Consumer health & digital pharmacy · Teledermatology
Clinikally
A telemedicine platform and online pharmacy for dermatology, hair and wellness care in India, built by a Stanford-trained AI researcher and his mother's dermatology practice. It has disclosed $3.1 million in funding since 2022 and, per financials filed with India's corporate registry, crossed roughly $3.7 million in revenue for the year ending March 2025.
A face scan, a doctor, a delivery
A user opens Clinikally's site and answers a short questionnaire about a skin or hair concern, often with a photo attached. The company says a specialty provider is assigned in under 30 minutes, with next day appointments also on offer. The consultation ends with a treatment plan built from a mix of prescription-grade and over the counter products, most of them sold through Clinikally's own online pharmacy, then shipped to the patient's door.
The platform treats conditions like acne, eczema, hyperpigmentation and pattern hair loss, and it has expanded into nutrition and general wellness. Alongside the marketplace, Clinikally sells a private label line, including what it describes as a patented moisturising cream built on its own delivery technology.
The gap it is aimed at
India has very few dermatologists relative to its population, and the company has cited that shortage differently at different points: one dermatologist for roughly every 130,000 to 150,000 people in a 2026 interview, and one for every 200,000 in its original 2022 Y Combinator launch post. Whichever figure is used, the practical result is the same: patients in smaller cities often cannot see a dermatologist without a long trip, and the company's pitch is that a video or chat consultation plus a curated product list can substitute for at least the lower acuity share of that need.
The Covid-19 pandemic is the inflection point the founder points to. Teleconsultation adoption jumped during lockdowns, and Clinikally built its business on the assumption that a meaningful share of dermatology and haircare visits, especially routine, chronic condition management, do not require an in-person exam every time.
Founders
Clinikally was started by Arjun Soin, a Stanford graduate in computer science and economics who did AI research at Stanford's Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging, focused on radiology and dermatology imaging tools. Before founding the company he worked in AI and data engineering roles at Microsoft Healthcare, Amazon's Audible, and health AI startup Curai Health, and was an early team member at the Web3 project GetSafle.
“I was fortunate to recognise this untapped potential through the chain of dermatology clinics run by my mother, a practising dermatologist with over 20+ years of experience, who is now Clinikally’s Chief Medical Officer.”
That is Dr. Simal Soin, who according to Clinikally's own Y Combinator launch material runs one of India's largest dermatology practices. India's corporate registry lists Simal Soin as a current director of Clinikally Digital Health Private Limited, and shows three related companies, including Dr. Simal Soin Skincare Private Limited, sharing a common director with Clinikally. The registry also shows two other people, Nishant Maggon and Sonal Makhija, appointed as directors alongside Arjun Soin on the company's incorporation date, 20 July 2021.
From launch to Clara
Clinikally joined Y Combinator's Summer 2022 batch and disclosed a $500,000 pre-seed round in July 2022, backed by Shutterstock founder Jon Oringer's Parento Holdings and ReNew Power founder Sumant Sinha, among others. By its Y Combinator launch, roughly 30 months after starting, the company said it had served over 1,000,000 users across 500 cities.
In September 2023 it raised $2.6 million from Y Combinator, Tribe Capital, Goodwater Capital, Sequoia Scout Fund and Rebel Fund, plus a group of angel investors including Dropbox co-founder Arash Ferdowsi and CRED founder Kunal Shah. At that point founder and CEO Soin still held more than 90 percent of the company, according to Entrackr's reporting. Entrackr later reported that Clinikally had served 1.5 million customers within three years of launch, with a 5,000 SKU pharmacy spanning 250 brands.
The most recent filed financials, for the year ending March 2025, show revenue of Rs 31.1 crore, up 84.4 percent from Rs 16.8 crore the prior year, alongside a net loss of Rs 89.1 lakh that had narrowed from the year before. In 2025 the company launched Clara, an AI assistant that runs facial and hair analysis, explains prescriptions, and recommends products, which it now positions as the main entry point into its dermatology platform.
