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Bessemer leads $31m series B in Sukino’s care center push

• ByStartupStory     |    January 13, 2026

Sukino Healthcare, a Bengaluru-based provider of integrated post-acute care services, has raised USD 31 million in its Series B funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, as it accelerates expansion of its network of care centers and tech-enabled services across India.

The round also saw participation from existing investors including Accel, Lightspeed, and HealthQuad, bringing Sukino’s total funding to over USD 50 million. The capital will fuel rapid scaling of its physical infrastructure, technology platform, and clinical operations, positioning the company to capture a larger share of India’s rapidly growing organised healthcare market.

Transforming post-acute care in India

Sukino specialises in post-acute care – the critical period between hospital discharge and full recovery at home. This segment, often overlooked by traditional hospitals, involves rehabilitation, chronic disease management, palliative care, and skilled nursing for patients recovering from surgeries, strokes, cardiac events, or long-term conditions like diabetes and COPD.

Unlike conventional home healthcare models, Sukino operates a hybrid network of dedicated care centers located in high-density urban clusters. These centers offer step-down facilities with 24/7 clinical oversight, physiotherapy, nutrition, and mental health support, before transitioning patients to home-based monitoring via its proprietary tech stack.

The company’s model addresses a massive gap in India’s healthcare ecosystem, where over 70% of hospitalisations result in complex post-acute needs, but organised capacity remains under 5%. By blending clinical expertise, tech, and real estate, Sukino aims to standardise and scale this underserved segment.

Use of funds: centres, tech, and clinical teams

Sukino plans to deploy the USD 31 million across aggressive network expansion, platform enhancement, and talent acquisition.

A major chunk will go into establishing 20+ new care centers over the next 18 months, targeting Tier-1 and Tier-2 cities like Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, and Chennai. Each center is designed as a 50–100 bed facility with modular infrastructure for quick setup and scalability.

On the technology front, the company is doubling down on its AI-powered care management platform. This includes predictive readmission risk scoring, remote patient monitoring via wearables, automated care planning, and caregiver coordination tools. The goal is to reduce hospital readmissions by 40% and improve patient outcomes through data-driven interventions.

Finally, Sukino will hire 500+ clinical staff – including doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, and care coordinators – while investing in upskilling programs to maintain high standards across its growing footprint.

Bessemer bets on post-acute disruption

Bessemer Venture Partners, known for early bets on India’s healthcare leaders like Innovaccer and HealthifyMe, sees Sukino as a category-defining play in post-acute care. The fund believes that as India’s hospitalisation rates rise with ageing demographics and lifestyle diseases, organised post-acute infrastructure will become a USD 10 billion+ opportunity.

For Bessemer, Sukino’s moats lie in its full-stack model (real estate + clinical ops + tech), high repeat utilisation from hospital partners, and strong unit economics. The company already boasts 85%+ occupancy across its centers and partnerships with 200+ hospitals, including top chains like Apollo and Fortis.

Riding India’s healthcare tailwinds

India’s post-acute care market is exploding, driven by:

• Rising chronic disease burden (diabetes, heart disease affecting 200M+ Indians).

• Hospitalisation surge post-COVID, with longer average lengths of stay.

• Policy push for Ayushman Bharat expansion into secondary/tertiary care.

• Insurance penetration growth, making organised care more accessible.

Sukino’s care centers achieve 30–40% lower costs compared to hospital step-down units while delivering superior outcomes, making it an attractive partner for payers, insurers, and corporates.

The company has also begun exploring B2B2C models, white-labeling its tech platform to smaller clinics and offering enterprise wellness programs for post-operative employee care.

Path ahead

With Bessemer’s strategic backing and fresh capital, Sukino is now laser-focused on becoming India’s largest post-acute care network. The next 12–18 months will see aggressive geographic expansion, deeper hospital integrations, and platform innovations to cement its leadership.

As healthcare shifts from acute treatment to continuum-of-care models, Sukino Healthcare could redefine recovery in India – one care center, one patient, one data point at a time.

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