In a seed funding round, the healthcare platform Gut Clinic raised $1 million, or roughly Rs 9 crore, with the support of a strategic group of more than 15 investors. Deepak Garg, Juhi Bhatnagar, Ankur Kathuria of Alpha Wave Global, Amitoj Singh, and Aman Rajpal are important participants.
The company said in a press release that the money will be used to build new centers, improve clinical systems, and increase diagnostic capabilities throughout India’s $197 billion preventive healthcare market.
Akshat Kumar founded Gut Clinic in 2024, and it runs specialized outpatient clinics for liver, metabolic, and gastroenterology conditions. For patients seeking specialized care outside of conventional hospital settings, its clinics provide consultations, endoscopies, colonoscopies, advanced gastrointestinal diagnostics, and clinical nutrition services.
Approximately 70 million Indians suffer from metabolic and digestive disorders that are caused by their lifestyle, according to market research.
Gut Clinic treats gastrointestinal, liver, and metabolic disorders using an outpatient and day-care model with clinics integrated into hospitals. In order to improve digestive health awareness and outcomes, the startup focuses on patient-centric care and makes use of clinical expertise, technology-enabled infrastructure, digital marketing, local activation, and partnerships.
Gut Clinic is currently based in the Delhi NCR area, but it intends to grow to Chandigarh, Punjab, and other Northern Indian cities. With the ultimate objective of creating India’s largest gastro-metabolic healthcare platform, which emphasizes early diagnosis, protocol-driven treatment, and long-term disease management, it plans to open more than 20 centers in the near to medium term.
