A Strong Track Record of Funding for Health Projects in Africa
Tap Into A Pipeline Of
Emerging Health Innovations
We seek investment partners who share our vision for improving health in Africa through sustainable, innovative businesses. Our rigorous incubation process de-risks impact investment, ensuring the innovators we support have a higher chance of receiving follow-on funding for health projects in Africa.
>40
Companies supported
1.2M+
Seed funding
$18M+
Follow on funding
1.8M+
Lives impacted
A Pioneer Health Business Incubator In East Africa
Our portfolio is a mix of hardware devices, technological health systems and services.
We select companies focusing on people living in poverty in both rural and urban settings.
We target interventions that focus on unlocking access to quality, affordable healthcare.
We work with talented innovators with brilliant ideas to help them bring their innovation to market.
Portfolio Of Successful Innovators
We have worked to provide funding for health projects in Africa for entrepreneurs who have developed a wide range of health innovations, including:
A non-invasive malaria diagnostic device
A childhood pneumonia screening jacket
A solar powered phototherapy unit to treat childhood jaundice
The establishment of an oxygen plant
Micro-health insurance for informal workers
An emergency response system
A digitised clinical records management system
A digitised point of care system helping local pharmacies source quality affordable medicines
And more
Meet some of the past innovators we have supported across Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, and Ethiopia.
Offers health loans bundled with insurance so clients can get care whenever a medical emergency arises, reducing out of pocket health care expenses which push low income earners back into poverty.
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Offers health loans bundled with insurance so clients can get care whenever a medical emergency arises, reducing out of pocket health care expenses which push low income earners back into poverty.
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An online based communication, collaboration and learning platform for doctors aimed at improving case management and clinical practice.
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A micro health insurance platform providing access to quality, affordable healthcare for people informally employed.
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A digital micro-savings and loans platform providing users with affordable means to access healthcare.
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A scalable wireless vital signs monitor for patients in overcrowded, understaffed health facilities, reducing response time to newborns in distress.
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Creates local manufacturing of broken down parts of medical equipment, when hospitals need it, at a fraction of the cost of typical supply chains using 3D technology.
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Improving the quality of primary healthcare through telemedicine, linking primary healthcare settings to resources and providing clinicians with guidelines for treatment and diagnosis.
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Diagnostic device that is IOT enabled and can detect malaria prevalence through a non-invasive diagnosis using real-time geothermal referencing to reduce the spread of malaria.
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Our Investment Partners
- “Villgro Africa have been instrumental to Damu Sasa. They helped us revise our sustainability model and secure various funding opportunities that boosted our COVID-19 capabilities, allowing us to keep blood donations going despite the pandemic.”
Aaron OgundeDamu Sasa - “Villgro Africa’s understanding of and commitment to the health sector in Africa makes them a force multiplier for a smaller startup like Health-E-Net. Their diagnostic panels act like a board of directors without us having to make the significant effort into putting together such a board.”
Pratap Kumar MDPhd, CEO & Co-founder, Health-E-Net
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