Best HealthTech Companies in Gauteng, South Africa
The 90 best HealthTech companies in Gauteng, South Africa in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Healthforce.
Our analysis of 864 HealthTech companies
$73.2b in tracked funding; 89% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best HealthTech companies in Gauteng
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Healthforce Software for practice management systems for nurses and clinics | $3M | 60 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | WebflowAmazon Web Servicescore-js+13 | — |
| 2 | Kena Health Online platform offering remote consultation services with doctors | $2M | 36 mo ago | Seed | Saul Kornik Founder & CEO | 2021 | Webflowcore-jsjQuery+15 | — |
| 3 | SyncroPhi Wireless vital signs monitoring system and paperless observation records | $1M | 123 mo ago | Seed | David Toohey CEO | 2007 | — | — |
| 4 | VitruvianMD AI-based solution for medical diagnostics | $659K | 58 mo ago | Seed | Ifthakaar Shaik Founder & CEO | 2017 | — | 1 launch |
| 5 | Quainted Intranet for employee wellness | $336K | 114 mo ago | Deadpooled | — | 2012 | — | — |
| 6 | Athena Provider of medical payments management software for healthcare | $250K | 28 mo ago | Seed | Jabulani Nyembe Founder | 2022 | — | 3 partnerships |
| 7 | UDoTest Direct-to-consumer screening tests for sexually transmitted diseases and GI disorders | $75K | 77 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2012 | — | — |
| 8 | Response24 App to book emergency response services | — | 33 mo ago | Seed | Marlize Holtzhausen Founder & CEO | 2018 | — | — |
Top 12 HealthTech companies in Gauteng
#1
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2022$250Kraised▾
Provider of medical payments management software for healthcare. It offers a platform for medical bill management that enables patients to pay for healthcare in monthly instalments for healthcare surgeries and procedures.
- Jan 2024Seed$150K
#2
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2021 · 34 employees$2.1Mraised▾
Online platform offering remote consultation services with doctors. The platform provides text, audio, or video connections to contact medical experts like nurses, doctors, and mental health specialists. The app's goal is to enable everyone's access to high-quality medical care and mental health assistance easy, affordable, and accessible.
- Jun 2023Seed$2.1M
#3
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2018 · 27 employees$3Mraised▾
Healthforce is software enabling nurses and clinics to manage the medical practice. The platform enables providers to provide telemedicine services to manage patient health. The nurses can use the platform for remote patient health management, communicate with patients and doctors. The patients can earn points by uploading the health data on the platform.
- Jun 2021Seed$3M
#4
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2017 · 6 employees$659Kraised▾
AI-based solution for medical diagnostics. The system can take diagnostic inputs such as radiological images, digital pathology images, symptom lists, and other kinds of patient data which are then analyzed by their proprietary AI engines to produce reports giving likely medical conditions, their probabilities, and possible courses of action to help clinicians make more informed decisions faster.
- Aug 2021Seed$659K
#5
Seed · Sandton, Gauteng · founded 2007 · 7 employees$1.4Mraised▾
Wireless vital signs monitoring system and paperless observation records. Its offerings include KEWS 100, small lightweight sensor modules worn in a disposable pouch that gives the patient freedom to move and give the staff the ability to provide continuous monitoring of body vitals, and KEWS 200, a wireless ambulatory patient vital-signs monitoring with paperless observation records and instant patient review at the point of care, KEWS 300 a CE-marked software suite which supports paperless patient observation rounds and clinical reviews at the point-of-care. When combined with the KEWSpod it provides real-time updates of patient records and instant recall of patient history.
- Mar 2016Grant (prize money)$493.3K
- Aug 2013Seed$1.4M
#6
Deadpooled · Sandton, Gauteng · founded 2012 · 5 employees$335.6Kraised▾
Quainted is an intranet for employee wellness. Provides a communication and information platform for companies to promote employee corporate, emotional, physical and social wellness. Corporate wellness can be administered by measuring employee happiness and notifying best practices. Emotional wellness is entailed by measuring employee personality type. The platform also helps in promoting physical wellness and social by letting peers share tips, challenge team members into physical activities and collaborate on generating ideas.
- Dec 2016Seed$319K
- 2015Seed$16.6K
#7
Acquired · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2012 · 6 employees$75Kraised▾
UDoTest develops direct-to-consumer screening tests for STDs and GI disorders. Customers can order these tests at home, send in a sample and receive confidential results within 10 days. The company provides four panels: one for HPV, one for STDs that tests for most common STDs, one for colon cancer and another one for gluten sensitivity.
- Jan 2020Seed$75K
- Dec 2019Grant (prize money)—
#8
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2018—raised▾
Response is a PERS app enabling users to book emergency response services incase of an emergency. The company dispatches an armed response vehicle to the user's location once the emergency alert is triggered via the app. The family members are alerted via the app and connect with the user until the response is dispatched in real-time.
- Sep 2023Seed—
#9
Funding Raised · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2020 · 13 employees—raised▾
Mobile app for the users to order prescribed medicines and to consult doctors online. It helps users connect with doctors, nurses, and chemists so they can receive medical advice and order prescription drugs or other healthcare items for home delivery.
- Jul 2023Grant (prize money)—
#10
Seed · Centurion, Gauteng · founded 2019 · 10 employees—raised▾
Syked is the platform offering mental health solutions for students, employers, and the general public with different programs. The platform allows the user to book an appointment for consultation through video calls with the preferred therapists. The platform also offers consultation under a suicide crisis.
- Sep 2020Seed—
#11
Series A · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2003 · 76 employees—raised▾
Guidepost Care platform allows caregivers to work together with patients to manage their chronic conditions. Their Carers use the Guidepost platform to track and monitor patients in their portfolio. The platform integrates data feeds from a number of different sources, pulling together a complete view of the patient’s data. Based on near-real-time data, the platform uses the platform to determine the best next steps for the patient’s care. Patients provide their own blood glucose readings periodically. Using the patient-provided data in combination with lab results and doctor feedback, Carers provide telephonic coaching, education and advice on dose titration for the patient’s medication. Coaching allows patients to understand their own condition, determine the changes they need to make in their lives and take action to achieve their health goals.
- Aug 2020Series A—
- Nov 2019Series A—
#12
Seed · Johannesburg, Gauteng · founded 2007 · 23 employees—raised▾
Provider of DNA tests for determining health and wellness. The company has developed products in the field of Nutrigenomics (DNA Diet, DNA Health, DNA Oestrogen, and DNA Sport), pharmacogenomics (mygeneRx, mycardioRx, mypsychRx, and mypainRx), and Bio response DIM (identify the indole levels). The tests offer personalized health and nutrition requirements and recommendations based on the results of the DNA tests.
- Apr 2011Seed—
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How research on Digital Health is moving in South Africa
A read on the academic research around Digital Health — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 596 South Africa-affiliated papers.
- Department of Health78
- University of Cape Town67
- University of the Witwatersrand64
- Stellenbosch University48
- University of KwaZulu-Natal46
- Public health1→8
- Health care1→42
- Health informatics5→32
- Public health4→27
- Health administration2→22
- Nursing research2→21
- Health care12→90
- Health informatics19→94
- Public health13→84
- Nursing research13→66
- Health administration25→70
Where digital health is researched across South Africa
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
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