Former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh has backed serial entrepreneur Deepak Sahni’s new healthcare venture UN:BLOC, joining as an investor and a member of its founding team.
The investment marks the second time Singh has backed Sahni, having been among the earliest investors in Healthians, the at-home diagnostics startup founded by Sahni.
Headquartered in Gurugram, UN:BLOC is currently operating in stealth and is in its pre-launch phase. The company said it aims to address fundamental challenges in healthcare, with further details about its product and business model to be unveiled at launch.
“I’ve known Deepak for over twelve years, since the early days of Healthians,” said Singh. “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.”
UN:BLOC said Singh’s commitment is expected to be the first of several such investments, with the company currently in discussions with a select group of individuals from healthcare and business circles for its pre-launch funding round.
“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. 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.”
