AmarLab
AmarLab is a Bangladesh-based, DGHS-licensed home-diagnostic aggregator that collects patient samples in Dhaka and Chattogram and routes them to a network of partner labs for processing, serving individual consumers and 80+ corporate clients via a marketplace-plus-logistics model.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2020
- HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2C
- OfferingServices
What AmarLab does
AmarLab Ltd. is a Bangladesh-based home-diagnostic service that acts as a marketplace and last-mile logistics layer between patients and a network of partner laboratories. Incorporated under RJSC Bangladesh with a parallel ACRA Singapore registration, the company holds a DGHS license to collect diagnostic samples at customers' homes and workplaces. Customers in Dhaka metropolitan area and Chattogram can order pathology tests or discounted bundled health-check packages via the AmarLab website, phone hotline, or Facebook Messenger, with payments accepted cash-on-delivery, via the website, or via Bkash.
The core service is home sample collection by trained medical technicians, with specimens (blood, urine, stool, and ECG tracings) transported via a custom temperature-controlled carrier system to a customer-selected partner lab from a network that includes Dr. Lal Path Labs, Popular Diagnostic, Thyrocare, IBN SINA, Islami Bank Hospital, United Hospital and Sigma Lab Chattogram. Sample collection protocols were co-developed with PUM Netherlands. At-home ECG is offered as an add-on in Dhaka, and digital reports are delivered same-day with optional free hard-copy delivery within 48 hours.
The business model is a transaction-fee-plus-pass-through structure: AmarLab charges customers a per-patient material fee (50 taka for non-COVID tests) and a fixed 200-taka service charge, while the underlying test fee is set by the partner lab and passed through, with AmarLab retaining its fixed service component. The customer base is dominated by individual B2C users — elderly, disabled, chronically ill, and time-poor patients who cannot easily visit a diagnostic centre — supplemented by a 'Trusted By Over 80+ Businesses' B2B channel that includes logos such as Banglalink, Doctime, Pulse Healthcare, BASIS, BIP, i-H and YY Venture. The company has cumulatively completed 100,000+ tests over 5+ years and has raised approximately $295,728 across two disclosed rounds (Accelerating Asia 2021, Startup Bangladesh 2023).
AmarLab firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- AmarLab
- Legal name
- AmarLab Ltd.
- Website
- https://amarlab.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2020
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- AmarLab is a Bangladesh-based, DGHS-licensed home-diagnostic aggregator that collects patient samples in Dhaka and Chattogram and routes them to a network of partner labs for processing, serving individual consumers and 80+ corporate clients via a marketplace-plus-logistics model.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
AmarLab industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Home Diagnostic Services
- NAICS
- Medical Laboratories (621511)
- SIC
- Services-Medical Laboratories (8071)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Sample Logistics, Biorepository & IVD Kit Management (Trial Support) (HLAGAEAI)
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Where AmarLab is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Dhaka
- HQ country
- Bangladesh
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices2 records
Markets served
AmarLab business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Diagnostic test fees (passed through to partner labs): The cost of AmarLab tests is what the customer-chosen lab charges; AmarLab passes these through and may apply discounts offered to clients.
- Material and service charges per patient: AmarLab charges 50 taka as a per-patient material cost for non-COVID tests and a fixed 200-taka service charge. Payments can be made cash on delivery, via the AmarLab website, or via Bkash.
- Discounted health check-up packages: AmarLab offers heavily discounted bundled diagnostic packages in addition to individual tests, generating per-package revenue.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Per-test material + service charge pricing for non-COVID diagnostic tests |
| Other | Pay-as-you-go | Heavily discounted health-check packages |
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels6 records
AmarLab product offering
Product offeringCore offering
AmarLab is a home-based pathology test service that bridges individuals and corporate clients to a network of partner diagnostic laboratories of their choice. Trained medical technicians visit the customer's home or workplace to collect blood, urine, stool, ECG or COVID samples, which are then transported via a custom temperature-controlled carrier system to the customer-selected partner lab. Reports are delivered digitally, with optional hard-copy follow-up within 48 hours.
