The story, in one paragraph.
LinkedCare started in Portugal in 2011 with a thesis that has since become obvious: clinicians need
software that respects them. Not a marketplace that takes a cut. Not a referral middleman. Software.
We brought that platform to India, where the gap between digital ambition and on-ground reality was
widest. MangalCare grew out of that work — because connected records and electronic prescriptions are
worth less if the patient cannot reach a clinic in the first place. Today, LinkedCare Technologies
operates that whole stack from Dubai and is preparing to repeat the model in the GCC, Southeast Asia,
and Sub-Saharan Africa — one OpCo at a time.
The expansion thesis.
The healthcare problems we work on are not unique to India. We see the same patterns repeating across
our concrete target markets — the Gulf States, Angola and its
neighbours, and Indonesia and the Philippines: fragmented records, last-mile gaps,
clinicians stretched thin by administrative load, and patients without continuity of care. Our
response is a multi-OpCo holding that brings a proven platform and operating playbook into each new
market.
The hybrid OpCo model.
We do not enter every market the same way. Depending on market readiness, regulatory setup, and the
quality of available local partners or targets, each new OpCo is formed via one of three modes:
- Build. Incubate a new OpCo from scratch — the original LinkedCare and MangalCare playbook.
- Buy. Acquire an existing local operator and integrate them onto our connected-care platform.
- Partner-and-build. Form a joint OpCo with a local operator who takes equity. We contribute platform, capital, and group functions; they contribute clinical reach, local knowledge, and execution.
A specific note on Angola: the Lusophone link is not a coincidence. Our founder is fluent in
Portuguese and grew the company's first MVP in Portugal to >50% market share. The Portuguese legal
entity, the network from those Portugal years, and the founder's direct command of the language and
cultural register make Angola a natural first OpCo in Sub-Saharan Africa, with adjacent Lusophone and
neighbouring markets following.
What we believe.
- Doctors first. We do not take a percentage of the revenue doctors earn from their patients.
- Records that travel. A patient's history should follow them from village to specialist, and across borders if needed.
- Operate, don't merely invest. We run the OpCos we own; capital and craft sit under one roof.
- Local on the ground, connected at the platform. Each OpCo is local — staff, language, partners. The platform underneath is shared.
- AI that assists, never replaces. Decision support, automation of admin, personalisation — with the clinician in the loop.