Pakistani female-led health-tech start-up Sehat Kahani has closed a series A $2.7m funding round.

The company says it is the first all-female-led company in Pakistan to secure series A funding.

Amaanah Circle, a Singapore-based health tech fund led by Razi Yousuf, spearheaded the funding, joined by investors including Epic Angels, a female-only investor collective, Cross Fund, USAid Investment Promotion Activity (IPA), Augmentor, Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) and the Elahi group of companies.

“Sehat Kahani is an incredible health-tech story led by Sara Saeed Khurram and Iffat Zafar Aga,” said Yousuf. “Amaanah Circle is proud to contribute to the subject matter expertise, and in upscaling regionally and globally to the overall vision of Sehat Kahani in the future of digital health and preventive healthcare.”

The company’s technology ensures a seamless virtual connection between doctors and patients within 60 seconds. It offers an on-demand at-home or on-premise laboratory services and online medicine delivery, catering to a diverse nationwide patient base, including B2B clients, B2C consumers and the underserved population in rural areas.

The support from USAid has been pivotal in its growth, fueling innovation and enabling impactful expansion in the dynamic Pakistani digital health landscape. This support fosters a future where accessible healthcare thrives.

“This funding infusion marks a pivotal moment for Sehat Kahani,” said CEO and co-founder Sara Saeed Khurram. “It will enable us to develop advanced features, including decision support systems, precision medicine tools and predictive AI models to help our patients live fully by knowing their disease better. Grateful to our investors and programmes such as Weraise for supporting our mission and championing female founders, setting a powerful example.”

It is extending its focus into comprehensive OPD management, providing corporate employees and their families round-the-clock hassle-free and cashless access to specialists, online medicine delivery and claims management. The holistic 360-degree well-being programme for corporates emphasises health promotion and preventative care. The consumer application, operational in more than 310 cities and towns across Pakistan, integrates seamlessly into prominent banking and lifestyle platforms, ensuring affordable and accessible healthcare.

“Sehat Kahani has shown a significant average year-on-year growth of 141% in the last three years, overcoming the myth that telemedicine was only beneficial during Covid as we have seen fivefold cumulative growth in the number of consultations in the post Covid era,” said COO and co-founder Iffat Zafar Aga. “This gives us the confidence to expand operations to other countries and take Sehat Kahani global as our next move for expansion.”

The company (sehatkahani.com) has a global network of more than 7500 healthcare professionals and serves 800 corporations and 62 e-health clinics nationwide. With 2.6 million consultations to date, the funding aims to accelerate the mission, bridging healthcare gaps, empowering women in medicine, and expanding global impact.

Maaike Doyer from Epic Angels, the largest female-only investor collective in the Apac region, added: “Sehat Kahani embodies what we seek in investments: strong potential for success and impactful innovation. We fully believe in Sara and Iffat’s leadership, envisioning Sehat Kahani as a beacon of innovation and a model for future healthcare.”