England cricket stars Ben Stokes & Jofra Archer have joined India’s KL Rahul in investing in a medical travel disrupter.
The Medical Travel Company says it is seeking to close a critical gap in patient access as it launches the world’s first post-surgery insurance, protecting patients after returning home from treatment in India.
Stokes, Archer and Rahul’s investment company 4CAST has joined global VC Nexus Venture Partners in a €3.8 million raise.
The seed funding will target the ‘broken’ $100 billion global medical tourism industry, initially focusing on the UK market. It aims to create UK-doctor led pathways for patients to access world-class treatment in India at up to 70% lower costs.
As of June 2025, approximately 7.7 million people in the UK face long waits for elective procedures, particularly in orthopaedics, dental, IVF, gynaecology, ophthalmology and urology. With private care in the UK often unaffordable, medical tourism has surged — over 500,000 UK residents now travel abroad annually for faster, more affordable treatment.
However, the $100bn industry has historically struggled with fragmented services, opaque pricing, inconsistent quality standards, and poor aftercare, leaving patients and primary caregivers uncertain, stressed, and sometimes at risk.
The Medical Travel Company was founded by Sahil Jain and Ankit Mehrotra, the duo behind one of India’s most successful consumer-tech stories – Dineout, the restaurant-tech platform that redefined dining in India before its 2022 acquisition by Swiggy for $200 million.
“Medical tourism is a broken industry: patients face fragmented care, hidden costs, and zero support when they return home,” said Jain. “The Medical Travel Company ensures true continuity of care across borders: UK doctors overseeing your care from start to finish, all-inclusive rehab and aftercare in India, and post-treatment insurance in the UK.
“What begins in the UK is only the first chapter of a larger vision to transform cross-border healthcare access across the Western world. Because for us, it’s not medical tourism. It’s healthcare certainty.”
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The funds will be used to expand and deepen clinical partnerships in the UK to strengthen patient trust, establish certified treatment pathways for safer medical travel, and build the technology to maintain complete medical records so patients have continuity of care when they return home.
All-rounder Stokes, captain of the England Test team, said: “When we first started 4CAST in 2021 we wanted our collective of athletes to be able to partner with innovative businesses and great founders.
“We feel we have done so here and we are excited to back Ankit and Sahil and look forward to supporting their journey ahead with TMTC.”
Pace bowler Archer added: “From my time playing in the IPL and touring India with England, I’ve always found the medical care and support there to be excellent.
“We invested because The Medical Travel Company is building a proper bridge for patients, with transparency and professional oversight that really gives peace of mind.”
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