Indian Angel Network  (IAN) and India Innovation Fund announced today an undisclosed investment in Consure Medical; a Delhi based company which has developed a new standard of care for the management of fecal incontinence in non-ambulatory patients. The Series A round was led by India Innovation Fund and Hemant Kanakia of Indian Angel Network. Other prominent co-investors in the round include India Venture Partners, Shrikumar Suryanarayan and Saurabh Srivatsava.

Consure Medical was co-founded in 2011 by Nishith Chasmawala and Amit Sharma. Prior to Consure, the duo have commercialized seven products for the US, EU and Japanese markets and have cross-functional leadership experiences from Cordis Corp. (J&J), Kyphon, Inc. (acquired by Medtronic) and Vascutech, Inc.

Consure Medical has developed a novel, disruptive technology that will benefit more than 16 million patients in India and over 100 million patients worldwide. The company competes in the $7 Billion fecal incontinence market with a differentiated product that has patent protection in all key geographies. The company will use the investment to complete product development, ute their clinical & regular strategy, and commercialize its proprietary technology.

It is the first startup emanating from the Stanford-India Biodesign program. Dr. Sandeep Singh, faculty at AIIMS, Nish and Amit, invented the core technology while they were fellows in the SIB program. Prior to the Series A investment, the founders bootstrapped the company using grants from Stanford-India Biodesign, Department of Biotechnology and a corporate grant from Johnson & Johnson.

Mr Hemant Kanakia, an Indian Angel Network member who takes the board seat at Consure Medical said, Consure is the archetype startup that we like to invest in “ very large market, talented entrepreneur, disruptive technology platform that improves millions of lives. Consures affordable product is designed for both the under-privileged masses of India as well as the tertiary care hospitals of the developed markets. Consures product has the potential to reduce mortality, length of stay in hospitals and nursing time. Given the escalating costs of healthcare care world-wide, this is a very compelling value proposition.

Nish Chasmawala, co-founder & CEO, Consure Medical said, Our focus at Consure Medical is to build a low cost, high quality product for the common man of India. Incontinence is not glamarous. No body talks about the problem, the pain and the agony of this benign condition. Our simple technology enables a family member to care for their loved ones in a dignified and hygienic manner. Doctors and nurses like our product because we prevent the spread of nosocomial infections and reduce operating costs. Our target market is significantly larger than we initially setout to accomplish. We are lucky to have investors and board members that have a solid background in building scalable and sustainable companies in India and abroad. .

Rajesh Rai, CEO, India Innovation Fund who will join the Board as India Innovation Fund nominee said, Consure Medical is a very unique technology enabled startup. The company has developed a sophisticated medical device that can be positioned as a consumer centric consumable device. Cannibalizing the adult diaper market will be huge. The team has deep domain knowledge of the medical device industry. We look forward to help them scale-up and support them.

Consure Medical is one of the few early stage startups that have a significant angel investment. Ms. Padmaja Ruparel of IAN said, We are sector agnostic and there is a wide variety in our deal flow. We move fast when we see something exciting irrespective of the stage of the company. IAN members include professionals and entrepreneurs with healthcare expertise. Medical device is an exciting vertical with tremendous potential. We look forward to helping them scale their business and enhancing their global competitiveness.

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