Chefaa, an Egyptian healthtech startup, has raised undisclosed pre-series A funding from 500 startups, Vision Ventures, Womena, and other investors.
The startup plans to use the investment to grow its operations team and launch its B2B service to serve SMEs.
Chefaa helps patients find the closest pharmacies enabling chronic patients to schedule, order, and refill their recurring prescriptions as well as other non-pharmaceutical products from pharmacies, through its web or mobile apps.
It is main focus is on chronic patients with repeat orders but its platform is also open for anyone with a prescription to order their medicines. The online pharmacy was founded in 2017 by Doaa Aref and Dr. Rasha Rady.
Doaa Aref, the co-founder, and CEO of Chefaa, said in a statement: “We are merging eCommerce with the pharmaceutical industry and positioning ourselves to lead the digital transformation of the pharmaceutical industry. With the capital, we have just raised and support of partners like 500 Startups, Vision Ventures, and Womena, we are focused on scaling efficiently and sustainably.”
Dr. Rasha Rady, the co-founder, and COO of the startup said, “We take pride in serving our growing base of users as well as managing their pharmacy needs.
“We have built our customer care center to ensure that user experience is being managed professionally. We also understand the impact of chronic illness as well as chronic patients’ needs and we intend to launch new services all designed around making their lives easier.”
Hasan Haider, the Managing Partner of 500 Startups MENA (500 Falcons), said, “In the current environment, any startup that can improve people’s lives and assist in social distancing measures is doing a service to all of us.
“We’re happy to be supporting Chefaa in providing people with a more efficient way to get their medication. The team behind Chefaa has done an exemplary job in executing their goals in a very short period of time, and we look forward to their ongoing success.”
