healthtech

mPharma draws Lux Capital into historic African investment

Ghanaian pharmacy and healthtech start-up mPharma raised $35 million in a successful Series D funding round that drew participation from JAM Fund, Unbound and,…

Early-stage VC Fifty Years leads $1.1m HealthLeap pre-seed

South African healthtech start-up HealthLeap closed a successful $1.1 million pre-seed funding round led by deep tech investor Fifty Years. The firm is renowned…

Applications now open for health focused accelerator in Africa

The Making More Health (MMH) accelerator, organised by Ashoka, is currently in its fourth year and aims to unlock the potential for growth, impact,…

Augmental Technologies courts investors for Tracto mental health app

Healthtech startup Augmental Technologies is engaging with investors to accelerate the development of Tracto, its app for neurodiverse children. The South African startup’s app…

Stellenbosch University, UTF invest R7 million in healthtech startup BioCODE

Stellenbosch University (SU) and the University Technology Fund (UTF) have invested R7 million in healthtech startup, BioCODE. The investment will assist the startup to…

Nigerian healthtech platform 54gene secures $25-million

Nigerian healthtech platform 54gene has secured $25-million in a Series B funding round led by Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund. The round also included participation from Adjuvant Capital, KdT Ventures, Plexo…

Nigerian healthtech expands into 11 cities across East and West Africa

Abuja-based healthtech startup Field Intelligence has announced that its expansion into 11 markets namely; Rivers, Edo, Kaduna, Kano, Enugu, Delta and Kwara States in Nigeria, and…

Founders Factory Africa announces Revix, Asaak and Wazi investments

Joburg-based venture development firm Founders Factory Africa (FFA) announced another investment in three African startups on 8 July 2021. Along with corporate investors the…

Cape healthtech iNNOHEALTH raises seven-figure seed capital

Cape Town-based startup, iNNOHEALTH has announced an undisclosed seven-figure investment from a Hong Kong-based VC. The investment will go to expanding the startup’s doctor-led…

Vodacom Tanzania Foundation brings refugees hope through technology

On 20 June 2021, the Vodacom Tanzania Foundation (VTF) marked World Refugee Day by donating essential neonatal and educational technology to the Nyagurusu Refugee…

Ghana healthtech secures $1.5-million in funding

Accra-based healthtech startup Redbird has secured $1.5-million in a Seed Round of investment with participation from Johnson & Johnson Foundation and Newtown Partners via…

Local tech startup bridges language barriers in SA

A voice-enabled lingual communication application, AwezaMed has announced the conclusion of a three-year medical pilot with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The startup has created…

Ghanaian startup mPharma raises $17m investment

Ghanaian healthtech startup mPharma has reportedly raised a $17-million investment. The Accra based medicine benefits and inventory manager, which was founded in 2013 by…

EXCLUSIVE: We’ve shut down SA startup HealthQ, confirms CEO

Stellenbosch based tech company HealthQ will be shut down, as part of a restructuring involving its sister company US based biotech startup LifeQ, HealthQ…

Egypt’s Vezeeta raises $40m in Series-D round

Egyptian healthtech Vezeeta has secured $40-million in a Series-D round led by Gulf Capital, one of the Middle East’s largest alternative asset management firms….

IFC in call for East African healthtech startups to apply for TechEmerge programme

The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) has launched a call for healthtech startups in East Africa to apply for its TechEmerge Health East…

Kenya-based diagnostics startup Ilara Health raises $735k

Nairobi-based healthtech startup Ilara Health has raised $735 000 in seed funding from a group of angel investors and venture capital (VC) firms. The angel investors…

SA startup Healthcent nets R8m investment from Allan Gray, Umkathi Wethu Ventures

SA healthtech startup Healthcent announced today that it had secured R8-million in seed funding from black empowered holding company Umkhathi Wethu Ventures and investment firm…

Fintech accounts for over a third of SA tech startup investments in 2019 so far

Over a third of the over R500-million rand in venture capital (VC) investments directed to SA tech startups so far this year, has gone…

Founders Factory Africa, Netcare to help 35 healthtech startups scale across Africa

Venture builder and accelerator Founders Factory Africa and SA healthcare provider Netcare have partnered to provide a platform for entrepreneurs to build and scale 35 healthcare…

Merck is looking to partner with 20 healthtech startups in new programme

Merck has launched a joint startup programme, which will give 20 top healthtech startups an opportunity to partner with the German science and tech firm….

MMH Accelerator to offer up to €50k in funding to African healthtech startups

Selected Ghanaian, Kenyan and Nigerian late stage healthtech firms — including those solving for animal health — stand to benefit from up to €50 000 in funding from this year’s Making More Health (MMH) Accelerator programme.

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