Go-Jek acquires Indian home healthcare marketplace Pianta
With this deal, the Indonesian ride-hailing startup aims to bolster its foray into the healthcare space
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Indonesian ride-hailing startup Go-Jek has acquired Bangalore-based online marketplace for home healthcare services Pianta, according to an Economic Times report. The financial details were not disclosed.
The move is aimed at bolstering Go-Jek’s foray into the healthcare sector, according to this report.
“GO-JEK is moving to launch an on-demand healthcare product which might have delivery and logistics’ issues. This is where Pianta’s forte is,” said Sidu Ponnappa, Managing Director, Go-Jek Engineering India.
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Founded in 2015 by Swaminathan Seetharaman, Ganesh Subramanian and Nitin Agarwal, Pianta allows customers to book home visits for physiotherapy, nursing and lab sample collection. It received an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Freecharge founders Kunal Shah and Sandeep Tandon earlier this year.
Post acquisition, Pianta’s is eight-member team will merge with Go-Jek’s engineering team in Bangalore. In total, there will be 60 people assisting Go-Jek’s operations in the region.
There have been rumours about Go-Jek launching healthcare services, with the reported testing of medicine delivery service Go-Med. The company recently invested in Indonesian health-tech startup HaloDoc, which allows patients to connect with doctors via an app. HaloDoc’s sister company, ApotikAntar, is a home delivery service for prescription medicine.
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