Product overview
AmarLab operates a single integrated at-home diagnostic service platform rather than a separate suite of disconnected products: a unified ordering front end routes into two purchase surfaces (individual Diagnostic tests and discounted Packages), both of which feed the same Home Sample Collection Service (trained phlebotomists with a temperature-controlled transport system, 8 am–6 pm, Dhaka metro and Chattogram) and culminate in the same Digital & Hardcopy Report Delivery flow. The At-Home ECG Service is a narrower add-on available only in Dhaka city. Behind the scenes, AmarLab does not run its own labs; instead it acts as a marketplace/aggregator that ships samples to a network of partner diagnostic centers (Dr. Lal Path Labs, Popular Diagnostic, Thyrocare, IBN SINA, Islami Bank Hospital, United Hospital, Sigma Lab Chattogram and others) with a quoted 24-hour turnaround from specimen pickup.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- AmarLab Diagnostic Test Ordering Order-entry product that lets customers book individual pathology and diagnostic tests from partner labs (Dr. Lal Path Labs, Popular Diagnostic, Thyrocare, IBN SINA, Islami Bank Hospital, United Hospital, Sigma Lab Chattogram); the customer's chosen lab sets the test price and any discount is applied by AmarLab.
- AmarLab Health Checkup Packages Heavily discounted bundled health-checkup packages ordered through a dedicated Packages section, sharing the same home sample collection and report delivery workflow as individual diagnostics.
- Home Sample Collection Service Trained medical technicians visit the customer's home or workplace to collect samples (blood, urine, stool, etc.) following standard medical practice, then transport them to the partner lab via a custom-designed temperature-controlled carrier system. Available in Dhaka metropolitan and Chattogram city, 8 am-6 pm, 365 days a year.
- At-Home ECG Service In-home ECG service available in Dhaka city; positioned as the imaging-style diagnostic that AmarLab can perform at home (ultrasonography and X-ray are explicitly excluded from AmarLab's offering).
- Digital and Hardcopy Report Delivery Soft-copy report delivery by email as soon as the partner lab publishes results, plus optional hard-copy report delivery to the patient's home within 48 hours at no extra charge; reports are produced by the customer-selected partner lab.
Quantifiable outcome
- 100,000+ tests completed to date
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use AmarLab
Customer profileNamed customers12 records
Segments2 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
AmarLab technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration2 records
Feature3 records
AmarLab partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.
- Dr. Lal Path LabsflagshipOfficial partner lab that performs diagnostic tests on specimens collected by AmarLab and issues the resulting reports. Listed first among AmarLab's partner diagnostic centres on the homepage FAQ.
- Popular DiagnosticflagshipOfficial partner lab that performs tests on AmarLab-collected specimens and issues reports. Listed among AmarLab's premium diagnostic-centre partners.
- ThyrocareflagshipOfficial partner lab that processes AmarLab-collected specimens and issues diagnostic reports.
- IBN SINAflagshipOfficial partner lab that performs tests on AmarLab-collected specimens and issues reports.
- Islami Bank HospitalflagshipOfficial partner lab listed by AmarLab for diagnostic testing of home-collected specimens.
- United HospitalflagshipOfficial partner lab that processes specimens collected by AmarLab.
- Sigma Lab ChattogramflagshipOfficial partner lab specifically supporting AmarLab's Chattogram operations.
- PUM NetherlandscoreCo-developed AmarLab's dedicated collection and transportation policy/protocol used by trained medical technicians for sample collection and transport to partner labs.
- SpreehaminorListed under AmarLab's 'Supported By' section on the homepage alongside other backers.
- BanglalinkminorListed in AmarLab's 'Trusted By Over 80+ Businesses' section; a major Bangladeshi telecom operator that uses or endorses AmarLab's diagnostic service.
- BASISminorBangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) — AmarLab is a member and BASIS is listed under both 'Trusted By Over 80+ Businesses' and the FAQ's 'legal standing' section.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
AmarLab competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Praava Health: Bangladesh-based outpatient and diagnostics provider that combines its own labs with home sample collection in Dhaka. Most direct local competitor because it overlaps on diagnostic services, Dhaka footprint, and a hybrid clinic-plus-home delivery model.
- Healthians: India-based home-diagnostic sample-collection aggregator that books patients online and dispatches phlebotomists, then routes samples to partner labs. Closest functional analogue to AmarLab's aggregator-plus-logistics model.
- Pathkind Labs: India-based home-collection diagnostic chain that books patients online, dispatches phlebotomists, and operates its own labs. Closely comparable operating model and customer experience, though in a different geography.
- Popular Diagnostic Centre: Bangladesh-based diagnostic chain and one of AmarLab's flagship partner labs. Already operates its own home-collection in Dhaka, so it functions as both a supplier and a direct competitor for at-home pathology.
Broad incumbents
- Thyrocare Technologies: Pan-India diagnostic chain that already partners with AmarLab and runs centralised lab processing at scale. Comparable as a high-volume pathology brand, but operates in a different geography and is also a supplier rather than only a competitor.
- SRL Diagnostics: Large India-based diagnostic network with home sample collection in multiple cities. Comparable aggregator-plus-lab offering at much larger scale; benchmarks what a regional incumbent looks like as AmarLab grows.
- Metropolis Healthcare: Established India diagnostic chain offering both in-center testing and home sample collection. Comparable on the diagnostic-service offering; useful as a benchmark for unit economics at scale.
- Lab Aid Diagnostics: Bangladesh hospital-and-diagnostics group with broad lab network and growing home-collection service. Comparable Bangladesh incumbent; relevant for understanding local pricing and partner-lab dynamics.
Emerging players
- PharmEasy (Diagnostics vertical): India digital-health aggregator that bundles online pharmacy with home diagnostic booking and partner-lab fulfilment. Comparable as a multi-vertical digital-health aggregator moving into diagnostics, but with broader scope than AmarLab.
- Doctorola: Bangladesh telemedicine and diagnostic-booking platform that helps patients book tests at partner labs. Comparable as a Bangladesh digital-health aggregator, though lighter on its own field logistics than AmarLab.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat3 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
AmarLab social profiles
Digital presenceAmarLab compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance3 records
AmarLab financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
AmarLab leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
AmarLab funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds2 records
Investors2 records
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AmarLab M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about AmarLab
What does AmarLab do?
AmarLab is a home-based pathology test service that bridges individuals and corporate clients to a network of partner diagnostic laboratories of their choice. Trained medical technicians visit the customer's home or workplace to collect blood, urine, stool, ECG or COVID samples, which are then transported via a custom temperature-controlled carrier system to the customer-selected partner lab. Reports are delivered digitally, with optional hard-copy follow-up within 48 hours.
Is AmarLab a public or private company?
AmarLab is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was AmarLab founded?
AmarLab was founded in 2020. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is AmarLab based?
AmarLab is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in the Asia region.
How does AmarLab make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Diagnostic test fees (passed through to partner labs) is the primary driver. The others are material and service charges per patient and discounted health check-up packages.
Who are AmarLab's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Praava Health, Healthians, Pathkind Labs and Popular Diagnostic Centre. Broad incumbents are Thyrocare Technologies, SRL Diagnostics, Metropolis Healthcare and Lab Aid Diagnostics. Emerging players are PharmEasy (Diagnostics vertical) and Doctorola.
Does AmarLab have an API?
No public API is recorded for AmarLab.
What industry is AmarLab in?
AmarLab's product category is Home Diagnostic Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HLAGAEAI, Sample Logistics, Biorepository & IVD Kit Management (Trial Support). Its NAICS code is 621511 and its SIC code is 8071.