MyHealth Africa, a Kenyan Healthtech startup has raised $1 million in a seed funding round led by GIIG Africa fund, with participation from existing investors and a new investor, Japanese-based Samurai VC.
The company intends to expand in Africa and enter in Middle East and Asia next year.
Launched in 2017 by founder and CEO Ryan Marincowitz, MyHealth Africa allows users access healthcare services online or in-person from doctors and providers across the globe. The platform offers a specialised healthcare booking platform, a medical management system, and a patient concierge service. It recently won the Best Healthtech Company in Africa from the Global Startup Awards for 2022. Its mission is to transform the way patients access healthcare services around the world, starting in Africa.
According to Ryan Marincowitz, “MyHealth Africa plans to invest the funds to continue rapidly expanding across Africa. We also plan to launch two new regions in 2023, including the Middle East and South Asia, which are already our second and third-largest markets. We assist hundreds of patients each month from these two markets to access specialized healthcare services at our network of leading hospitals in the Middle East, Europe, South Asia and Asia, currently from our office in Kenya.
Since inception, the startup has facilitated over 26,000 local and regional and international visits and assisted patients in 54 countries to get treatment. It says its mission is to transform the way patients access healthcare services around the world, starting in Africa.
“Across the continent, we have seen over the past few years how technology and innovation are having a real impact on the health and wellness of Africans,” said the co-founder of GIIG Africa, Philip Baldwin. “When we first encountered MyHealth Africa during the last season of GSA Africa, we became engrossed in learning how this startup was revolutionising the East African healthcare landscape. And today, we could not be more pleased to announce our formal partnership in helping take the MyHealth Africa solution to the world.”
