Healthians Founder Deepak Sahni Steps Down After a Decade

Sahni plans to work on solving deeper healthcare problems, support promising founders, and build new ventures.

Deepak Sahni, founder of healthtech startup Healthians, has stepped down after a decade with the Gurugram-based company.

Sahni announced the decision in a LinkedIn post, marking the end of his formal executive role at the diagnostics company.

“After spending 10 years as Founder and CEO of Healthians, I transitioned to the role of Executive Chairman in November 2023 and, over the past year, helped guide the company’s first truly professional management team. For me, Healthians will never be just a company. It has been a mission, a problem worth solving. After scaling it to a valuation of more than Rs 3,000 crore, expanding to over 300 cities, building more than 22 labs, and raising seven rounds of capital without external bankers, we have proven that diagnostics in India can be built at scale, with soul,” Sahni said.

Under Sahni’s leadership, Healthians raised a total of $75 million in funding, with WestBridge, BEENEXT, DG Ventures, and YouWeCan among its lead investors. Sahni holds a 6.5 percent stake in the company.

Going forward, Sahni said he will focus on backing the next generation of founders through his INR 100 crore corpus commitment. He added that he plans to work on solving deeper healthcare problems, support promising founders, and build new ventures.

Sahni stated that he has stepped away from all formal executive responsibilities and will continue as a shareholder, supporting the company as the management team and investors take Healthians forward.

Healthians reported an 8 percent year-on-year increase in operating revenue to INR  263 crore in FY25 from INR 243 crore in FY24, according to its consolidated financial statements filed with the Registrar of Companies. Including non-operating income of INR 7 crore, the company’s total income rose 7 percent to INR 270 crore.

Improved revenue and tighter cost controls helped Healthians reduce losses by 89 percent to INR 5 crore in FY25 from INR 45 crore in FY24. The company also reported positive EBITDA of Rs 32 crore, with an EBITDA margin of 12.17 percent during the year.

Healthians offers at-home diagnostic services across more than 250 cities and claims to have conducted over 10 crore tests to date.

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