Alo Hakeem raises $165,000 for home care in Syria
Alo Hakeem closed a $165,000 pre-seed led by EBLA Ventures. The Syrian firm books home visits in Damascus, Hama and Aleppo, and wants a public app in November. No valuation was disclosed.
Healthcare technology and digital health solutions
Alo Hakeem closed a $165,000 pre-seed led by EBLA Ventures. The Syrian firm books home visits in Damascus, Hama and Aleppo, and wants a public app in November. No valuation was disclosed.
Healthleap raised $38 million, an $8 million seed and a $30 million Series A, to flag hospital patients who may need a closer look. It says more than 50 hospitals use it. The valuation was not disclosed. The main published result is one malnutrition study.
From Waspito's telemedicine and mobile-lab network to Longevium's AI-powered longevity research and CareVision's push into the Saudi market, here is what funded healthtech companies active in the Gulf are actually doing — and where AI use is still undocumented.
Egypt’s Anees Health closed an undisclosed seed in September 2026 to build connected care for older and chronic patients. Dr. Mahmoud Darwish says the gap is a single plan, not more clinics. Investors and the ticket size were not named.
Fitness technology company Enhance has raised $18.2 million in a combined equity and venture debt round, funding that supports its regional expansion.
Dr. Bashar Al Noorachi built MATIC 3D printers so dental labs would not wait on imports. The Magic surgical Guide workflow, shown from ITEX Iraq to LEAP 2026, runs from dual-scan planning through RealGUIDE and a printed sleeve. Public hardware specs remain thin.
Casablanca’s One Med Link wants to sell digital infrastructure for African care, starting with AI notes for residents. Hundreds of Moroccan clinicians are on the app. A first hospital emergency deployment in Rabat is next. A fundraise is being prepared.
Healthtech startup Carevision won LEAP 2026's $150,000 Landing Award, a category built specifically to help foreign startups establish themselves in Saudi Arabia.
Waspito became the first African startup to win LEAP's Rocket Fuel grand prize. Here is what a $250,000 award and a new Saudi spotlight could mean for its next stage of growth.
Cameroon-founded telemedicine platform Waspito became the first African startup to take home LEAP 2026's $250,000 Rocket Fuel grand prize, pairing remote consultations with mobile diagnostic labs.