Doctor Insta
| File:Doctor Insta Logo.png | |
| Type of business | Public |
|---|---|
Type of site | Online Medical Site |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Udyog Vihar, Gurgaon, India |
| Founder(s) | Amit Munjal |
| Key people | Amarjeet Bhatia, Dhruv Agarwal, Kunal Monga |
| Industry | Internet |
| Services | Online Medical Service |
| Website | www |
| Alexa rank |  715,049 (Global) 95,666 (India)[1] |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required |
| Current status | Active |
Doctor Insta is an e-health care service in India, launched in July 30, 2015. It is owned by Amit Munjal[2] and has its headquarters in Gurgaon. The main theme of doctor insta is bring healthcare to everyone’s fingertips.[3] It is the India’s first video medicine company having aim of providing medical services using internet.
Doctor Insta with the aid of its strategic alliances with online pharmacies and diagnostics lab provides e-health services in various medical fields such as General Medicine, Diet and Nutrition, Psychology and Pediatrics.[4] Total of nine different fields are covered. Doctor Insta is available as application on both Google Play Store and App store.[5]
History[edit]
Doctor Insta[6] launched as a startup in late 2015. The reason which made Munjal to take the decision was his ankle injury in 2012. His friend connected him to US base online medical service which gave rise to the idea of Doctor Insta.[7] Amit wanted to make a video medicine platform to bridge the gap between doctors and patients. He managed to raise $500 K (3.3 Indian Crore) from Rishi Parti and BrahmaX Ventures.[8]
Doctor Insta decided to expand its network by linking with pharmacies and diagnostics labs across the India in early 2016. Alliance with famous pharmacies such as BigChemist, Nedmeds, Ziggy and diagnostics lab such as Thyrocare and Metropolis was formed.[9] Doctor Insta announced that it would go live in Africa, America and South Asian countries.[10]
In an interview, Munjal said that he wanted to pave the way for telemedicine in India. In the next funding round, led by RoundGlass Partners, Doctor Instra got huge funding of $2.5 M ( 17 Indian Crore) in December 2016.[11][12][13] Furthermore, it was announced that 500 medical kiosks, 250 doctors, 5 million customers and 1000 health pillars would be part of next agenda.
Reception[edit]
Doctor Insta entered into the market as a competitor of similar startup such as Healthenablr India, iClinic, Welcome Cure and mHealth Ventures. However Doctor Insta managed to attract attention of investors. Fundraising of $500,000 and then $2.5 million fueled the growth further.[14] According to Munjal, company is promoted using social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Viber etc. Discounts were provided after Doctor Insta partnered with major coupon providers in India.[15]
Munjal revealed to Deccan Herald in May 2016 that startup is growing at rate of 15% per month and one lac users have already registered.[16]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Doctorinsta.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
- ↑ "Doctor Insta Management". July 30, 2015.
- ↑ "Doctor Insta Working Timeline". Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ↑ "Doctor Insta Launched in India". Gadgets Now. December 11, 2015.
- ↑ "Doctor Insta on Playstore". Retrieved December 12, 2016.
- ↑ "Company overview of Doctor Insta". Bloomberg. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
- ↑ "History of Doctor Insta". January 11, 2016.
- ↑ "Telemedicine Venture Doctor Insta raises $500,000 in funding". India Times. December 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Doctor Insta partners with pharmacies and labs". Business Today. January 30, 2016.
- ↑ "Telemedicine Startup to go Live in Africa". September 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Doctor Instra raised $2.5 mn led by RoundGlass Partners". Economic Times.
- ↑ "Video Based health tech startup secures $2.5 M". December 10, 2016.
- ↑ "Doctor Insta makes virtual clinic a reality in India". August 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Doctor Insta on the pulse of business". August 2, 2016.
- ↑ "ICICI bank provides coupon of Doctor Insta".
- ↑ "Doctor Insta to raise $1 m". May 5, 2016.
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