Founded by Dr. Akshat Kumar, Gut Clinic focuses on early diagnosis and long-term disease management outside acute hospital settings. The company began with an outpatient and day-care model and is now expanding through centres embedded within hospitals.Gut Clinic, a startup focused on outpatient gastroenterology and liver care, has raised $1 million in a seed funding round from a group of healthcare specialists and operators.
The company said the capital will be used to open new centres, strengthen clinical infrastructure and expand diagnostic capabilities as it builds a protocol-driven outpatient care model.
Gut Clinic is targeting what it describes as a largely underserved preventive healthcare opportunity estimated at $197 billion, particularly in gastrointestinal, liver and metabolic disorders.
Founded by Dr. Akshat Kumar, the startup focuses on early diagnosis and long-term disease management outside acute hospital settings. The company began with an outpatient and day-care model and is now expanding through centres embedded within hospitals.
“This funding allows us to strengthen the clinical systems required to deliver consistent, high-quality outpatient care at scale,” Kumar said.
The startup pointed to rising disease burden as a key driver, noting that liver disease remains a leading cause of mortality in India and fatty liver affects nearly one in three Indians.
Gut Clinic currently operates in the Delhi-NCR region and plans to expand into Chandigarh, Punjab and other parts of northern India. It is targeting more than 20 centres in the near to medium term before scaling pan-India.
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