Sector Briefing · India
Health & Life Sciences
Data as of 12 Oct 2026Methodology
Health & Life Sciences represents one of India’s largest deep-tech sectors, underpinned by substantial patent activity and a strong cohort of foreign filers. Teams are heavily focused on machine learning, deep learning, IoT, and wireless communication to advance drug delivery systems, pharmaceutical synthesis, cancer immunotherapy and therapeutics, and assistive technology for the visually impaired.
India has 5,771 health & life sciences startups mapped; 1,07,616 patent applications analysed, of which 20,796 are granted; 10,687 foreign filers are active in the sector.
- Startups:
- 5,771
- Patents:
- 1,07,616
- Granted:
- 20,796
- Foreign share:
- 27%
- Inventors:
- 2,70,217
- In opposition window:
- 3,774
Why this page exists - and how to read it
A one-page brief of this sector: its filing trend, the problems being worked on, the technologies in play, who files most, foreign interest, and a sample of the startups we've mapped to it. Each panel is a door - most drill into a fuller view.
- Investors
- Read the trend and foreign share first - momentum plus outside interest - then scan the roster for patent-backed startups.
- Founders & operators
- The problems list is a whitespace map: crowded themes are validated demand, thin ones are open ground.
- Corporate & R&D
- Top filers and technologies show who to benchmark and where the sector is consolidating.
- Policy & TTO
- The domestic-vs-foreign filing split signals where Indian players lead - and where outside applicants dominate.
5,771
Startups
1,07,616
Patents
20,796
Granted
10,687
Foreign filers
2,70,217
Inventors
Who's filing
Indian companies lead - institutes & foreign kept separate
- Individual / Self-FilerIN · 555
- KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.IN · 368
- TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICESIN · 230
- MERIL IIN · 147
- MSN LABORATORIES R D CENTERIN · 118
- DR REDDY S LABORATORIESIN · 102
Educational institutes (6) - ranked by grant rate (share of filings granted, sample-adjusted), not filing volume
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR149 of 185 granted
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS216 of 307 granted
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY VARANASI126 of 173 granted
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD136 of 190 granted
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE129 of 184 granted
- INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY164 of 250 granted
Foreign applicants - 27% of filings
- ETHICONUS · 448
- KONINKLIJKE PHILIPSNL · 438
- BECTON DICKINSON ANDUS · 430
- UNILEVER GLOBAL IPGB · 354
- UNICHARMJP · 282
- REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALSUS · 252
Filing trend
Chart starts at 2022 - earlier years reflect granted-only survivorship, not full filing volume.
View data
| Year | Domestic | Foreign | Granted |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7110 | 6116 | 17 |
| 2023 | 11715 | 6312 | 219 |
| 2024 | 15231 | 6582 | 6179 |
| 2025 | 19004 | 5801 | 2831 |
| 2026 | 13545 | 2030 | 3135 |
Capital in this sector
Web-sourced funding across the deep-tech startups we track - a snapshot, not a time series
848
Funded startups
~$2379.7M
Total raised
~$1M
Median raise
30 / 24
Series A / B+
Notable funded startups
- EnvedaSeries D+ · ~$517M
- Qure.aiSeries D+ · ~$130M
- AtonarpSeries C · ~$111M
- SigTupleSeries C · ~$54.7M
- Pandorum TechnologiesSeries B · ~$52.1M
- Vivimed · ~$50M
- Immuneel TherapeuticsSeries B · ~$49.8M
- aabo · ~$48M
453 raised at seed / pre-Series A. Funding is from public sources and may contain errors - verify before relying on it. Company details, funding, stage, investors and brand names here are AI-matched to public web sources - not human-verified. Coverage is incomplete and some records may be matched to the wrong company. Treat as a directional starting point, verify before relying on any figure, and note the platform takes no responsibility for errors.
Public money in this sector
Government missions and funds, as their own releases state them
PRIP (Promotion of Research & Innovation in Pharma-MedTech)
Department of Pharmaceuticals · Notified on 17 August 2023
- Outlay
- ₹5,000 crore
- Period
- 2023-24 to 2027-28
- Projects expected
- About 300
- Centres of excellence at the NIPERs
- New medicines, complex generics, biosimilars and novel medical devices: up to ₹5 crore for early-stage projects of MSMEs and startups, up to ₹100 crore for later-stage ones
Source: PIB: Call for proposals under PRIP.
A mission's own bodies and hubs, registered as not-for-profit or government companies, are not counted among the funded startups on this page. A grant or an investment a mission makes in a startup is that startup's funding.
