India, Jan. 13 -- Bengaluru-based healthcare startup Sukino has raised $31 Mn (around INR 260 Cr) in a Series B funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Rainmatter.

The startup will use the capital to expand its care centre network across India, adding 22 new centres over the next two years. This would take Sukino beyond its current footprint of 11 centres and 850+ beds across Bengaluru, Kochi and Coimbatore. The startup says that it added five centres in the last year and claims to be profitable at a group level, despite operating an asset-heavy model.

Founded in 2016 by Rajinish Menon and Shalini Menon, Sukino focusses on post-hospital continuum recovery, a segment that remains largely unorganised in Ind...