About Dadha Family Office
The Dadha Family Office is built on the legacy of its 100+ years in the pharmaceutical industry. In 1914, Dadha & Co, became one of India’s first pharmaceutical chemists. In 1972 we set up a manufacturing unit—Tamil Nadu Dadha Pharmaceuticals Limited. It was a first in Research and the first to launch Oncology products. And in 2015, we launched Netmeds, one of India’s first e-pharmacies.
The Dadha Family Office focuses on investments in technology, healthcare and pharma sectors and philanthropic work in areas of art, culture & education.
Years of Flourishing Businesses
In the 100+ years, we’ve started multiple companies, sold or merged many of them and taken many to great heights.
1914
M/S Dadha & Co started as pharmaceutical chemists in Chennai
1964
Entered pharma manufacturing
1973
Started Tamil Nadu Dadha Pharmaceuticals (TDPL), a joint venture with Tamil Nadu government for manufacturing
1975
Started TDPL Research Centre—undertaking research in process development of new molecules
1984
Started Pradeep Drug Co that was producing bulk antibiotics and active substances for export
1996
Started Dadha Pharma Marketing for pharma distribution in Kerala
1997
Amalgamated TDPL with Sun Pharma
1997
Started Eufarmarg Pvt Ltd to increase exports of pharmaceutical bulk drugs, formulations, etc
1997
Set up a commercial R&D centre under the name of Synergy Research Centre
2005
Dadha Pharma Distribution Pvt Ltd was formed to manage the pharmaceutical division
2015
Netmeds was formed as India’s first e-marketplace for pharma products, and was bought over by Reliance Group in 2020
2019
Netmeds became India’s number 1 e-pharmacy
2020
Netmeds was acquired by Reliance Group in 2020
Showcase Investments
SHAI, a Revenue Cycle Management company, serves the US healthcare industry with an experienced pool of medical coders and offers coding services across multiple specialties for physicians’ groups, clinics/facilities, hospital inpatient/outpatient facilities, laboratories, imaging centres, etc. It also provides payor services and compliance software.
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Keuro Life is a manufacturing setup in Saudi Arabia focused on meeting the healthcare and medical needs of that region.
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Keuro Tech is an end-to-end pharma ecommerce and operations platform focused on the Saudi Arabia market.
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E-commerce platform
Kapture is an enterprise-focused omnichannel support suite that understands your business and customers. In July 2023, it raised its Series A funding led by Cactus Venture Partners.
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Cobalt is an embedded integration platform that lets SaaS companies launch 2-way native integrations in days rather than months.
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Backed by a Century of Philanthropy Work
The Dadha Family Office has actively supported causes in areas of education and art & culture. With its roots in Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan, there’s been a special emphasis on work in these states.
Helped in establishing Jain Chatrawas and a school in Rajasthan
Founder Donor for a Hindi medium school in Chennai
Helped Kanya Udyog Sala in Rajasthan
Helped in setting up a senior secondary school in Rajasthan
Helped establish A.M. Jain College
Helped build a Jain place of worship at Cochin
Constructed the library hall at A.M. Jain College
Started the Lalchand Milapchand Dadha School in Chennai
Donated towards the Sri Milapchand Dadha Hall at Sri Mahavir Jain Bhavan
Constructed a cycle shed at a school in Rajasthan
Donated land and built a temple in Tamil Nadu
Set up free ambulance services at Phalodi, Rajasthan
Donated land for construction of a Jain temple in Rajasthan
Adopted 100 deserving students from BPL families for their education and medical treatment
A computer academy was set up for the children from BPL families
Donated 700 priceless Jain manuscripts to a trust in Chennai
The Dadha Charitable Trust was formed to contribute for education and medical projects
Started the Lalchand Milapchand Jain College, Osian
A secondary high school was envisaged in Rajasthan
The Family
The Dadha Family Office comprises three generations of the Dadha family that includes:
Shri S Lalchand Dadha, along with his elder brother, started M/S Dadha & Co as a pharmaceutical chemist in February 1914. Soon, it became one of the leading dispensing pharmaceutical chemists with 300-400 parcels dispatched every day by post to patients across South India. By 1915, Dadha & Co was the largest pharmaceutical chemist in Chennai (then Madras) and by 1917 it became the largest in South India. The company was the sole agent for many pharma companies such as Crooks Labs, C.E. Fulford, British Drug House and others.
During the war years, Dadha & Co provided valuable help in making vital drugs and medicines available at controlled prices. Shri Lalchand Dadha was personally involved in getting life-saving Penicillin in an aircraft from England to London.
Shri S Mohanchand Dadha is an entrepreneur with 7+ decades of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in India. He was the Founder and MD of Tamil Nadu Dadha Pharmaceuticals Limited and is a Trustee in many charitable and religious trusts. He was also a member of two Tamil Nadu Government-constituted committees, namely, the Drug Advisory Committee and the Committee for the Development of Drug Industries in Tamil Nadu. He also has served as a Director at Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company Limited, Wardex Pharmaceuticals Limited and Dadha Pharma Private Limited.
Pradeep Dadha founded Netmeds.com & drove the company’s overall strategy and vision. He scaled Netmeds to India’s No 1 online pharmacy and championed the sale of Netmeds to Reliance Industries. He has in-depth experience across the pharma value-chain and has previously created a pharmacy retail chain and a global marketing, fulfilment and BPO company.
The Office
Vanya Mishra has done her MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. She has been a technology entrepreneur and also worked on Strategy and Partnerships with Accenture and Jio.
Rahul Bafna comes with more than a decade of experience in a wide range of financial analysis and accounting responsibilities.
FAQs
Investment thesis
We’re neutral to sectors though our preference is for tech-oriented companies with a linkage to the healthcare/pharmaceutical industry
We are open to investing right at the ideation stage to seed rounds to Series A.
We don’t work with a fixed number but generally speaking we can invest right from 10,000 USD to 1 million USD based on the stage, idea and the venture.
😊 All the usual things. The idea, the people, the market, the revenue model.
Connect with Vanya. She will go through your deck and get back with next steps.
Philanthropy
We generally focus on areas related to education, healthcare, culture and art.
Our philanthropic work is focused on benefitting those who deserve it, and also building upon our cultural heritage. We can look at sponsorships more in our individual capacity or through our businesses.
Our philanthropy is not based on any specific amount. It is based on our desire to do good in areas of education, healthcare, culture and art. Our work above can give you an indication of areas that we focus on.
All our philanthropic work is routed through the Dadha Charitable Trust.
Connect with us
We’re based in Chennai and you can get in touch with us for more details
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