Wamda

U.A.E

BioSapien extends pre-Series A to $8 million, onboards Globivest as investor

UAE and US-based healthtech BioSapien has extended its pre-Series A round to over $8 million, adding Globivest to its list of backers,...

BioSapien Globivest

U.A.E

CorroHealth invests in UAE's SANTECHTURE to advance AI-powered RCM

UAE-based healthtech SANTECHTURE has secured a "strategic" investment from US-based CorroHealth. Founded in 2019 by Anas...

CorroHealth SANTECHTURE

Egypt

Egypt’s iSUPPLY lands $3 million Sharia-compliant investment

Egypt-based B2B medtech iSUPPLY has secured $3 million in Sharia-compliant revenue-based revolving financing from Bokra. Founded in...

iSUPPLY Bokra healthtech

Pakistan

Pakistan’s MedIQ secures $6 million Series A to scale Saudi operations

Pakistan-based healthtech MedIQ has raised $6 million in a Series A round led by Rasmal Ventures and Joa Capital, with participation...

MedIQ healthtech Joa Capital

Saudi Arabia

Tuba launches in Saudi Arabia with $8 million investment

Saudi Arabia-based healthtech Tuba has raised $8 million in a pre-seed round led by Al-Waalan Investment with participation from...

Tuba healthtech

Egypt

Shezlong launches AI therapy assistant for mental health care

Press release: In another bold step toward transforming mental healthcare, Shezlong – the first platform to introduce online...

shezlong healthtech mental health

U.A.E

Valeo Health raises $12 million Series B, bringing total investment to $20 million

UAE-based healthtech Valeo Health has raised $12 million in its Series B funding round, bringing total funding to date to $20...

Valeo Flintera healthtech

Egypt

Grinta acquires Citi Clinic aided by strategic investment from Beltone, Raed Ventures

Egypt-based pharma-marketplace startup Grinta has raised an undisclosed funding round from Beltone Venture Capital and Raed...

Grinta healthtech

U.A.E

Longetivy Wellness Hub secures $4 million to fuel GCC expansion

UAE-based wellness company Longetivy Wellness Hub has raised $4 million in funding from undisclosed investors. Founded in 2019 by...

Longevity Wellness Hub healthtech

Qatar

Lillia receives $1.7 million grant from Qatar Research Council

Qatar-based AI-enabled healthtech Lillia has raised a $1.7 million grant from the Qatar Research, Development and Innovation (QRDI)...

Lillia Development and Innovation Council QRDI

U.A.E

BioSapien extends its pre-Series A round to $7 million

UAE-based healthtech BioSapien has extended its pre-Series A funding round to $7 million, joined by new investors like...

BioSapien healthtech Golden Gate Ventures

U.A.E

UAE-based biotech BioSapien secures $5.5 million pre-Series A

UAE-based healthtech BioSapien has raised $5.5 million pre-Series A fundraise, led by Global Ventures with participation from Dara...

BioSapien Global Ventures Dara Holdings

U.A.E

Sukooni: a local approach to mental healthcare

Mental health has long been considered taboo in the culture of the Middle East, and so has seeking help. With the rise in telehealth...

mental health Sukooni

Regional

How our world is changing: the digital revolution in healthcare

Jalil Allabadi is the co-founder and CEO of Jordan-founded and Saudi Arabia-based healthtech Altibbi As the digital revolution...

AlTibbi healthtech

U.A.E

Will the world's smartest contact lenses emerge in Dubai?

In a lab in Dubai, a Russian entrepreneur and a Ukrainian material scientist are working together on a project that may very well...

deeptech XPANCEO Russia

Global

Employee mental healthcare: digital tools or workplace culture?

By Professor Paul Hopkinson, head of Edinburgh Business School, and the School of Social Sciences at Heriot-Watt University There is no...

mental health

Regional

The startups 3D printing new smiles

When 3D printing technology started to become more ubiquitous around the world, many claimed that there would come a day when every...

healthtech eon dental Basma

U.A.E

Nabta Health raises $1.5 million as femtech gains ground worldwide

Fertility rates across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) are in decline, partly for socio-economic reasons and increasingly due to...

Nabta Health femtech

Egypt

The issue of e-pharmacy in Egypt

When Amazon acquired US-based e-pharmacy startup PillPack in 2018 in a deal valued at $753 million, it sent repercussions across the...

e-pharmacy B2B marketplace Chefaa

Regional

Mental health startups in Mena

To mark World Mental Health Day, we have mapped the mental health startups in the Middle East and North Africa. Wamda also recently...

mental health

U.A.E

Can Dubai become the capital for next-gen healthtech startups?

Marwan Abdulaziz Janahi is the managing director of Dubai Science Park Medical innovation has surged as the world’s greatest minds...

Dubai healthtech

Morocco

Orange and AXA CIMA to acquire majority stake in DabaDoc

Orange Middle East and Africa and AXA Assurance Maroc, an AXA CIMA entity, have agreed on a joint acquisition for a majority stage in...

healthtech dabadoc

U.A.E

uMore raises $120,000 from TheVentureCity

UAE-based healthtech startup uMore has raised $120,000 from TheVentureCity accelerator, an international venture acceleration programme...

uMore healthtech

Regional

Is the Mena region ready for femtech?

Amid the boom in healthtech over this past year, there is one sector that is now experiencing greater interest - femtech. This sector...

femtech healthtech

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