W Health Ventures
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Mumbai, India
Countries of investment
- India
- United States
Investment stages
- Pre-Seed
- Seed
- Series A
Industries
- Digital health
- Chronic care
- Mental health
- Women's health
- Clinical delivery
- Healthcare services
About
W Health Ventures is a healthcare venture firm operating between Mumbai and Boston, investing in and building digital health companies for India. They combine a studio model with a traditional fund, taking an active role in company formation and early operations. Their portfolio addresses India's most pressing care-delivery challenges.
W Health Ventures is a healthcare venture firm operating between Mumbai and Boston, investing in and building digital health companies for India. They combine a studio model with a traditional fund, taking an active role in company formation and early operations. Their portfolio addresses India's most pressing care-delivery challenges.
Investment Thesis
W Health Ventures operates a venture-building thesis rather than a purely financial one: they believe India's healthcare gaps require companies to be created, not just funded. They incubate and co-found digital health businesses in-house, then back them with capital through Series A, focusing on chronic care, mental health, women's health and clinical delivery models that can scale across India's cost and access constraints.
Manager's Experience
Operates across Mumbai and Boston with a dual model: a venture studio that incubates and co-founds digital health companies in-house, plus a fund that backs them through Series A. Focus is on chronic care, mental health, women's health and clinical delivery models built for India's cost and access constraints. (Founders, fund size and LPs unverified.)
Team
Dr. Pankaj Jethwani-Managing Partner
Gaurav Porwal-Partner & Chief Operating Officer
Tushar Sadhu-Associate Vice President
Portfolio
Wysa
BeatO
Mylo
Nivaan Care
ElevateNow
BabyMD
Reveal HealthTech
Good Health Company
Jasper
Kins
Ryse Health
Violet Health
Everhope Oncology
2070 Health