Karkinos Healthcare has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Endiya Partners, a leading VC Funds in technology, healthcare and life-sciences. 

R Venkataramanan, Founder and CEO, Karkinos Healthcare, said, “The investment in Karkinos is a strong validation of our pioneering effort to create a distributed cancer care network and we are thrilled to have them as a partner in our crusade against cancer."

“Innovative tech startups in the cancer care space which help drive quality diagnostics and treatment to a larger number of patients is the need of the hour in India. We strongly feel Karkinos with its comprehensive tech-led solutions and distributed network is poised to bring about the much-needed disruption in the cancer-care eco-system,” commented Dr Ramesh Byrapeneni, Managing Director, Endiya Partners. 

Founded by a highly experienced team, Karkinos Healthcare started its operations in Kerala, and is looking to expand to Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and West Bengal. The company works with multiple healthcare institutions and professionals in the oncology ecosystem, successfully bringing cancer care closer to patients backed by a robust technology platform. It has also set up a Centre for Advanced Cancer Diagnostics in Kochi, to provide world-class diagnostic services, including molecular tests and immunohistochemistry tests, for cancer.