Eight Roads Ventures, the global investment firm, is set to host the fourth edition of its annual healthcare conference, Scale-Up Health, on 10th September 2025 in Mumbai with McKinsey & Company as knowledge partners.
The conference will bring together India’s most influential healthcare and life sciences founders and leaders alongside global experts to map the country’s next healthcare decade.
The event will feature an influential speaker lineup: Rehan Khan (MSD India), Viren Shetty (Narayana Health), Varun Dua (Acko), Venky Ananth (Infosys), Srikanth Velamakanni (Fractal Analytics), Dr. Harlan Krumholz (Yale University/Yale New Haven Health), Dr. Arjun Surya (Curadev), Amit Mookim (Immuneel Therapeutics), Dr. Sadhna Joglekar (Novartis), Dr. Robert Weisskoff (F-Prime) and Priya Deshmukh (ICICI Lombard).
Centered around the theme “India’s Healthcare Decade – Innovation, Expansion & Global Influence”, the discussions will spotlight the breakthroughs reshaping India’s healthcare landscape – from rapid market expansion to biotech innovation and AI-enabled care.
Since its inception in 2022, Scale-Up Health has brought together over 500 founders, healthcare experts, policymakers, investors, and global leaders. Once again, the conference will aim to fuel industry growth through strategic connections, actionable insights, and a thriving collaborative platform.
Commenting on the event, Prem Pavoor, Ph.D. (Managing Partner, India at Eight Roads Ventures), said, “Four years ago, we launched Scale-Up Health, not just as an industry event, but as a catalyst for change. Today, it’s become a powerful platform, attended by over 500 founders and healthcare experts, all united by a shared mission to innovate.” he added “India’s healthcare sector is at a tipping point — shifting from generics and tertiary care hospitals to payor‑driven value‑based care, affordability‑led market expansion, and relevant, scalable data models that transform access and outcomes. We are entering a decisive decade in which breakthroughs in biotech and digital platforms will position India as a global healthcare innovator. Scale‑Up Health 2025 will bring together the brightest minds to define that future.”
With a portfolio of 30 companies spanning the entire healthcare and life sciences value chain and amongst the broadest in the country, Eight Roads first established its presence in India in 2007. Since then, it has backed over 70 companies across its two main sectors of focus; Healthcare and Technology. Beyond healthcare, the firm has backed over 30 technology scale-ups in India.
