2025 is the year where we are witnessing the funding spree almost every single week. As always, we focus on the Fintech and Edtech sectors, but there is one sector which is silently winning the show without any noise. The sector I am referring to is health tech.
In just the first 6 months of 2025, Indian startups raised over $6.7 billion in funding. Out of this, health tech startups raised more than $828 million. You might think that’s a small number. But here’s the surprise: health tech got the second highest funding, right after fintech. It even beat other popular sectors like edtech, ecommerce, and D2C. Health tech is not making a lot of noise, but it’s definitely winning in 2025.
Startups are focusing on building strong tech infrastructure, working closely with hospitals and clinics, and offering end-to-end healthcare services. And the main goal is to solve deep-rooted problems in India’s complicated healthcare system.
India’s healthcare industry is growing very fast. Right now, it’s worth about $100 billion. But by 2030, it’s expected to grow to $458 billion. That’s more than 4 times bigger, and it’s growing at a steady rate of 22% every year.
You know when a sector is growing or any company is growing at a good pace, there will be some signs to tell us about the growth. If we go back to April 2025, there is one piece of news regarding the hiring trends in the healthcare segment.
As health tech grows fast in India, it’s also creating many new job opportunities. With hospitals using AI tools, telemedicine, and data-based treatments, the need for skilled people is rising. Cities like Bangalore have a 65% demand for medical transcriptionists, while Delhi needs clinical data analysts. Gurugram, Kochi, and Nagpur also show strong demand for pharmacy technicians, phlebotomists, and dieticians. What’s exciting is that even smaller cities are becoming healthcare hubs.
One big reason health tech is growing so fast is because of the startups that are solving real-life problems in smart and simple ways. Today, you don’t always need to visit a hospital for basic health issues. You can consult a doctor online in minutes, use AI tools to scan reports and get faster diagnoses, get medicines delivered to your home, wear a device that tracks your heart rate, sleep, or blood sugar, and book blood tests and health checkups at home. These services are not only faster and cheaper, but they also help people in small towns and villages who don’t have easy access to big hospitals.
In short, health tech startups are making healthcare more reachable, more efficient, and more personal. This growth has started with covid, and we have already proven to the world what India can do.
Today 600+ million ABHA IDs (Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts) have been created under the National Digital Health Mission, enabling digital health records for millions. Over 100 million eSanjeevani teleconsultations have been conducted, bringing doctor consultations to remote villages and small towns, entirely online. Platforms like CoWIN, used during the COVID-19 vaccination drive, managed over 2 billion vaccine doses, showcasing India’s ability to build reliable, real-time digital health infrastructure.
All of this has resulted in the growth of funding in the health tech segment. In just the first 6 months of 2025, Indian health tech startups raised over $828 million, making it the second most funded sector, right after fintech. That’s more than what edtech, e-commerce, or D2C brands received during the same time.
This is important because funding tells us where the future is headed. Investors don’t just look at short-term trends; they invest in long-term potential. And clearly, they see health tech as one of the most promising and impactful industries of the decade.
And as a result, numerous startups in this segment raised crores during the first half of 2025. In January 2025, health tech saw strong early momentum. Consint.AI raised ₹5 Cr to fight insurance fraud using GenAI. BrainSightAI secured $5M to expand its brain health platform in India and the US. Zoplar raised $3.4M to improve medical equipment access in Tier II/III cities. Meanwhile, MedMitra AI got ₹3 Cr to grow its clinical AI tools and support medical students laying solid groundwork across healthcare needs.
Nivaan Care raised $4.25M to tackle chronic pain with regenerative therapies, addressing a need affecting 270M+ Indians. CureAble secured ₹2 Cr to support neurodiverse children through tech and therapy. Truemeds raised ₹375 Cr in Series C funding. Backed by Accel and Info Edge, it’s expanding affordable generic medicine access across India through smart tech and wide reach.
And many other startups raised crores, and collectively they all contributed to the funding boom in the health tech segment. What we are witnessing is just the early phase of many startups; eventually, when they scale in the future, we can witness strong numbers from this segment. That’s how silently this sector is growing without making any noise.
If you are someone building a startup in a health-related industry, this is the perfect time for you to start.
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