Grace Ashiru
Anees Health, an Egyptian healthtech startup founded in 2025, has closed a seed round of an undisclosed amount. It’ll use the money to grow its model, in which one team manages a patient’s care from the first contact until their condition is stable.
The company builds its clinical model around geriatric medicine, with family doctors coordinating input from other specialists. Its programmes serve older patients, people with chronic diseases, patients in recovery or rehabilitation, and people on longevity plans meant to protect physical and cognitive function. In Egypt, patients can usually reach a doctor, a nurse, a physiotherapist, a lab or a pharmacy; the problem Anees Health wants to solve is that nobody ties those services into one plan. Each case gets a single responsible doctor, who works with a team covering nursing, physiotherapy and pharmacy.
Since launch, Anees Health has delivered more than 1,000 medical and care services, mostly through patient referrals. About 70% of patients stay on extended care plans after their first visit, and the company treats that retention figure as its main signal of progress. It has served patients on four continents, including families who manage a relative’s care from abroad. That demand pushed it to build its own electronic health record on the HL7 FHIR standard, with documentation in Arabic and English.
Co-founder and CEO Dr. Mahmoud Darwish said families want one provider that takes responsibility for the whole care journey, rather than someone who only shows up for a single visit. Entrepreneur Ibrahim Anwar, who has more than 15 years in business development, has joined as an adviser. He said owning the full journey is harder to build than a platform that aggregates providers, but gives the business a stronger base for trust and growth.
The timing tracks Egypt’s demographics. According to the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, Egypt had about 9.8 million people aged over 60 in 2025 (9.1% of the population), up from 9.3 million in 2024. Anees Health plans to expand its geriatric and care-coordination teams, build out its clinical and operational infrastructure, and widen its coverage in Cairo. It’s aiming for capacity of more than 20,000 visits in 2027.
