Cent Raises $15 Million to Scale Preventive Healthcare
The Series A was co-led by Blume Ventures and South Park Commons.
Key Takeaways
- Cent raised $15 million in a Series A round, including equity and debt.
- Blume Ventures and South Park Commons co-led the round.
- Cent acquired Medsee, an AI-powered radiology reporting platform.
- The funds are for R&D and for growing AI, engineering and clinical teams.
- Cent says it has done about 10,000 whole-body scans and targets 10 million by 2035.
Cent, a Bengaluru-based preventive healthcare startup, has raised $15 million in a Series A round co-led by Blume Ventures and South Park Commons. The round includes both equity and debt. The company also said it has acquired Medsee, an AI-powered radiology reporting platform.
Individual investors in the round include Arun Sarin, the former CEO of Vodafone, and Srinivas Narayanan, a former B2B CTO at OpenAI. Sharath Narayana, Krishna Sridhar and Aprameya Radhakrishna also took part.
Cent's $15 million Series A at a glance
| Detail | Cent |
|---|---|
| Amount | $15 million |
| Round | Series A, equity and debt |
| Co-led by | Blume Ventures and South Park Commons |
| Individual investors | Arun Sarin, Srinivas Narayanan, Sharath Narayana, Krishna Sridhar, Aprameya Radhakrishna |
| Sector | Preventive healthcare |
| Centres | Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi NCR |
| Use of funds | R&D and growing the AI, engineering and clinical teams |
What Cent does
Cent is building a preventive healthcare platform that combines medical imaging, diagnostics and AI-driven analysis to spot health risks before symptoms appear. It runs preventive health centres in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi NCR.
Its main service, Cent Check, includes full-body MRI, low-dose CT and other tests. Cent says it has completed about 10,000 preventive whole-body scans so far.
Cent's journey from seed funding to a $15 million Series A
| When | Milestone |
|---|---|
| Earlier in 2026 | Cent raised seed funding from OneFlow Holdings and South Park Commons |
| 27 October 2026 | Cent announced a $15 million Series A and the acquisition of Medsee |
Cent was started by Shashank ND of Practo, Anshul Khandelwal, a former chief marketing officer at Ola Electric, and Arpit Garg, a former product head at Lenskart.
Medsee brings AI-drafted radiology reports to Cent
Medsee, founded by Chitra Singh, is an AI-powered radiology reporting workflow platform. It drafts structured reports and flags findings for qualified radiologists to review. Cent said the acquisition will improve the speed and consistency of reporting as its scan volumes grow.
What Cent says it will do with the money and its 2035 target
Cent said it will use the new funds for research and development and to expand its AI, engineering and clinical teams. The company has also set a target of conducting 10 million scans by 2035.
Where Cent stands after its Series A and Medsee deal
Cent runs preventive health centres in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi NCR and says it has completed about 10,000 whole-body scans. With Medsee, it adds an AI platform that drafts structured radiology reports and flags findings for radiologists to review. The company has set a target of 10 million scans by 2035.
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