What is proven, and what is still claimed
| Evidence | What the record shows | Source type |
|---|---|---|
| Incorporation | Clinikally Digital Health Private Limited, CIN U52602HR2021PTC096454, incorporated 20 July 2021, Registrar of Companies Delhi, registered office in Gurugram, Haryana. Authorized capital Rs 15 lakh, paid up capital Rs 7.3 lakh as of the latest filing. | Public record |
| Founding year | Forbes and the company both describe Clinikally as founded in 2022. The registry shows the legal entity incorporated in July 2021. | Differs from record |
| Directors | Arjun Soin (DIN 09247391) appointed managing director at incorporation, alongside Nishant Maggon and Sonal Makhija. A later company search lists Simal Soin as a current director, consistent with her role as Chief Medical Officer. | Public record |
| FY25 financials | Revenue Rs 31.1 crore (about $3.7M), up 84.4% year on year from Rs 16.8 crore. Net loss Rs 89.1 lakh (about $107,000), narrower than the prior year. Estimated EBITDA negative Rs 43.1 lakh. Total assets Rs 14.4 crore, up 46% year on year. | Public record |
| Disclosed funding rounds | $500,000 pre-seed reported in July 2022 and $2.6 million reported in September 2023, for $3.1 million total, independently reported with named investors in each case. | Independent reporting |
| Aggregator funding total | One funding database lists $6.6 million across four rounds, including a $3 million round and a duplicate $500,000 round whose named investors, among them Comcast Ventures, Foundation Capital, Javelin Venture Partners and a set of German language angel names, do not appear in any other source found on Clinikally. | Unverified |
| US securities filings | No Form D or other SEC filing found for Clinikally, and no evidence of a US or Delaware holding entity. | Not found |
| Clinical or regulatory records | No FDA, clinical trial registry, NIH or NSF records found under the company name. | Not applicable |
| User and customer scale | Over 1,000,000 users claimed at the 2022 Y Combinator launch, 1.5 million customers claimed by Entrackr in December 2024, and 2.5 million users claimed by a funding database in 2026. All are company-supplied or aggregator-repeated figures, not independently audited. | Company-stated |
Read plainly: the corporate registry and the filed financial numbers are solid ground, a small, fast-growing, still loss-making pharmacy and telehealth business with real revenue and a narrowing loss. The funding story is thinner than the user-growth story, resting on two independently reported rounds worth $3.1 million against an unverified aggregator claim of $6.6 million that this research could not corroborate.
What to watch
- Whether the $6.6 million total funding claim gets corroborated by a named third round, since only two rounds worth $3.1 million have independent reporting.
- FY26 filed financials, for the year ending March 2026, to see whether the narrowing loss trend continues toward profitability.
- Regulatory attention to Clara, the AI assistant that processes facial photos and prescriptions, as India's data protection and telemedicine rules develop.
- Any published drug license or pharmacy registration detail for the online pharmacy side of the business, which this research did not find.
In their words
“India had long lacked a comprehensive platform for dermatology and science-backed skin and hair care until Clinikally emerged.”
Arjun Soin, Founder, BW Healthcare World interview, 2026 · Interview
“The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated the rise of teleconsultation in dermatology, which has become a game-changer by addressing the significant gap of having only one dermatologist for every 150,000 people in India.”
Arjun Soin, BW Healthcare World interview, 2026 · Interview
“I was fortunate to recognise this untapped potential through the chain of dermatology clinics run by my mother, a practising dermatologist with over 20+ years of experience, who is now Clinikally’s Chief Medical Officer.”
Arjun Soin, BW Healthcare World interview, 2026 · Interview
“position it like a quicker quiz-enabled consult service that can replace impulse decisions with informed product usage but for less serious conditions where physician intervention isn’t strictly necessary”
Arjun Soin, MobiHealthNews interview, Feb 10, 2023 · Interview
“3 billion people face skin issues, yet 90% can’t access dermatologists due to cost and availability barriers.”
Clinikally, Y Combinator company update on Clara, 2025 · Company
“We are democratizing dermatology in India like never before, condition by condition, and shipping solutions that actually work.”
Clinikally, Y Combinator launch post, 2022 · Company
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Sources
- Public recordClinikally Digital Health Private Limited company record, CIN U52602HR2021PTC096454
- Public recordClinikally Digital Health Private Limited director and DIN detail
- Public recordClinikally Digital Health Private Limited company and director summary
- Public recordClinikally financial breakdown, FY25 revenue and profit and loss
- IndependentClinikally raises $2.6 Mn from Y Combinator, Tribe Capital and others
- IndependentClinikally amasses 1.5 Mn customers within three year of launch
- IndependentDerma startup Clinikally bags $2.6M to go omnichannel
- IndependentArjun Soin profile, Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia, Retail & Ecommerce 2024
- InterviewClinikally: Pioneering Science-Backed Dermatology & Hair Care In India
- Sponsored featureIndia’s Y-Combinator Derma startup, Clinikally, metamorphosing the digital Dermatology experience
- CompanyClinikally company profile, including the Clara launch update
- CompanyLaunch YC: Clinikally, India’s one-stop Telemedicine Platform & Online Pharmacy for Dermatology Care
- AggregatorClinikally: Funding, Team & Investors, including the unverified $6.6M total
Profile researched and written by Healthcare Discovery. Last updated September 29, 2026.