Problems being solved
Patents mapped · click to see the filers
| Label | Patents |
|---|---|
| Drug Delivery Systems | 6401% |
| Assistive Technology for Visually Impaired | 5901% |
| Pharmaceutical Synthesis | 5561% |
| Cancer Immunotherapy | 4760% |
| Cancer Therapeutics | 3460% |
| Drug Delivery | 2990% |
| Pharmaceutical Formulation | 2780% |
| Wearable Health Monitoring | 2670% |
| Remote Patient Monitoring | 2510% |
| Drug Delivery Devices | 2420% |
| Surgical Instruments | 2200% |
| Pharmaceutical Formulations | 2130% |
| Immunotherapy | 2110% |
| Antibody Therapeutics | 1820% |
| Oral Care | 1800% |
| Transdermal Drug Delivery | 1670% |
| Assistive Mobility Devices | 1660% |
| Medical Imaging | 1630% |
| Pharmaceutical Intermediate Synthesis | 1610% |
| Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry | 1600% |
| Assistive Navigation for Visually Impaired | 1590% |
| Dental Instruments | 1580% |
| Medical Devices | 1570% |
| Cancer Diagnostics | 1410% |
| Mental Health Monitoring | 1300% |
| Medical Imaging Diagnostics | 1280% |
| Orthopedic Implants | 1260% |
| Ophthalmic Diagnostics | 1250% |
| Antibody-Drug Conjugates | 1250% |
| Medical Imaging & Diagnostics | 1240% |
Technologies in play
Patents mapped
| Label | Patents |
|---|---|
| Machine Learning | 5,9496% |
| Deep Learning | 2,9473% |
| IoT | 2,2402% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2,0952% |
| Microcontroller | 1,9812% |
| Wireless Communication | 1,8442% |
| Cloud Computing | 1,7822% |
| Wearable Sensors | 1,5801% |
| Convolutional Neural Networks | 1,4021% |
| Pharmaceutical Compositions | 1,3091% |
| AI-Based Imaging | 1,1561% |
| Computer Vision | 1,0681% |
| Natural Language Processing | 1,0531% |
| Microcontroller Control | 9921% |
| Image Processing | 9901% |
| Mobile Application | 9331% |
| Ultrasonic Sensor | 8091% |
| Blockchain | 7821% |
| Real-Time Monitoring | 7651% |
| Predictive Analytics | 7581% |
| Federated Learning | 7451% |
| Haptic Feedback | 7331% |
| Temperature Sensor | 7111% |
| Microfluidics | 7061% |
| Edge Computing | 6821% |
| Pressure Sensors | 6631% |
| Feature Extraction | 6611% |
| Chemical Synthesis | 6381% |
| Organic Synthesis | 6361% |
| Herbal Formulation | 6171% |
Problems and technologies are grouped from each patent's text by AI, so treat the buckets as a map of what the sector works on - not an exact count. Open a bucket to see the filings behind it.
Where startups are mapped
| State | Startups mapped |
|---|---|
| Maharashtra | 953 |
| Karnataka | 912 |
| Tamil Nadu | 717 |
| Telangana | 549 |
| Delhi | 437 |
| Gujarat | 399 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 344 |
| Kerala | 246 |
| Haryana | 175 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 169 |
| West Bengal | 162 |
| Odisha | 140 |
When these companies were incorporated
4,055 companies with a company-register match, 1,669 of them with matched IP. Open a year to see the companies founded in it.
Incorporation dates come from the MCA register, which we have matched for about 69% of the deep-tech base - so this is the shape of the cohort, not a census of it. It is also not the DPIIT recognition date, which can be years later.
Startups · 15 of 5,771
Classified into Health & Life Sciences by their primary technology focus (shown under each name). IP chips count a company's total matched patents, designs and trademarks - across all sectors.
ULTRAHUMAN HEALTHCARE PRIVATE LIMITED
Healthcare & Lifesciences
Ultrahuman is a fitness platform that helps people meditate, workout efficiently, and optimize their sleep with the help of athletes, neuroscientists, artists, and psychologists—all in one place.
