Phaneesh Murthy launches health and lifecare venture

Written By Unknown on Senin, 23 Maret 2015 | 23.25

Last month, Murthy had said that all charges relating to a sexual misconduct case at US-based outsourcing firm iGate had been "settled".

Entering a new arena, former iGate CEO Phaneesh Murthy is launching an online market place for healthcare products and services in partnership with four professionals. Murthy on Monday announced launch of PM Health & Life Care Pvt Ltd which will start the online market place.

The first step in the venture will be an online market place which connects chemists and druggists with consumers, PM Health & Life Care said in a release.

The release said the family fund of Phaneesh Murthy has led the seed round of USD 3.2 million.

In the venture, Murthy is going to actively play the role as Executive Chairman, the company said, adding the venture plans to raise its first round of capital shortly bringing the total invested amount in the company to about USD 8-10 million.

One of the pioneers in Indian IT industry, Murthy has also worked with Infosys  in the past but his name surfaced in alleged sexual harassment cases at both the IT firms.

Last month, Murthy had said that all charges relating to a sexual misconduct case at US-based outsourcing firm iGate had been "settled".

Commenting on the new venture, Murthy, Co-Founder and Chairman of PMHLC, said, "The proposed health exchange is an innovative model, bringing technology as the great enabler for facilitating well-informed healthcare access."

"The health exchange meets the latent need of the consumers, clinics, hospitals, diagnostic centres and doctors to make quality healthcare accessible and efficient to a large population," he said. The company will only work with providers of goods and services who meet all regulatory and quality standards, the release said.

It said that the founding team includes Murthy as Chairman and Hemant Bhardwaj as CEO. Umesh Naidu will be Chief Operating Officer, Anil Bajpai be Chief Technology Officer and Harshit Singhal will be Chief Finance Officer and Head of Strategy, it added. 

Infosys stock price

On March 23, 2015, Infosys closed at Rs 2232.40, down Rs 26.55, or 1.18 percent. The 52-week high of the share was Rs 2335.20 and the 52-week low was Rs 1447.00.


The company's trailing 12-month (TTM) EPS was at Rs 104.69 per share as per the quarter ended December 2014. The stock's price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio was 21.32. The latest book value of the company is Rs 366.51 per share. At current value, the price-to-book value of the company is 6.09.


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