Practo

Indian healthcare platform for finding doctors, booking appointments and holding video consultations.

At a glance

Headquarters: Bengaluru, India
Founded: 2007
Business model: Marketplace
Products profiled: 1
Operating markets: India
Sources cited: 2
In the library since: 16 September 2026

What it does

Practo was founded in Bengaluru in 2007 and is one of the longest-running healthcare marketplaces in India. Patients search a directory of clinicians, book in-person appointments, or consult by video; the company also sells practice-management software to the clinics listed on it.

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Operating a booking marketplace across a country where most care is delivered by small private clinics is a different problem from operating one in a single-payer system. There is no central directory to build on, so the directory itself is the asset, and keeping it accurate is continuous work rather than a one-time import.

The two sides of the business reinforce each other: clinics using the practice software keep their own availability current, which is what makes the consumer-facing booking dependable.