About Us

Our Mission

To build a trusted, technology-enabled blood donation ecosystem that mobilises communities to ensure timely and reliable access to blood.

Our Vision

No life lost for the want of blood.

A future where access to lifesaving blood is organised, dependable, and universally accessible.

Our Journey

From Compassion to Commitment

The Idea

A Personal Beginning

As a college student, Sajal first donated blood at his institution’s Founder’s Day camp: an annual tradition that brought friends together for a shared cause. What began as a simple act soon evolved into a sustained commitment. He continued donating regularly through his college years and volunteered at local hospitals whenever needed, even if it meant missing lectures.

The Concern

The Question That Won't Go Away

Over time, a difficult question began to surface:

Why should families, in moments of medical vulnerability, have to struggle to access blood?

That question became urgent in 2019, when a request came for a woman who required blood transfusions every fortnight. Watching her family repeatedly navigate the same search revealed a deeper issue: the challenge was not a lack of donors, but the absence of an organised, reliable system.

The Gap

COVID: When the Gaps Felt Wider

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fragility of existing blood access systems.

Donating during this period brought the structural gaps into clear view. Hospitals were stretched, informal networks struggled to coordinate effectively, and urgent appeals circulated widely across messaging groups. In some instances, unethical practices, including demands for payment in exchange for blood, began to surface.

It became evident that goodwill alone was not enough. A structured, technology-enabled platform was necessary. Initial work began on an app, but the launch was deferred.

The Resolve

Emotional Trigger

The problem had not disappeared.

In 2024, a close friend spent days navigating multiple channels to secure blood for a family member. The experience reaffirmed what had long been clear; this could not remain an unfinished idea.

Parallel engagement with volunteer groups, particularly those supporting armed forces personnel, revealed additional structural constraints. Despite deep commitment, most efforts remained geographically limited, dependent on messaging platforms, manual coordination, and fragmented outreach. Willing donors existed, but requests often failed to reach them in a timely and organised manner.

The Solution

Why This Platform, Why Now?

Across conversations, one insight kept repeating:

People want to donate but lack clarity on where, when, or how
Eligible donors often don’t receive relevant requests in time
⁠Families rely on fragmented, informal networks
There is no unified platform connecting donors, recipients, and institutions
Communities operate without scalable coordination

The willingness exists. The system does not.

This platform brings structure, privacy, real-time coordination, and community mobilisation into one organised ecosystem.

WHERE WE ARE HEADED

A future where blood scarcity no longer costs lives.

This platform exists to bring structure, trust, and collective responsibility to blood donation.

The right requests reach the right donors
⁠Individuals and communities act together
⁠Access is organised, not left to chance
Families receive clarity in moments that demand urgency

Aanya Singhal

Founder

Aanya Singhal is a Founder at TheBloodApp, where she leads market research, stakeholder engagement, and strategic development. She anchors the platform's overall coordination: shaping its vision, driving ecosystem partnerships, and translating insights into actionable design decisions. Her role spans research, content strategy, institutional outreach, and cross-functional collaboration, ensuring that the platform remains community-driven, data-informed, and operationally grounded.

Aanya is an emerging development professional with hands-on experience in policy research, stakeholder coordination, and data-backed analysis across urban governance, social enterprise, and inclusion-focused projects. Her academic and professional journey reflects a sustained commitment to one guiding philosophy: *Emancipate. Empathise. Empower.*

For Aanya, social change is not merely about service delivery; it is about creating systems that restore dignity and agency. Through this platform, she seeks to translate that belief into action: building a trusted, community-driven blood donation ecosystem that ensures timely access to lifesaving resources and moves us closer to a future where no life is lost for want of blood.

Sajal Singhal

Advisor

Sajal is a senior technology executive with close to 30 years of experience across product engineering, business intelligence, program management, and solution delivery. He is currently the Vice President at GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group company.

In parallel, Sajal is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) accredited by FPSB and is deeply committed to helping individuals and families achieve long-term financial security. His passion for financial planning stems from a larger belief: uncertainty can be reduced when systems are thoughtful and anticipatory.

Blood donation, however, has been his most personal commitment. A regular donor since 1993, Sajal has witnessed the chaos and emotional strain families endure when searching for blood during medical emergencies.

This experience gave rise to the idea behind this platform. Conceived as a technology-enabled solution to reduce uncertainty and alleviate families and friends from the emotional burdens of poor health, the initiative is Sajal’s passion project and brainchild. By combining his expertise in scalable systems with a lifelong commitment to voluntary blood donation, he seeks to build a trusted ecosystem that ensures timely access to blood, so that no family has to struggle for it in their most difficult moments and no lives are lost to the need of blood.

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