Newsletter 11

Indian Hospital Sector PE Anlaysis | Our Latest Podcast | Top 5 Healthtech/ Medtech Startups | Rising MedTech Pioneers | Corporate Updates

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Agenda Health AH
November 01, 2025

Indian MedTech|AI Innovation: HearClear

HearClear is a prominent elder care company in India specializing in comprehensive hearing health solutions. Their product portfolio includes a wide range of premium and affordable hearing aids, from behind-the-ear to completely-in-canal devices, equipped with advanced features like noise reduction, Bluetooth connectivity, and rechargeable batteries.

HearClear prides itself on offering personalized diagnostics and customized hearing aid fittings through a vast network of clinics staffed by expert audiologists.

Interested in exploring their Innovations? Yes!

Welcome to all the supporters of Agenda+Health, hereโ€™s is what to expect:

  • Indiaโ€™s Hospital Sector attracted $7B in Private Equity in 2020-25

  • Our Latest Podcast: Dr Karen Pierce, UC SanDiego - Autism & Get SET Early

  • Top 5 Healthtech | Medtech Startups

  • New Frontiers: Rising MedTech Pioneers

  • Corporate Updates: Indian Healthcare

Read time: 5 minutes

1/ Indiaโ€™s Hospital Sector attracted $7B in Private Equity in 2020-25

2020-25, ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ $๐Ÿ•๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ (PE) investments

5 investors alone contributed 2/3rd of the total capital deployed:

  1. Temasek โ€“ Manipal Hospitals (MHEPL) ($2B)

  2. Blackstone โ€“ CARE Hospitals, Quality CARE India Limited + KIMSHEALTH ($800m)

  3. BPEA EQT โ€“ Indira IVF Group ($657m)

  4. KKR โ€“ HealthCare Global ($400m)

  5. Advent โ€“ Apollo 24|7 ($297m)

To look further into the PROs and CONs of such PE investments and interests in Large Hospital Chains, read the deeper perspective in the LinkedIn Post

2/ Our Latest Podcast: Dr Karen Pierce, UC SanDiego - Autism and Get SET Early

My podcast with Dr. Karen Pierce: Founder of Get SET Early, a CDSCO approved Eye Tracking Technology that helps Paediatricians screen children with AUTISM as early ๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ of age instead of the usual 4years.

A Professor at the Dept of Neurosciences at UC San Diego & Co-Director of the its Autism Center of Excellence (ACE), She, in our podcast discussion, explained how its not just the technology; it was about a revolution in ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

Being a Doctor or Hospital Founder/Businessman, would you like to take a demo of this technology:

You can also join our PREMIUM WhatsApp Community made for Paediatricians, Parents & Schools. Click WA Community

You may also look at the Deep Dives of the product Get SET Early and Get SET Early - 2

3/ Top 5 Healthtech | Medtech Startups

Shanmukha Innovations offers a portfolio of innovative diagnostic and laboratory devices focused on point-of-care and affordable healthcare solutions with products such as SickleFind and SickleCert: Highly accurate sickle cell diagnostic kits,

Shilps Sciences A Bangalore-based deep science company developing innovative solutions for nano- and micro-scale imaging and characterization in healthcare research

Eikona X is a Dentist-led startup transforming dental healthcare with Tarsier X, an accurate and patient-friendly intra-oral radiography device to enhance clinical excellence and patient comfort.

Kofuku Technologies is an interactive healthcare content-sharing platform designed to simplify wellness and healthcare exploration by blending social media features with medically verified information.

Cardiac Design Labs Provides intelligent wearables and telemetry-based patient monitoring systems using proprietary algorithms for real-time multi-patient monitoring

4/ New Frontiers: Rising MedTech Pioneers

IOM Biotech is an emerging Indian MedTech company pioneering gut microbiome-based translational medicine with ongoing clinical studies to unlock novel diagnostic and therapeutic solutions.

Their cutting-edge research-driven approach aims to transform personalized healthcare through microbiome science.

Cutting Edge Medical Devices develops innovative, affordable diagnostic tools like SCINTIGLO for early kidney disease detection, bringing advanced point-of-care tech to resource-limited settings. 

Their mission is to democratize healthcare with portable, accessible medical devices for wider patient impact.

5/ Corporate Updates: Indian Healthcare (by Anshul Agrawal)

Cloudnine Hospitals leads race to acquire Apollo Cradle(Source)

India needs 1mn additional hospital beds- Tier 2/3 to lead growth (Source)

Superhealth signs Rs 25bn pact with United Imaging for radiology systems (Source)

Over 9.19 crore hospital admissions facilitated under Ayushman Bharat since 2018 (Source)

Narayana Health Partners with Airbound for Drone-Based Medical Deliveries (Source)