Key Takeaways
- Cent raised $15 million (about ₹143 crore, where 1 crore is 10 million rupees) in a Series A round led by Blume Ventures and South Park Commons, reported on October 27, 2026.
- Cent says it has completed 10,000 preventive whole-body scans across Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi NCR since inception.
- Cent's 2035 scan goal of 10 million is 1,000 times the 10,000 scans it says it has completed so far.
- Cent also acquired AI radiology startup Medsee, and the new money will go into hardware, AI and clinical research.
Cent raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Blume Ventures and South Park Commons, reported on October 27, 2026. Cent is a preventive healthcare startup founded by Practo co-founder Shashank ND, and it also acquired AI radiology startup Medsee.
Cent aims to scale to 10 million scans by 2035, which Inc42 reports as 1 crore scans. That goal is 1,000 times the 10,000 whole-body scans Cent says it has completed since inception, a ratio that neither report states.
Cent Whole-Body Scans: 10,000 Completed and a 10 Million Target for 2035
Cent says it has completed 10,000 preventive whole-body scans across Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi NCR since inception, according to Inc42. Preventive healthcare means medical checks that aim to find or prevent illness before symptoms appear. The 1 crore target that Inc42 reports matches the 10 million scans that Product Growth gives for 2035. Product Growth adds that Cent aims to run centers in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi NCR.
The 10,000 scans completed so far equal 0.1% of the 10 million target. The gap that remains is 9,990,000 scans, which the reports do not break down by city, year or scan type.
Cent Series A Funding: $15 Million Round, $5 Million Seed and Medsee Acquisition
A Series A is a venture funding round that usually follows a seed round. Inc42 reports that the $15 million Series A is about ₹143 crore. Cent last raised a $5 million seed round from OneFlow Holdings and South Park Commons, Inc42 says. The Series A is three times the size of that seed round, based on the two reported amounts.
The round was led by Blume Ventures and existing investor South Park Commons, according to Inc42. Inc42 also says individual investors took part, including a former Vodafone chief executive and a former OpenAI B2B chief technology officer.
Cent also acquired AI radiology platform Medsee to strengthen its AI capabilities, Product Growth reports. Radiology is the medical field that uses images, such as X-rays and scans, to help diagnose disease. Neither report gives a price for the Medsee deal, so this article does not state one.
Product Growth says the new money will go into hardware, AI and clinical research. Neither report gives a split of the $15 million among those three areas, so this article does not assign a share to any of them.
What the 1,000 Times Scan Gap Shows About Cent's Scale
The gap is a measure of scale, not of speed. A ratio of 1,000 to 1 between the target and the count to date shows how far the company has to go. It does not show how fast Cent is adding scans, because neither report gives a scan count for any earlier year.
Spread over the nine years from 2026 to 2035, the remaining 9,990,000 scans come to about 1.1 million a year. That pace is arithmetic on the target, not a forecast. Neither report says how many scans Cent plans to do in any single year.
Who Launched Cent
Inc42 reports that Cent was launched earlier this year by Shashank ND, a Practo co-founder, along with two others: a former Ola Electric chief marketing officer and a former Lenskart product head.
People Also Ask
How many scans has Cent completed?
Cent has completed 10,000 preventive whole-body scans across Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi NCR since inception, Inc42 reports. Cent's 2035 target of 10 million scans is 1,000 times the 10,000 scans Cent has completed.
How much did Cent raise in its Series A?
Cent raised $15 million, about ₹143 crore, in a Series A round led by Blume Ventures and South Park Commons, reported on October 27, 2026. The Series A is three times the size of the $5 million seed round Cent raised earlier.
What is Cent's scan target for 2035?
Cent aims to scale to 10 million preventive whole-body scans by 2035, which Inc42 gives as 1 crore (10 million) scans. That goal is 1,000 times the 10,000 scans Cent has completed so far.
Who founded Cent?
Shashank ND, a Practo co-founder, launched Cent earlier in 2026, along with two others, Inc42 reports. Product Growth describes Cent as a preventive healthcare startup founded by Shashank ND.
Sources: Inc42, Product Growth.