Butterfly Learnings Raises ₹65 Cr To Scale Neurodivergent Care Network

Butterfly Learnings, a Mumbai-based child development and behavioral healthcare startup, raised ₹65 Cr ($7.7 Mn) in a pre-Series B funding round, per Inc42. The round was led by Inflexor Ventures, with existing backers Enzia Ventures, Insitor Impact Asia Fund, and IIMA Ventures also participating.

The company plans to deploy the capital across three main areas: expanding its therapy centre network beyond Maharashtra, strengthening AI and digital capabilities, and scaling its Get SET Early autism screening solution through new hospital and paediatrician partnerships, according to Inc42. The startup also intends to advance access to inclusive education and broaden AI-enabled precision care.

Founded in 2021 by Sonam Kothari and Abhishek Sen, Butterfly Learnings operates a full-stack paediatric behavioural health platform serving neurodivergent children across clinical therapy, inclusive schooling, digital therapeutics, diagnostics, and technology-enabled interventions. The startup currently runs over 90 centres across 22 cities in Maharashtra, employing more than 350 therapists. This pre-Series B comes more than two years after the company raised ₹32 Cr in a Series A round led by Insitor Impact Asia Fund and Enzia Ventures, bringing total funding since inception to $13 Mn, per Inc42.

A notable product in its portfolio is Get SET Early, a patented eye-tracking autism screening tool for which the company holds an exclusive global licence. The tool, approved by India's Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), can screen children for autism as young as one year old. On the financial side, Butterfly Learnings reported revenue of ₹15.5 Cr in FY25, more than double the ₹6.3 Cr recorded in the prior year — though net loss also more than doubled to ₹13.3 Cr from ₹6.3 Cr, per Inc42. (The source article lists ₹6.3 Cr for both the prior-year revenue and prior-year loss figures, which may reflect a typo in the original reporting.)

The raise comes amid growing activity in India's digitally-enabled mental and developmental health sector. Inc42 notes that Lissun raised ₹48 Cr in a Series A round the same week to expand its child development and therapy brand, Sunshine by LISSUN, while Mave Health earlier this year secured ₹18 Cr in a seed round led by Blume Ventures for its mental health wearables platform. Demand is being driven by rising awareness and a persistent shortage of accessible care resources across the country.

With the pre-Series B in hand, Butterfly Learnings' near-term focus will be geographic expansion outside its current Maharashtra base, deepening hospital and paediatrician distribution for Get SET Early, and building out its AI infrastructure — moves that collectively point to a national footprint push ahead of a likely Series B.