Practo founder's health startup Cent raises funding

Healthtech startup Cent has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from OneFlow Holdings, the family office of Shashank ND, and venture firm South Park Commons, to build its AI-led early disease detection platform.

The startup wants to make healthcare easier by bringing diagnostics, doctor consultations, and treatment management into one digital platform. The new funding will help improve Cent’s technology, add more services, and grow into new markets.

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“Unlike most preventive healthcare services, we are solely focussed on early detection of life-threatening diseases such as cancer, and cardiac and metabolic conditions that comprise about 70–74% of deaths globally," Khandelwal, Cent ’s cofounder and CBO said.

He said the company has adopted a direct-to-consumer (D2C) model. "Most healthcare companies in India are B2B, selling services to hospitals, insurers, or corporates. Our revenue comes directly from consumers. We do not earn commissions from hospitals, doctors, or insurers," he added.

Founded in 2023 by practo founder Shashank ND along with Arpit Garg (formerly at lenskart) and Anshul Khandelwal (ex-ola Electric), Bengaluru-based Cent has been operational since the first quarter of FY26 and has completed more than 1,500 scans.

The company says 26% of its scans found important health issues, and about 3–4% detected serious conditions like cancer or major heart problems that needed immediate attention, even in people without symptoms.

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Cent’s platform uses a special screening system called CCNM (cardiac, cancer, neurological, and metabolic). It combines full-body MRI, cardiac CT, ECG, DEXA scans, over 120 blood and urine tests, and genomic testing. The results are analysed with AI and checked by doctors to create a detailed report for each organ.

Cent tracks the success of its screenings using the Early Detection Index (EDI). The company reports an EDI of about 83%, compared to 15–20% for regular annual checkups.

The startup is growing around 50% each month and has an annualised revenue of about $2 million.

With the new funding, Cent plans to open specialised early detection centres in major Indian cities, starting with Bengaluru in April, followed by Mumbai, Delhi, and Hyderabad.

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