Cloudnine Hospitals

Cloudnine Hospitals
Geography
Location	Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Organisation
Hospital type	Specialist
Services
Speciality	Maternity, Gynaecology, Pediatrics, Intensive Care, Fertility, Cryonline
History
Founded	2007
Links
Website	cloudninecare.com
Lists	Hospitals in India

Cloudnine Hospitals is a chain of hospitals headquartered in Bangalore, India. It was founded by the neonatologist Dr. R. Kishore in 2007.^[1] Cloudnine Hospitals, currently operates in the cities Bengaluru,^[2] Chennai, Gurgaon, Mumbai and Pune,^[3] and has more than 30,000 deliveries to its credit. In addition to maternal care, Cloudnine also provides Gynecology, Pediatrics, Intensive Care, Fertility and Neonatal Care services.^[4]

History

In 2007, the neonatologist R Kishore Kumar along with his team of three co-founders decided to set up Cloudnine Hospital with the aim of focusing on providing quality newborn care. In May 2011, Matrix Partners approached the firm and invested INR 45 crore with Cloudnine.^[5][6] Today, it has several facilities across India, which is a joint venture of the Kids Clinic (Bangalore) Private Limited, owned by Dr. Kishore Kumar, and Scrips N Scrolls India, a company into property development and investments.

Expansion

Cloudnine has approximately 15 hospitals across five cities – Bengaluru ^[7] (11 centers), Mumbai ^[8] (1 center), Chennai,^[9] (1 center), Pune ^[10](1 center) and Gurgaon ^[11] (1 center). These hospitals have the capacity to handles about 750 births per month with an average expenditure between INR 60,000 and INR 70,000.^[12]

The company has raised about INR 550 crore from investor houses, including Matrix Partners, Sequoia, and India Value Fund Advisors (IVFA).^[13]

Awards

• Limca Book of Records for Largest collection of mother-child selfies- 2015 ^[14]
• 2014 Australian Service Excellence Awards ^[15]
• VCCircle Awards 2014 - Best PE/VC-backed Healthcare Company for 2014.^[16]
• Forbes India named Cloudnine One of the 11 start-ups to watch out for in 2012.^[17]

References

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