5C Network
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | |
| Founded | 2014 in Bengaluru, India[1] |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | , India |
Area served | India |
Key people | Kalyan Sivasailam (CEO) Syed S. Ahmed (Director) Anand Iyer (COO) |
5C Network is a health technology company, with its headquarters in Bengaluru, that operates a teleradiology network.[3][4] It runs a cloud-based platform that routes medical imaging from hospitals and diagnostic centres to remote radiologists for diagnostic reporting.[5]
History
[edit]5C Network was founded by Kalyan Sivasailam[6] and Syed S. Ahmed[7] as an online medical diagnostics platform connecting hospitals and diagnostic centres with a network of radiologists.[3][8] According to the company, its name refers to five participants it aims to connect: patients, physicians, radiologists, hospitals, and artificial intelligence.[9][4]
In March 2022, the digital health platform Tata 1mg made a strategic investment in the company for an undisclosed amount.[10] In October 2022, 5C Network raised about US$4.6 million in a Series A round led by Celesta Capital, with participation from Unitus Ventures and Axilor Ventures.[11][12] In April 2024, it raised about US$3 million from the Redwood India Healthcare Fund.[13] The startup-data platform Tracxn records total funding of about US$12.1 million. The company has said its platform delivers radiology reports to about 2,000 hospitals and diagnostic centres across roughly 300 cities in India.[14]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, 5C Network worked with the Defence Research and Development Organisation's Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (CAIR) and HCG Academics to develop ATMAN AI, an algorithm for screening chest X-rays for findings associated with COVID-19.[15] CAIR-DRDO reported that the algorithm achieved an accuracy of 96.73 per cent on a validation dataset of RT-PCR-positive hospitalised patients.[16][17][18]
Acquisitions and partnerships
[edit]In February 2023, 5C Network acquired Krayen, a healthtech company based in California that used computer vision and natural language processing, for an undisclosed amount.[19][20]
In January 2026, 5C Network and BPL Medical Technologies announced a partnership to develop BPL Cortex, an AI-enabled digital radiography product that integrates 5C Network's image-analysis software into BPL's X-ray hardware. The companies described it as the first original equipment manufacturer-embedded artificial intelligence of its kind within an imaging system in India. It was shown at the 78th annual conference of the Indian Radiological and Imaging Association in Hyderabad.[21]
References
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- 1 2 Paul, Binu (2021-06-02). "How 5C Network is using AI to solve India's radiology accessibility woes". Techcircle. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- 1 2 Balachandran, Manu. "Kalyan Sivasailam: Connecting radiologists". www.forbesindia.com. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ Velayanikal, Malavika (2021-03-22). "When hospitals get diagnostics as a service at ease". mint. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
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- ↑ "From 2 Days to 30 Minutes: How 5C Network Is Rewiring Diagnostics in India -". NITI Aayog. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ "Tata1mg makes strategic investment in diagnostic platform 5C Network | Company Business News". mint. 2022-03-16. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ "Tech in Asia - Connecting Asia's startup ecosystem". www.techinasia.com. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ "Tata 1mg-Backed Digital Diagnostics Startup 5C Network Raises $4.6 Mn". Inc42. 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ "Exclusive: 5C Network raises $3 Mn in a new round". Entrackr. 2024-04-12. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ "Digital Diagnostics Leader 5C Network Acquires US-based AI Platform Krayen". IT Voice. 2023-02-27. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ "India develops AI tool to detect COVID-19 in Chest X-rays". BioSpectrum Asia. 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ "DRDO designs AI-based algorithm to detect COVID-19 in chest X-Rays". BioSpectrum India. 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ "AI tool designed by DRDO to detect COVID-19". Healthcare Radius. 2021. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ "Using chest X-rays & AI, ATMAN can now detect COVID19-induced lung damage". IndiaAI. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ "Tata 1mg-Backed 5C Network Acquires Healthtech Startup Krayen". Inc42. 2023-02-23. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ "5C Network's diagnostic revolution in Coimbatore - Manufacturing Today India". 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2026-06-05.
- ↑ Jha, Sumit (2026-02-15). "X-ray machines that think: How embedded AI cuts the wait for diagnosis". The South First | News, Politics, Sports, Entertainment & Live Updates. Retrieved 2026-06-05.