Ahmedabad

Healthcare Founders Meetup

Happened on May 31, Saturday, 2025
6:00pm — 08:00pm (GMT+05:30)
iHub Gujarat
61 slots booked.
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Top-rated questions will be asked live by the host during the event.
  • For Yash - You’ve built healthcare ventures in India, Dubai, and Tanzania. What’s been your biggest surprise — good or bad — when operating in African or Gulf markets compared to India?
  • For Yash - What early signals made you feel confident that Tanzania or Dubai were ready for your offerings — and what was your approach for entering those markets?
  • What’s one blind spot in India’s healthcare system that inspired you to build your solution?
  • If resources were unlimited, what’s a moonshot idea or product you’d build that could radically improve healthcare in India?
  • In healthcare, credibility is everything. How did you build trust among doctors, hospitals, or patients in your first year?
  • For Bhadresh - For early-stage healthtech startups trying to collaborate with pharma — what’s the biggest mistake you see, and what’s a better way to approach it?
  • For Kush - For early-stage founders aiming to get into top healthcare accelerators — what’s your most actionable piece of advice?
  • What metrics or signals have you found most effective in convincing investors to back a healthtech venture?
  • For Sanket - In a space like tissue banking, where awareness is low, what’s been your most effective strategy for education and adoption?
  • Can you share a story where your initial GTM approach failed and you had to rethink how you reached your users?
  • For Sanket: What inspired you to start The Bone Bank — and what was the hardest part about introducing the concept of human bone allografts in India?
  • For Bhadresh - As an investor and advisor, what are the biggest red flags you notice when early-stage healthtech founders pitch you?
  • How do you balance impact with commercial viability when your core audience often can’t afford to pay premium prices?
  • Who was your toughest stakeholder — doctors, hospitals, patients, or regulators — and how did you win them over?
  • For Kush - You’ve been part of some of the top startup programs — what specifically helped you stand out in the application process?
  • For Kush - What’s one insight you’ve learned from chronic patients that shaped how you designed Redicine Medsol’s product experience?
  • For Yash - ES Group has built across sectors — what’s unique about building in healthcare vs other industries?
Agenda:

eChai Ventures and iHub are co-hosting the Healthcare Founders Meetup to bring together startup folks building and supporting healthcare and healthtech ventures.


The session will feature founders building in digital health, diagnostics, wellness, medical devices, AI in healthcare, and more — sharing their journeys, insights, and what's ahead for the sector.


It'll be an open, informal evening with real conversations and networking with fellow founders, operators, and enablers in the healthcare space.

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