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# Kenyan healthtech startup Zuri Health raises $1.3 million
- URL: https://www.techloy.com/kenyan-healthtech-startup-zuri-health-raises-funding/
- Published: 2022-05-18T10:59:55.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-08T00:42:05.000Z
- Author: Oluwajuwonlo Afolabi
- Tags: Health Tech, Tech in Kenya

[Zuri Health,](https://zuri.health/) an African-focused mobile-first healthtech startup, which recently [launched](https://www.techloy.com/kenya-based-health-tech-platform-zuri-health/) Vera, its new WhatsApp chatbot, has raised $1.3 million in its pre-seed funding round to expand across Africa. 

- The funds will be used to build out its digital platform, expand its product offering and enter into new African healthcare markets, the startup claims.
- Zuri Health partners with over 16 mobile network providers, 300 doctors, 27 diagnostic labs, and 15 pharmaceutical centres to provide mobile and app-based quality healthcare services in seven African countries.
- It is a virtual, mobile-driven platform linking certified medical professionals to patients to widen access to affordable quality health in Africa.
- DOB Equity, Launch Africa, and Founders Factory Africa led the funding round with participation from V8 Capital, Platform Capital, Villgro Africa, Asime Ventures, and the Salik Family Trust.