Bengaluru-based fertility care provider Janani announced that it has raised Rs 1.5 crore pre-seed investment led by India’s first idea-phase accelerator VC fund 9Unicorns. Other investors including Archana Priyadarshini and Sweta Rau led the round in AngelList, and angels like IVF expert Nandita Palshetkar, Astir VC partner Kishore Ganji also participated in the round.
According to the company statement, the startup aims to use the funding to create better infertility treatment solutions and make the journey-to-conception more rewarding and hopeful for people around the world.
Founded in June 2020 by Nilay Mehrotra, Janani aims to make the process of infertility treatment and assisted fertilisation easier and more affordable for the masses.
“Janani is creating an AI and computer vision tool to help remove the subjectivity of embryologists while choosing the right embryo. This will increase the success rate of IVF and eventually help lower the costs,” said IVF expert Nandita.
Janani has set its eyes on the global fertility tech management market, currently estimated to be worth $36 billion.
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