takes its tally from investors to date to just short of $15 million<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Founded in 2013, Lybrate\u00a0aims to connect patients with doctors in India and help raise awareness of basic medical practices in the country. \u00a0The startup\u2019s biggest rival is Practo, which offers doctor-finding, health information and also practice management software for the healthcare industry.<\/p>\n

Practo has raised around $180 million from investors, including a recent $55 million Series C led by Chinese internet giant Tencent<\/a>, to finance an expansion that has taken the Indian company into Southeast Asia and Latin America with plans for further international forays in the future. It hasn\u2019t all been plain sailing, however. Practo laid off 150 staff, around 5-10 percent of its headcount, according to reports last week<\/a>, although the company shrugged the\u00a0departures off as regular annual churn.<\/p>\n

While it didn\u2019t spill the beans on the funding,\u00a0Lybrate did tell TechCrunch that it now has over 100,000 verified doctors on its platform. The company claimed that its service sees over six million \u201cinteractions\u201d per month \u2014 it defines that term as searches, health queries or patient-doctor communication \u2014 while it said its apps have been download 4.5 million times.<\/p>\n

Lybrate\u2019s last major launch came in May 2016 when it introduced online lab testing<\/a>\u00a0that allows a patient sample to be collected right from their home, with results later shared online. The service, Lybrate Lab+, is currently active in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. Lybrate\u2019s other services include patient management services for doctors, and remote doctor-patient consultancy.<\/p>\n

The company\u00a0said in a statement that it is seeing \u201cgood traction\u201d in India\u2019s second and third tier cities, and it is planning new language options that it believes can connect more rural-based Indians to healthcare options. But, beyond that, Lybrate\u00a0is keeping quiet on current and future plans.<\/p>\n

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\"\" Indian health tech startup\u00a0Lybrate has raised $3 million in new funding, according to a filing in the U.S., where it\u00a0is incorporated.
\nLybrate declined to comment on the filing, nor would it provide details of the investors who participated in the round.
\nMake what you will of that cagey\u00a0response.\u00a0The company last raised $10.2 million led by Tiger Global in July 2015, which is some time ago. Read More<\/a><\/p>\n

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