{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Daybreak","title":"Siddharth Shah and family want to fix your smile. Pharmeasy 2.0 may need fixing first","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":801,"description":"The rise and fall of Pharmeasy is well documented. Once the poster child of the e-pharmacy boom, it reached a dizzying valuation of 5.6 bn USD at its very peak. But unfortunately, as we all know now, it didn’t last. \n\nToday the company is worth just 450 million USD – which, is a 90 per cent drop. From aggressive acquisitions to regulatory hurdles, and a failed IPO, Pharmeasy’s journey has been a cautionary tale of overreach.\n\nBut the brains behind the operation – Siddharth Shah – isn’t done yet. \n\nHe’s back at it again with a new venture. Except this time, Shah has taken on the role of investor – while the founder spotlight is on his wife, Arpi Mehta. Their latest bet? MakeO – a startup that wants to bring invisible aligners, at-home cosmetic dentistry  and dermatology treatments to your doorstep. \n\nBut despite its irresistible promise – convenience repackaged as medical-grade innovation – MakeO seems to be struggling to take off. \nTurns out, MakeO is drawing quite heavily from the Pharmeasy playbook. \n\nWill it end the same way?\nTune in.\nDaybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India’s first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/uPitovxKRYBGX6AWg9UrET6s3nAdkS-Ci9uZvsZj7vk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85ODhl/ZWM4NmEwZTcxZjZk/MDRlYjAzNTNkMjJi/ZGQ2YS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}