India has made huge strides in its healthcare delivery, and this has been most evident in the way healthcare professionals and enterprises have come forward and taken charge in this Covid-19 pandemic. The economic upside of a strong healthcare system is enormous; including a healthy working population and becoming a centre for global medical tourism.

Initiatives such as National Health Mission, Ayushman Bharat, PM-JAY have greatly contributed to the availability of healthcare
Insurance coverage has also been higher thanks to Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana

Health and Wellness in NSA 2021

The entire value chain of the healthcare industry is undergoing a huge transformation on account of technology adoption in reducing the cost of healthcare, accessibility of healthcare facilities, early diagnosis, and effective treatment. NSA aims to recognise not only the exceptional startups, but also innovations across the healthcare value chain along with wellness and alternative medicine (AYUSH).

Categories and Applications Count for Health and Wellness

Winners

Winner

Health and Wellness | Access to Healthcare

Health Arx Technologies Private Limited

DIPP13193

BeatO stands for beating the ring (O) of Diabetes. It is a complete online ecosystem that brings everything a person needs for managing diabetes, and other chronic conditions like blood pressure and obesity, in one place. Currently, there are over 1,50,000 BeatO users across India, and this number is growing at the rate of 15,000 people per month.

Product Summary

The BeatO App and BeatO CURV Smartphone Glucometer make diabetes management easy, affordable, and accessible for its members. The BeatO CURV is their Made in India, ISO 13485:2016 glucometer. The BeatO CURV is India's first USB-connected smartphone glucometer. It uses the plug-and-play concept and connects to the USB port of your smartphone. The users insert a strip into the glucometer and take their sugar reading. The readings then appear on the BeatO App and are saved in the cloud.

Impact/Testimonials

150K+

Diabetic users helped

4M

Blood Glucose readings recorded

25%

HbA1c reduction in high-risk diabetic users

Winner

Health and Wellness | Diagnostics

Sascan Meditech Private Limited

DDIPP2846

OralScan is the first multimodal image capturing device that uses multispectral imaging technology at its core for non-invasive and real-time screening of oral cancer and biopsy guidance. The proprietary software developed to operate OralScan is intuitive, so even health workers can be trained to handle the instrument, gather patient data, and share the screening report with clinicians.

Product Summary

OralScan is an intraoral camera that can be used for screening and early detection of oral cancer with the help of a cloud-based machine learning algorithm. It is a multispectral imaging hand-held device for simultaneous recording of oxygenated haemoglobin absorption in the diffusely reflected light and tissue fluorescence. The device consists of a sub-miniature monochrome camera featuring a 5MP CMOS sensor, connected to the USB port of a Tablet or Laptop and controlled through proprietary software. Multiple light-emitting diodes (LEDs) illuminate the tissue, and the fluorescence and diffuse reflectance images are captured synchronously. The captured images are processed, pseudo colour mapped (PCM), and displayed on a tablet in real-time.

Impact/Testimonials

"Almost 89% of oral cancers in India arise from oral potentially malignant lesions of the oral cavity. The non-invasive imaging system will help clinicians like us in deciding where and when to take a biopsy from”

Dr. Anita Balan, MDS

Principal, Government Dental College (GDC), Thiruvananthapuram

"In one of our patients who was provisionally diagnosed with an ulcer, histopathological examination following guided biopsy with OralScan diagnosed the lesion, which shows the promising potential of the device in identifying lesions noninvasively"

Dr. Sanjay C J, MDS

Department Of Oral Medicine, JSS Dental College & Hospital, Mysuru

“If a white lesion is seen, people are taking biopsy from wrong places and cannot identify the right place. This device will guide you to which site is malignant or not. OralScan is going to create a big change in the future"

Dr. Radhamadhab Sahu, MS

Consultant – ENT & Skull Base Surgery, IMS And SUM Hospital, Bhubaneswar 751003, Orissa.

Government Recognition/Partnership

The startup is recognised by Kerala Startup Mission and Startup Karnataka.

Winner

Health and Wellness | Medical Devices

Bionic Hope Private Limited

DIPP4704

Designed, engineered, and proudly made in India, Grippy is a lightweight and affordable battery-powered prosthesis available in the Indian market for people with below elbow amputation age 15 years and above. The team sees a future where bionics are made as simple as switching on a light bulb.

Product Summary

An affordable prosthetic hand that reduces the learning time using their Sense of Touch Technology. Grippy, India's Own NABL Lab Safety Tested and Certified, 3D printed Prosthetic hand with a sense of touch and multi-grip control. The Sense of Touch Technology also Aids in helping the patient / User of the prosthetic hand identify opening-closing, communication, the grip of the hand, and even soft or hard objects.

