Esaal, Egypt’s online health and wellness platform, has raised $1.7M seed funding round to scale its expansion across the MENA region, further invest in product and brand development, and increase talent acquisition.
The round was led by A15 and brings the company’s total investment to date to $3M since its launch in 2018. The firm will also use the funding to solve the rising health needs in one of the world’s most underserved markets in accessing health and wellness services.
According to Fadi Doss, CEO at Esaal, “There are millions more people across an enormous region that would benefit from our fresh approach to holistic health and we are thrilled to be in a position to keep growing and connecting more health professionals with patients in underserved markets.”
The platform offers physical health, mental health and nutrition consultations with health professionals via text, video/voice calls and in-person home visits. Esaal’s comprehensive list of health professionals offer consultations on a broad range of issues including anxiety, physiotherapy, paediatrics, nutrition and many more with various payment options including Fawry, Vodafone cash or credit card.
Since launching, Esaal has aggregated over 350 consultants covering different fields on the platform who have delivered health and wellness services to almost 1 million unique users; ensuring access to a sizable market for the health experts on the platform. In addition to providing services to individuals, Esaal also offers an Employee Wellness Programmes for businesses of all sizes and currently serves more than 5000 employees in a range of industries through partnering with 10 mid-large sized companies and has partnered with a number of NGOs to support wellness-related programs.