India’s healthcare system has a missing middle. Hospitals are overcrowded, home-care is unstructured, and millions of patients recovering from surgeries, accidents, or chronic illness face an uncomfortable choice — stay in hospitals longer than needed or go home without structured medical support.
Bengaluru-based Sukino wants to fix this gap. And now, it has fresh capital to scale.
The long-term healthcare startup has raised $31 million (₹50 crore) in a round led by Bessemer, with participation from Zerodha’s investment arm, Rainmatter. The company plans to expand into new cities and broaden its medical and rehabilitative care offerings.
India is witnessing a sharp rise in chronic illnesses — stroke, cancer, respiratory disorders, kidney disease, Alzheimer’s — and nearly all of them require long-term recovery. But hospitals aren’t built for prolonged care. Beds are limited, costs escalate quickly, and early discharge often shifts the burden to families.
This results in untrained home-care, inconsistent monitoring, and higher chances of complications.
Sukino offers a structured alternative — multidisciplinary, out-of-hospital care for:
Post-acute patients recovering from surgeries
Stroke and neuro-rehab patients
Long-term chronic illness cases
Elderly patients needing continuous monitoring
Patients transitioning from hospital to home
The idea is simple: provide hospital-level care without hospital-level chaos.
Sukino blends rehabilitation, monitoring, and medical support into a single ecosystem. Its services include:
24/7 nurse-assisted critical care
Physiotherapy and rehabilitation programs
Post-operative care support
Chronic disease management
Palliative assistance
Home-care with medical equipment and monitoring
Patients receive consistent care while families reduce financial and emotional strain.
Sukino operates out of Bengaluru, which also serves as its strategic and operational headquarters. The city’s large elderly population and rising chronic illness cases make it one of India’s most important recovery markets.
Sukino was founded in 2015 by Rajinish Menon, who built the company on the principle of compassionate, structured, long-term patient support. The name draws inspiration from the mantra:
“Om Loka Samastah Sukino Bhavantu” — May all beings be free from suffering.”
This philosophy shapes Sukino’s focus on dignity-led recovery and patient comfort.
India’s healthcare, especially long-term care, is deeply underserved. Three major trends make Sukino’s model crucial:
India’s chronic illness cases are growing rapidly, increasing demand for continuous medical support.
India is on track to have the world’s largest elderly population by 2050, making long-term care essential.
India has only 1.3 hospital beds per 1,000 people — far below global averages — making post-discharge care facilities necessary.
Sukino directly addresses all three issues.
Sukino isn’t replacing hospitals — it is extending them. By filling the gap between hospital discharge and full recovery, it offers structured, affordable, medically supervised care.
The fresh funding positions Sukino to become a major player in India’s long-term healthcare ecosystem, reshaping how patients recover outside hospitals in the coming decade.
