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Miguel Cordon · · 1 min readPakistani medical super-app hopeful banks $1m in seed money
“Pakistan’s leading healthtech startup Marham has raised US$1 million in seed funding to double down on growth into a healthcare super app,” TechJuice reported.
Details:
- The round was led by Pakistan-focused VC firm Indus Valley Capital and saw participation from Southeast Asian angel investor Weihan Liew.
- Marham said it will use the new funds to expand its services to smaller cities and rural areas and bolster its current 80-member workforce.
Dive deeper:
- Marham, which connects its users to more than 20,000 registered doctors on its platform, has recently added services for lab test booking and online medicine, bolstering its offerings in an effort to become a medical super app.
- In 2020, the Southeast Asian healthtech industry collectively raised around US$180 million in over 33 deals. As of July this year, the space has already seen over US$276 million in deal value from 16 transactions. (Read: The key actors in Southeast Asia’s soaring healthtech space)
Editing by Collin Furtado and Jaclyn Tiu
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