Impact/Testimonials

“With Grippy I have had no complaints in the past three months. I have never dropped an object nor stress myself to use it after 20 minutes of training”

Russel John Grippy Pilot

“When I saw a user first use Grippy, I thought he was trained for weeks, but he was using it for 20 minutes. The user in, spite of three years since his amputation, was moving objects naturally”

Yugal Kishore

“Grippy is a well-designed prosthetic hand, that a user would feel very comfortable wearing. The concept of sense of touch is something revolutionary to be seen in a home-grown prosthetic hand”

Deepali Kant P&O, Mumbai

Winner

Health and Wellness | Life Sciences

Leucine Rich Bio Private Limited

DIPP32921

Leucine Rich Bio's unique BugSpeaks platform has been able to analyse gut microbial sequencing data comprehensively to provide actionable and personalized dietary and supplementation recommendations that have the potential to transform human health, wellness, and well-being.

Product Summary

Leucine Rich Bio is South Asia's first microbiome company to develop and commercialize this region's first gut microbiome test called Bugspeaks. The test is non-invasive, simple, easy to perform at home, and uses next-generation sequencing to detect and analyse all microorganisms based on the user's DNA. Through 'microbiome sequencing analysis,' their efforts are directed towards identifying "the diverse species of microorganisms within the gut, followed by characterization, analysis, and interpretation of larger patterns within them. They achieve this through evidence-based research and understanding to assist you in understanding your health and provide you with actionable dietary recommendations to improve your well-being.even soft or hard objects.

Impact/Testimonials

"Leucine Rich Bio played a huge role in the gut microbiome study done at Healing Hands Clinic. I appreciate their quick response to all our queries and guidance through every challenge faced"

Dr.Leena Dhole

Healing Hands Clinic, Pune

"I was looking for answers with respect to appropriate foods, probiotics etc for my gut related issues and was dismayed when multiple visits to doctors turned out to be fruitless. BugSpeaks' report ticked all the boxes as it answered all my questions"

Mr. Nishant Kewalramani

Founder, EDIPLIS, Bengaluru

Winner

Health and Wellness | Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)

Atreya Innovations Private Limited

DIPP23107

Atreya Innovations wish to combine the best of Indian holistic science, western medical science, and modern artificial intelligence-based technology to provide personalized and predictive health and wellness insights. Predictive health analysis is the key to their development, driven by Ayurveda Nidan (Diagnostics) science.

Product Summary

Nadi Tarangini auscultates subtle changes in overall health parameters based on Vatta, Pitta, Kapha (Tridosha) diagnostics. The Nadi Tarangini report envisages present and possible ailments, giving recommendations on diet and lifestyle changes. The unique sensor technology to translate ancient wisdom of understanding individualized health parameters in Ayurveda and advanced Data Science make Nadi Tarangini a perfect tool for individualized diagnostics. The product has a patient unit, doctor's unit, and the mobile app where all the diagnosis is made.

Impact/Testimonials

480+

Doctors

105,000+

Patients tested

12

Countries

8

Patented geographies

All Finalists

Name of Startup Category City State
techinvention lifecare private limited Access to Healthcare Mumbai Maharashtra
yourdost health solutions private limited Access to Healthcare Bengaluru Karnataka
althion tech innovations private limited Access to Healthcare Hyderabad Telangana
vanguard diagnostics private limited Diagnostics New Delhi New Delhi
alfaleus technology private limited Diagnostics Vellore Tamil Nadu
genes 2ME private limited Diagnostics Gurugram Haryana
cosara diagnostics private limited Diagnostics Vadodara Gujarat
innoflaps remedy private limited Medical Devices Delhi Delhi
atreya innovations private limited Medical Devices Pune Maharashtra
innaccel technologies private limited Medical Devices Bengaluru Karnataka
cardiac design labs private limited Medical Devices Bengaluru Karnataka
personal air quality systems private limited Medical Devices Bengaluru Karnataka
jclean weather tech private limited Medical Devices Pune Maharashtra
healthatm india private limited Medical Devices Mumbai Maharashtra
terra blue exploration technologies private limited Medical Devices Bengaluru Karnataka
innovation imaging technologies private limited Medical Devices Bengaluru Karnataka
kibi sports private limited Fitness and Sports Varanasi Uttar Pradesh
genio solutions LLP Fitness and Sports Bengaluru Karnataka
acenati sportyze india private limited Fitness and Sports Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh
into wellness private limited Fitness and Sports Pune Maharashtra
ortiv-Q3 research private limited Life Sciences Ahmedabad Gujarat
bee base private limited Life Sciences Ahmedabad Gujarat
Shashvi Remedies OPC Private Limited Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) Mumbai Maharashtra
olene life sciences private limited Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) Chennai Tamil Nadu
atbu harita pharmaceuticals private limited Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) Tapi Gujarat
shpero health LLP Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) Ahmedabad Gujarat