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Women-led medical & pharma startups in India
Diagnostics, devices, biotech and pharmaceuticals, founded by women.
21 women-led companies · 3 with a full founder story · Last updated 23 September 2026
Medical and pharma is the most regulated, most capital-intensive corner of this directory, and the one where the science has to be right before anything else can matter. The women-led companies here build in diagnostics, devices, biotech and pharmaceuticals. Timelines are long, approvals are hard, and the founders below have had to be scientists and operators at once.
India has one landmark example in particular of a woman building a global biotech from a standing start, and a newer generation working in her wake. Browse by stage and city to see them together.
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- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2019
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- Founded
- 2014
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 1978
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
- Founded
- 2022
Dr Rajani Battu
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 1998
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2019
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Gurugram, Haryana
- Founded
- 2014
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2014
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2011
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2011
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Pune, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
- Founded
- 2015
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2012
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2013
Vennila Dharman
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Founded
- 2016
- Industry
- Medical / Pharma
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Founded
- 2013
| Medical / Pharma | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Seed | 2019 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Seed | 2015 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Noida, Uttar Pradesh | Series A | 2014 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Public | 1978 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh | Pre-Seed | 2022 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Bengaluru, Karnataka | — | 2015 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Series B | 2015 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Bootstrapped | 1998 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Seed | 2019 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Gurugram, Haryana | Pre-Series A | 2014 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Seed | 2014 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Series B | 2011 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Series A | 2011 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Pune, Maharashtra | Seed | 2015 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | Seed | 2015 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Mumbai, Maharashtra | Seed | 2015 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala | Seed | 2015 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Seed | 2012 | |
| Medical / Pharma | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Series B | 2013 | |
Theranosis Life SciencesVennila Dharman | Medical / Pharma | Hyderabad, Telangana | Seed | 2016 |
| Medical / Pharma | Bengaluru, Karnataka | Series B | 2013 |
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Why Medical & Pharma matters
India is a pillar of the world’s generic-medicine and diagnostics supply, and the move toward higher-value biotech and devices is opening room for technically deep founders. Women building here are working at the frontier of that shift.
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Frequently asked questions
+ – How is this different from healthtech?
This facet is for diagnostics, devices, biotech and pharmaceuticals. Digital health, wellness and consumer-care companies sit under the HealthTech facet instead.