Healthcare

The same fate of two digital lending posterboys; Healthcare not AI ready?

The same fate of two digital lending posterboys; Healthcare not AI ready?

30 Sep 2025, 14:06 PM

Sep 12th Edition: How Capital Float (now Axio) and Lendingkart, in 2025, found themselves meeting the same fate; and why India’s healthcare is not ready for the AI and robotics revolution yet.

Insurtech platform Plum sets up health vertical

Insurtech platform Plum sets up health vertical

15 Jul 2025, 17:34 PM

The Bengaluru-based startup is committing Rs 200 crore to the vertical that it seeks to make it into a full-stack healthcare platform.

General Catalyst leads $218 million seed round in PB Fintech

General Catalyst leads $218 million seed round in PB Fintech's healthcare unit

08 May 2025, 14:50 PM

The funding will be used to establish PB Health's first hospital network in the Delhi NCR and to accelerate product development and technology innovation.

PB Fintech invests Rs 539.4 crore in healthcare unit

PB Fintech invests Rs 539.4 crore in healthcare unit

25 Apr 2025, 17:45 PM

Following this round, PB Fintech’s holding in PB Healthcare will decline from 100% to 32.14% due to the entry of external investors.

Policybazaar parent PB Fintech to invest Rs 696 crore in healthcare arm

Policybazaar parent PB Fintech to invest Rs 696 crore in healthcare arm

12 Mar 2025, 20:41 PM

PB Fintech would be holding up to 33.63% of PB Healthcare on a fully diluted basis.

Policybazaar parent PB Fintech to set up healthcare entity

Policybazaar parent PB Fintech to set up healthcare entity

05 Dec 2024, 16:09 PM

PB Fintech will subscribe to 50,000 shares at a face value of Rs 10 per share aggregating to Rs 5 lakh, and will retain 100% ownership of the proposed entity.

Fintech Highlights

  1. UNLEASH Capital Partners hits final close of first fund at Rs 300 crore

  2. Sahamati Labs partners with Google Cloud to embed AI in account aggregator framework

  3. Shirish Chandra Murmu appointed as RBI Deputy Governor

  4. RBI mandates two-factor authentication for all digital payments from April 2026

  5. MS Dhoni Family Office-backed Finance Buddha gets in-principle nod for SME IPO
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AI/Emerging Tech

  1. Anthropic launches "best coding model" Claude Sonnet 4.5

  2. Vibe-coding startup Anything bags $11 million in Series A funding

  3. Sam Altman dubs OpenAI’s new Pulse ‘the future of ChatGPT'

  4. Microsoft adds Anthropic's models to Copilot amid friction with OpenAI

  5. Emergent raises $23 million in Series A round led by Lightspeed
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Money & Machines

  1. What happened after the gaming ban story; VCs' hunt for 'Lovable' in India

  2. RBI brings the wild west under regulatory fold; Hello, AI friend

  3. The same fate of two digital lending posterboys; Healthcare not AI ready?

  4. Reliance's startup moment; Amazon, Flipkart's NBFC play
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  1. Jio’s third attempt at payments: Can Mukesh Ambani finally crack the merchant code?

  2. Exclusive: ICICI Bank breaks zero-fee UPI model, starts charging payment aggregators

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