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Avegen Health CEO: Delay external funding ‘as long possible’ – Fi5

Avegen Health founder

Dr Nayan Kalnad is the CEO and co-founder of Avegen Health, a company that builds patient-facing apps for those living with long-term conditions such as HIV and diabetes.

Avegen Health has created a cloud-based platform, called HealthMachine, that clients can use to design bespoke apps for specific health conditions. The apps are used by over one million patients across 14 countries.

Founded in 2014 by Kalnad and Neeraj Apte, Avegen Health has been bootstrapped since its launch. Kalnad runs the company from its London headquarters, while his co-founder and a large team are based in India.

In this week’s Founder in Five Q&A, Kalnad explains why you should delay external fundraising for “as long as possible”, why we should be excited by augmented reality and the job he’d do in another life....