Biddano is a Pune-based healthcare supply-chain platform that uses technology to bridge gaps between distributors and chemists in offline pharma distribution. Its core product is a 'plug and expand' platform that helps distributors manage demand and supply while expanding their geographic reach. The tech platform simplifies order management by consolidating orders from multiple distributors into pharmacy-specific deliveries and includes a virtual inventory app for just-in-time procurement. The start-up plans to use the $2 million funding to invest in product, engineering, and market teams, develop new products, and improve customer experience. Biddano currently serves more than 20,000 pharmacies and intends to scale to over 100,000 pharmacies within 12 months while growing headcount from 30 to 100 in the next ten months. It aims to become India’s largest healthcare supply chain, logistics, and payment platform over the next two to three years. Biddano is a tech-enabled B2B healthcare product distribution platform that uses a 'plug and expand' model to help distributors manage demand and expand geographic reach. The platform simplifies order management by consolidating orders from multiple distributors into pharmacy-specific deliveries and enables procurement in less than three hours. Founded in 2016 by Talha Shaikh and Ashok Yadav and based in Pune, Biddano applies an AI-led approach to increase the reach and speed of healthcare delivery. The company aims to organise the offline pharmaceutical supply chain and become a one-stop solution for procurement and fulfilment for chemists and hospitals. It is targeting the Indian pharmaceutical market, noted in the article as worth over $24 billion and comprising over one million chemists and 65,000 distributors. The article states the pre-Series A funding will help the company continue building on its tech-led disruption in the Indian pharma space.

Total raised

$3M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

Sep 2021