Care.fi, a Gurugram-based fintech company that handles financing and insurance claims for Indian hospitals, acquired Aldun, a startup that automates the patient discharge process. The deal was announced on 21 January 2026. The price was not disclosed.
Aldun's software is designed to let patients leave hospital about 10 minutes after their final bill is generated. It currently handles around 10,000 discharges a month. Care.fi plans to combine Aldun with its own claims and financing products and to expand the service to 300 hospital units and about 1 lakh (100,000) discharges a month.
The announcement did not say how many Aldun employees would join Care.fi or whether Aldun would keep its own brand.
What Aldun built
Discharge in many Indian hospitals is slow because billing, insurance approval and final settlement are handled by hand. Indian Startup Times reported that the process often stretches from 9 am to 5 pm, keeping families waiting and holding beds that could be used for new patients.
Aldun coordinates the final steps of a hospital stay so that the patient can go home shortly after billing. BioSpectrum India reported that Aldun works with hospital networks including Aster, Apollo, Manipal, Sir Ganga Ram, Fortis, KIMS, Narayana and Cloudnine. Indian Startup Times listed Apollo, Aster, Manipal, Fortis and Max.
According to BioSpectrum India, Aldun's work has affected more than 1 lakh (100,000) patients and saved hospitals more than 10 lakh (1 million) administrative hours. Indian Startup Times named 2am VC as an early backer of Aldun. The reports did not name Aldun's founders or say how much money it had raised.
“Discharge is the last mile of care and the first memory a family takes home. By bringing Aldun into the Care.fi fold, we’re turning hours into minutes and queues into capacity.”
Why Care.fi is buying
Care.fi was founded by Vikrant Agrawal and Sidak Singh and is backed by Peak XV. It already provides hospitals with revenue-cycle management, patient financing and a single-window platform for insurance claims. Adding Aldun gives it control of the last step of a hospital stay, where payment, insurance and the patient's exit come together.
The company describes the combination as a "Healthcare OS" covering everything from patient financing to final settlement. It said hospitals should see faster bed turnover, quicker claims closure and fewer claim denials, and that finance teams would get real-time visibility into receivables and working capital.
Care.fi said the combined product would give hospitals a single AI-powered view of claims, pre-authorisation and settlement, so that insurance approvals and billing no longer hold up the patient at the end of a stay. Agrawal said the company's revenue-cycle and financing tools, including its single-window claims platform, would give hospitals one operating layer for discharge, accounting and the patient experience.
Sidak Singh said that at scale, discharge delays distort hospital cash flow and capacity planning, and that the acquisition would let Care.fi make discharge a predictable process rather than a daily problem.
What changes for hospitals and patients
Care.fi said faster discharge would increase the number of patients a hospital can treat each day without spending on new beds. For patients, the company said, a shorter discharge means fewer non-clinical costs, such as extra room charges and parking, and earlier recovery at home with digital instructions.
The company also said it plans to expand into smaller Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities, where it said a standard 10-minute discharge process would matter for hospital efficiency and patient trust. It did not give a timeline for reaching 300 hospital units.
A consolidating market for hospital software
The deal brings together two startups working on the administrative side of Indian hospitals rather than on clinical care. Care.fi's backer Peak XV and Aldun's backer 2am VC are both venture investors, and the companies presented the combination as a way to offer hospitals one operating layer for billing, claims and discharge.
Neither company disclosed revenue figures, and Care.fi did not say how it would fund the expansion to 300 hospital units. Vikrant Agrawal said the combined product would give hospitals faster discharges, cleaner books and a better patient experience.
