Prassant KumarHealthcare technology · India
Mentorship

Mentoring founders and healthcare leaders

For the years when the business is real but small, and every decision feels irreversible.

I bootstrapped for twenty years. I have made most of the mistakes available to a founder selling software into hospitals — mispricing, the wrong first hire, the marquee customer who nearly sank us — and I would rather you skipped a few of them.

Mentorship here is not motivational. It is two hours a month on the specific decision you are avoiding, plus honest answers in between.

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Formats

How the work is structured

Founder mentorship

Monthly one-to-one work with healthtech founders — most usefully in the years when revenue is real but small and every decision feels irreversible.

  • Two structured calls a month
  • Asynchronous access between calls
  • Honest feedback on pricing, hiring and dilution
  • Introductions where I can genuinely vouch

Six-month minimum

Leadership and product coaching

For CTOs, product heads and first-time CEOs inside healthcare organisations who need a sounding board outside their own reporting line.

  • Fortnightly sessions
  • Confidential by default
  • Focused on decisions you are avoiding

Pro bono slots for early founders

A small number of unpaid slots each quarter for pre-revenue founders working on access, rural care or public health.

  • Application-based
  • No equity, no fee
  • Priority to founders outside metro cities
Straight answers

Before you write in

Who is Prassant Kumar?
Prassant Kumar is a healthcare technology leader based in Mumbai, India. He is the founder of Caresoft Systems Private Limited, a bootstrapped hospital software company whose systems run in more than 1,000 hospitals across 12 or more countries. He works as a keynote speaker, consultant, mentor to healthtech founders and angel investor, and writes on Indian healthcare technology.
What does Prassant Kumar speak about?
His talks cover hospital digital transformation, applied artificial intelligence in clinical settings, health data interoperability and ABDM, healthcare access outside metro India, and building a software business without external funding. Sessions are written for the specific audience rather than delivered from a fixed deck.
How do I invite Prassant Kumar to speak at my event?
Send the event date, city, audience profile and session format through the contact form on this site. Speaking enquiries are answered within one working day, and a briefing call is scheduled before anything is confirmed.
What kind of consulting work does he take on?
Independent hospital digital strategy and HIS selection, applied AI readiness, healthtech product and go-to-market advisory, and interoperability or compliance readiness including ABDM. Engagements typically run four to eight weeks, or as a monthly retainer.
Does he invest in healthcare startups?
Yes. He writes early angel cheques into healthtech and adjacent B2B software, usually at pre-seed and seed stage, with a focus on India and emerging markets. He also takes advisory and board-observer roles where hospital-side credibility is the thing the company is missing.
Where is he based and does he travel?
He is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and travels for engagements across India, the Gulf, East and Southern Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. Virtual sessions are available for events elsewhere.
Is there a fee for mentorship?
Paid founder mentorship runs on a six-month minimum. A small number of unpaid slots are reserved each quarter for pre-revenue founders working on healthcare access, rural care or public health, with priority to founders outside the metro cities.

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