Bengaluru Urban
CELAGENEX RESEARCH (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMITED
Healthcare & Lifesciences
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Thane
Cellix Bio Private Limited
Healthcare & Lifesciences
Cellix Bio ® is an innovative drug design and development biopharmaceutical company founded in May 2014. We aspire to develop best-in-class therapies for the treatment of neurological, inflammatory, metabolic, and other diseases. Using our proprietary technologies and strong “
Hyderabad
GENMINDS SKILL TRAININGS AND TECHNOLOGICAL SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED
Education
Genminds Skill trainings and Technological Services Private Limited established in 2019 to be one stop solution for all types of educational institutions and research centers. Genminds bridge the gap between academic institutions and industry by proving the various advanced and i
Guntur
CLENSTA INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LIMITED
Healthcare & Lifesciences
Clensta International : Waterless Personal Hygiene Clensta is an Indian startup and in association with IIT Delhi, one of the leading technology institutions in India, has been working to create innovative healthcare solutions to make hygiene accessible for anyone, anytime and a
South West Delhi
QURE.AI TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
Healthcare & Lifesciences
Qure is working towards the automatic interpretation of radiology images to support healthcare systems in the lower income regions of the world where quality radiology reporting may not be available. A lot of our work has been using Artificial Intelligence (AI) towards diagnosis
Mumbai
NOCCARC ROBOTICS PRIVATE LIMITED
Healthcare & Lifesciences
Noccarc is dedicated to creating smart medical devices for critical care. In the face of the first wave, Noccarc developed the Noccarc V310 ICU Ventilator and has deployed 4,100+ units in over 650 government & private hospitals in India. Recently, Noccarc has taken healthcare
Pune
MEERAAITECH SOLUTIONS LLP
IT Services
MEERAAITECH SOLUTIONS LLP is Limited Liability Partnership registered under LLP Act 2008 and having registered office at 104 FLOOR GRD SANJAY GANDHI NAGAR SION ROAD No 29, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 400022 The startup addresses the challenges faced by visually impaired and
Mumbai
ACTADEX TECHNOLOGIES (OPC) PRIVATE LIMITED
Healthcare & Lifesciences
Actadex Technologies (OPC) Private Limited was established with the primary goal of conducting research on a wide range of scientific challenges encountered by both individuals and industries. Our mission is to develop cost-effective solutions that address these problems. We plac
Guntur
SIGTUPLE TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED
Healthcare & Lifesciences
SigTuple combines advances in robotics and artificial intelligence with dormant data in healthcare to create smart solutions for high volume diagnostic screening tests. The company has developed the device which captures the images of blood, urine and semen samples and the those
Bengaluru Urban
BIOLOGIC PRODUCTS PRIVATE LIMITED
Agriculture
We are Dr. Sonali Bhawsar and Mr. Devdatta (Harshad) Bhawsar; founders of a startup BioLogic Products Pvt Ltd. We have been working in the following 5 domains of Biotechnology for 25 years. A) Agriculture B) Plant Conservation C) Herbal Cosmetics D) Environment and E) Food
Pune
SUDHIR SRIVASTAVA INNOVATIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
Healthcare & Lifesciences
SS Innovations was established by its founder Dr. Sudhir Srivastava in 2016 with the goal of providing an advanced, cost-effective surgical robotic system. SS Innovations is improving the quality of robotic surgical systems. Founder and CEO, Dr. Sudhir Srivastava, has made it his
Gurugram
MYLAB DISCOVERY SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED
Healthcare & Lifesciences
Yet to be updated
Pune
NADENDLA HEALTH CARE PRIVATE LIMITED
Healthcare & Lifesciences
Nadendla Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. develops safe, effective, and affordable herbal and nutraceutical solutions to address chronic and lifestyle-related diseases. By integrating traditional herbal knowledge with modern scientific validation, the company offers preventive and supportive
Guntur
LIVIKARA INNOVATION PRIVATE LIMITED
Media & Entertainment
a dynamic company situated at the intersection of consumer goods and entertainment. Founded with the vision to enhance daily living and celebrate cultural achievements, the company has carved a niche for itself in both the lifestyle product market and the entertainment award scen
Dehradun
Deep-tech basis: site-backed (own website fetched and read), IP-backed (patent or design filed in its own name), web-backed (described elsewhere on the open web), registry only (registry description alone). How this is decided
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Briefings on this sector
funding brief
Space Took a Quarter of the RDI Fund's First Approvals. AI Took ₹3 Crore.
We set TDB's first 22 RDI approvals against where India's deep-tech companies and patent filings are. Space took a quarter of the money from 2% of the companies on our list. AI took 0.1%. Karnataka sent nearly a third of the proposals; Gujarat sent four.
funding brief
Missions Outspend Investors 115 to 1 in Chips. In Space, Investors Lead 7 to 1.
We set ten government missions and funds against the private rounds on our record in the same sectors. In chips, quantum, critical minerals and green hydrogen, the state has committed more than every private round the sector's startups have on our record. In space, robotics, defence, health and mobility, investors have put in more. AI is close to level.
funding brief
The RDI Fund Pays Half. How Many Indian Deeptech Companies Can Raise the Other Half?
The ₹1 lakh crore RDI Fund will finance no more than half of a project; the company must find the rest. The first 22 approvals needed a median ₹101 crore each from their own or private sources. In the past year, 47 deep-tech companies on our list closed a private round of ₹100 crore or more.
funding brief
The RDI Fund's First 22 Companies: ₹2,192 Crore Approved, ₹376 Crore Paid
The Technology Development Board, the first manager to lend from India's ₹1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation Fund, has approved 22 companies for ₹2,192 crore against projects worth ₹4,744 crore. By 30 September it had paid ten of them ₹375.69 crore. Here is the full list, what each is building, and what our data says about them.