Pakistan’s Sehat Kahani raises $1 million to grow its telemedicine facility
Pakistan-based healthtech firm Sehat Kahani has raised US$1 million in its pre-series A round.
The investors include the Islamic Development bank, 10Pearls Ventures, Mentors Fund, Korean Impact Collective Funds, and Impact Investment Exchange as well as Pakistan’s KASB Securities, Din Group, and some angels also joined the round.
Sehat Kahani was founded in 2017 by two Pakistani female doctors, Sara Saeed Khurram and Iffat Zafar Aga, with a mission to connect home-based female doctors to patients through online health clinics. It offered work opportunities to a large number of Pakistani women doctors who were unable to practice due to family commitments.
“The trust by investors has further reflected the massive success of Sehat Kahani” Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram, the co-founder and CEO of Sehat Kahani said in a statement. “We are also proud of our government partnerships during covid-19 that helped people get access to online doctors for their day-to-day ailments as well as our coverage for otherwise compromised ICUs in Pakistan” she said.
Sehat Kahani claims it has witnessed a 5x growth in its business during the pandemic period with 5,000 doctors and over 350,000 consultations on its platform since launch.
The startup has since evolved into a telemedicine platform offering a number of on-demand health services to patients across the country through web and mobile apps. Services include:
- Online Female Doctors
- Affordable OPD
- Ultrasound Services
- Lab Referrals
- Tertiary Care Referrals
- Health Awareness Sessions
Dr. Iffat Zafar, the co-founder and COO of Sehat Kahani, thanked the investors said that “After successful engagement with corporates, we are excited to replicate our existing successful business model towards another challenging territory of taking the solution to the mass consumer retail market in 2021 and beyond.”