Funding · Healthcare & Life Sciences
MediElaj raises $100K pre-seed from friends and family
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- Date
- Company
- MediElaj
- What it does
- AI-powered healthcare app and kiosk
- Kind
- Funding
- Amount
- ~$100K
- Stage
- pre-seed
- Based in
- Gurugram
- Founded
- 2023-06
What they do
MediElaj builds an AI-powered healthcare app and smart diagnostic kiosk
What happened
It raised ~$100K in pre-seed funding from friends and family in June 2026
Why it matters
Founders had already invested ~$500K of their own money into the venture
The details
- MediElaj has raised ~$100K in a pre-seed round from friends and family.
- The round closed in June 2026.
- The company will use the funds for product development, kiosk prototyping, and healthcare device integration.
- It will also invest in cloud architecture, software development, and pilot preparation.
- The founders had already bootstrapped and invested ~$500K of their own money into technology and operations.
- MediElaj operates under the legal entity MedPredict Private Limited.
- The company was founded in June 2023.
The bigger picture
- The funding comes from friends and family, showing early-stage support from personal networks.
- The founders' own investment of $500K signals strong personal commitment to the venture.
- The company targets underserved communities in Tier 2, Tier 3, and rural areas, addressing a gap in accessible healthcare.
About the business
- MediElaj offers an AI-powered healthcare app and a smart diagnostic kiosk.
- The kiosk provides AI-assisted health screening and non-invasive diagnostics.
- It also offers conversational healthcare guidance and maintains digital health records.
- The company targets underserved communities in Tier 2, Tier 3, rural, and underserved regions of India and internationally.
- Its headquarters are in Gurugram, India.
What happens next
- MediElaj plans to build manufacturing for scalable production of kiosks.
- It aims to achieve nationwide deployment capacity.
- The company will advance AI and cybersecurity capabilities.
- It will develop partnerships to reach Tier 2, Tier 3, rural, and underserved markets.
The deal
- Type
- pre-seed
Investors
- friends and family (lead) — The round was raised from friends and family of the founders.
Founders
- Debjit Patra, Founder & Chairman
- Umesh Khatri, Co-founder
About MediElaj
- Product
- Healthcare app and smart diagnostic kiosk platform with AI-assisted screening and digital health records
- Customers
- Communities seeking accessible preventive healthcare and early diagnosis solutions
- How it makes money
- Healthcare technology platform with app and kiosk deployment model
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