Cricketer Yuvraj Singh has joined UN:BLOC, the new healthcare startup from serial entrepreneur Deepak Sahni, as an investor and a member of its founding team.
Singh has backed one of Sahni’s ventures before. He was among the early investors in Healthians, Sahni’s previous startup, which later grew into one of India’s largest at-home diagnostics networks.
“I’ve known Deepak for over twelve years, since the early days of Healthians,” said Yuvraj Singh.
“So when the idea of UN:BLOC was first shared with me by Deepak, I knew it had the potential to redefine how we think about health. The more I saw the scale of the problem it was trying to solve and the impact it could create, the more certain I became that I wanted to be involved from the very beginning and be part of a mission that can improve millions of lives.”
“Yuvi backed me when I was building Healthians, at a time when very few people did,” said Deepak Sahni, Founder of UN:BLOC.
“Having him back as an investor and as part of the founding team means a great deal to me personally. But more than that, it tells me the problem we’ve been quietly working on for months matters to people I deeply respect. We’re not trying to build something loud. We’re trying to change how a patient is seen, not as someone to be managed for life, but as someone who can be understood at the root. There is a lot of work happening behind the scenes, and a long road ahead. This gives us the belief to keep walking it.”
The Gurugram-based startup is currently in its pre-launch phase. It was first announced by Sahni on 7 April, World Health Day.
It aims to challenge the status quo in healthcare by taking on some of its most difficult, and least-asked questions. The startup said it will share further details at launch.
