Karnataka  Health Minister Unveils Latest Healthtech Startup in Bengaluru

The platform aims to provide patients with verified information, real-time cost comparisons, and AI-powered insights, bridging the trust gap between patients and healthcare providers

Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has inaugurated Docbrella, a next-generation AI-anchored healthtech platform in Bengaluru.

Reportedly, the launch aligns with the state’s broader healthcare priorities of strengthening hospital infrastructure, improving pharmacy safety, and expanding access to digital services.

Docrella’s Chairman, Santosh Agrawal, the healthcare entrepreneur behind brands such as Synecare and MMS Holdings, has announced a ₹50 crore fund infusion to accelerate the platform’s growth in AI-powered healthcare navigation.

Agrawal said Docbrella will offer surgical price benchmarking, hospital and doctor comparisons, and integrated access to services such as insurance, ambulance, nursing, and medical equipment rentals. These will be built around a secure digital health locker and an AI-powered decision-support ecosystem.

The ₹50 crore commitment will be allocated across platforms' ecosystems, including 40% for technology and AI, 25% for hospital partnerships, 20% for outreach, 10% for operations, and 5% for research and development.

About Docbrella

Docbrella is an AI-driven healthcare ecosystem designed to help individuals make informed health decisions; it offers access to authentic doctors with verified credentials and ratings while allowing real-time comparisons of treatment costs and packages, ensuring price.

Reportedly, the platform has a medi-Locker, which is expected to provide a secure, AI-powered digital vault for storing medical records.

Further, it also provides AI-powered personalized health recommendations for proactive care.

Users can search and compare hospitals, doctors, and labs, with clear pricing and fast appointment bookings.

Speaking of the initiative, Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said, “Docbrella is an umbrella platform uniting all aspects of healthcare consultation. Many people today make critical health decisions with incomplete information, leading to exploitation and unnecessarily high costs. Docbrella seeks to change this by securing patient data with AI, providing transparency, and empowering informed choices”.

Agrawal added, “With AI at the core, we are going beyond digitizing healthcare to truly humanizing it by giving patients trust, clarity, and control. As India’s digital health market grows from $8.8 billion in 2024 to nearly $48 billion by 2033, the future of healthcare will be defined by trust, technology, and patient empowerment.”

Joydeep Biswas, Chief Growth Officer of Docbrella, while highlighting the practical need for such innovation, said, “India’s healthcare ecosystem still struggles with limited transparency, unverified provider credentials, unclear treatment packages, and fragmented patient data. With Docbrella, our aim is to bridge this trust gap between patients and providers. Through features like Medi-Locker for secure AI-powered storage, Predictive Health Insights, and our Transparency Module for real-time pricing, we are committed to making healthcare more reliable and patient-centric.”

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