ImpactGuru.com, India's leading healthcare financing platform for patients raises money online for medical expenses via crowdfunding. It aggregates a large number of online payments to allow any individual requiring financial assistance to raise funds for medical expenses - be it cancer, transplant, accident, or any medical emergency. ImpactGuru.com has already helped mobilize Rs 150 cr/US$20mm via crowdfunding along with its partners. ImpactGuru.com was incubated at Harvard Innovation Lab in USA in 2014. ImpactGuru.com announced a $2mm Series A round, led by Apollo Hospitals Group, Currae Healthtech Fund, RB Investments (Singapore based VC Fund), Shorooq Investments (Middle East based VC Fund), Venture Catalysts (India's #1 angel investor group) with participation from various other investors from USA, Southeast Asia, and Middle East. ImpactGuru.com was selected among top 5 early stage startups in India by TiE, featured on CNBC Young Turks, and also won the Best Social Impact Startup Award by News Corp. (Tech Circle). ImpactGuru.com was ranked among top 21 Startups Globally to Watch in the space in which it operates. ImpactGuru's senior management is led by Harvard, Wharton, Parsons, IIT, and IIM alumni. Impact Guru's Advisory Board features Managing Directors at JPMorgan, BCG, Dalberg, Harvard Business School Professor, Founder of Sequoia portfolio company, leading US based doctor. ImpactGuru.com has an exclusive strategic partnership with GlobalGiving, which is the world's first and largest global crowdfunding community for NGOs with presence in 166 countries and $355mm mobilized. Based on evidence in US, UK, and China, patient financing via crowdfunding is expected to grow by 20x in the next 5 years powered by India's rising smartphone and digital payments penetration. Global examples: GoFundMe (USA), JustGiving (UK), Shuidi (China).
