Youlai Doctor Sets New Record with Nearly RMB 200 Million Series B Funding in Health Content Sector

VCBeat (WeChat: vcbeat) has learned that Youlai Doctor, an “Internet + Precision Health Education Platform,” recently announced the completion of its nearly RMB 200 million Series B financing round, led by Baidu. This marks the largest investment to date in the healthcare content sector.

Youlai Doctor, established in May 2016, has consistently adhered to its corporate mission of “enabling people to avoid illness and reduce disease incidence.” It is committed to empowering physicians through technologies such as the internet, big data, and artificial intelligence, continuously producing high-quality health education content through professional operations and distributing it across all online platforms to support national health.

Ruan Shengtie, CEO of Youlai Doctor, stated that over the next three years, Youlai Doctor will continue to increase its investment in the creation of popular science content by physicians, focusing on advancing technological, content, and service upgrades to consistently lead the development of the health popularization industry.

From a technical perspective, Youlai Doctor will accelerate the development of a mobile-based UGC content creation platform and a robust content production and management system (VPNS). This initiative aims to lower the barriers for physicians to independently produce video content, while ensuring systematic processing and full-process traceability of all content without compromising quality. These measures will significantly unleash physicians’ capacity for science popularization, further enhancing the efficiency and output of high-quality health education content.

In terms of content, Youlai Doctor will build a real-world doctor-patient Q&A database containing tens of millions of entries based on clinical diagnosis and treatment information. By leveraging tools such as prop model displays, 3D animated demonstrations, and VR/AR scenario reenactments, it will enhance the artistic appeal, engagement, and practical guidance of health education content, making it easier for patients and the general public to learn, understand, apply, and share.

In terms of services, Youlai Doctor will establish 100 popular science film and television bases across China, with Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and other regions as the core. It will also build a training faculty pool and a professional operations team to create a platform for doctors to produce and share popular science content. By conducting systematic training in health communication, it aims to effectively enhance doctors’ abilities in creating popular science content and disseminating health information, continuously expand the team of health communicators, and enable doctors to fully play their leading role in health popularization.