Best HealthTech Companies in Nigeria
The 132 best HealthTech companies in Nigeria in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: 54gene.
Nigeria's HealthTech sector has 132 companies on our radar, ranked here by disclosed equity funding and recent momentum — and the $101M in total tracked capital tells only part of the story. 54gene leads at $45M raised, with Helium Health close behind at $42M. Those two alone account for nearly 86% of all disclosed funding across the directory. So where does that leave the other 130 companies? Mostly sub-$5M, scrapping for early checks from backers like Techstars, CcHub, and Black Founders Fund. The global HealthTech market was valued at roughly $908.5B in 2023 and is forecast to reach $3,140.9B by 2033, a 13.1% CAGR according to Coherent Market Insights — and Nigeria, with its rising healthcare spending and population growth, sits squarely in that demand curve.
The hot themes this quarter are digital health consultation and innovation agency funding, and you can feel that pull in how deals are getting done regionally. What's happening in India is instructive: startups rewiring healthcare access through incubator pipelines mirrors exactly the CcHub-style scaffolding propping up Nigeria's early-stage cohort. I'd also note that the Watch Your Health funding round signals appetite for chronic-care platforms in emerging markets broadly. Data privacy and shifting regulatory frameworks remain the structural friction here, but the direction is clear. Coverage is rising, capital is concentrating at the top, and the mid-tier is where the next Helium Health is quietly building.
- Allied Market Research
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 Nigeria
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 54gene Provider of gene biobanking database and services for research purposes | $45M | 57 mo ago | Deadpooled | 207 | Abasi Ene-Obong Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 2 | Helium Health Provider of software for EMR | $42M | 36 mo ago | Series B | 122 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — |
| 3 | DrugStoc Provider of procurement platform for pharmacies, clinics, and healthcare organizations | $4M | 33 mo ago | Series A | 68 | Chibuzo Opara Co-CEO | Node.jsFacebook LoginNext.js+13 | 3 launchs |
| 4 | CribMD An online platform offering teleconsultation with cardiologists, orthopedic, gynecologists & others | $3M | 60 mo ago | Seed | 31 | — | Node.jsNext.jsReact+16 | — |
| 5 | Healthlane Provider of teleconsultation and appointment booking app for patients | $3M | 45 mo ago | Seed | 12 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Healthtracka Online platform to book different diagnostic tests & healthcare screening packages | $2M | 45 mo ago | Seed | 17 | Ifeoluwa Dare-Johnson Founder/Ceo | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+17 | — |
| 7 | HelpMum App for pregnancy tracking and telehealth solutions | $475K | 28 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | Abiodun Adereni Founder & CEO | Chakra UIReact RouterGSAP+11 | — |
| 8 | LifeBank Online platform for procurement of medical products | $343K | 45 mo ago | Seed | 126 | Ayo Olufemi Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityTypeScriptGoogle Maps+11 | — |
| 9 | Medsaf Online B2B marketplace for medicines | $330K | 97 mo ago | Seed | 20 | Vivian Nwakah Co-Founder | — | — |
| 10 | SonoCare Standalone radiology lab | $250K | 42 mo ago | Seed | 17 | Enokela Moses Owoicho Founder | — | — |
| 11 | LifeBank Blood donation & delivery app | $240K | 100 mo ago | Seed | — | Temie Giwa Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityTypeScriptGoogle Maps+11 | 1 award |
| 12 | Eight Medical Provider of emergency medical transportation services | $200K | 30 mo ago | Seed | 10 | Ibukun Oni Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 13 | Wella Health Provider of micro-insurance plans and healthcare services | $157K | 45 mo ago | Seed | 45 | — | Windows ServerMicrosoft ASP.NETBootstrap+19 | — |
| 14 | OneHealth Provider of an online platform for multiple healthcare services | $100K | 45 mo ago | Seed | 36 | Adeola Alli Founder & CEO | ZohoRadix UITailwind CSS+18 | — |
| 15 | MOBicure Smartphone app for child health monitoring | $100K | 104 mo ago | Funding Raised | 27 | — | — | — |
Top 12 HealthTech companies in Nigeria
#1
Series B · Lekki, Lagos · founded 2015 · 122 employees$42.2Mraised▾
Provider of software for EMR. The features of the software are customizable notes, lab & imaging integration, in-patient management, surgery & procedures, integrated pharmacy, automated billing, and patient portal.
- Jun 2023Series B$30M
- May 2020Series A$10M
- Nov 2017Seed$50K
- Sep 2017Seed$2M
#2
Deadpooled · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2019 · 207 employees$45Mraised▾
Provider of gene biobanking database and services for research purposes. The company's proprietary technology platform GENIISYS offers data for pharmacological, drug development, and clinical research and studies purposes. Also, it offers ancestry study and personalized treatment.
- Sep 2021Series B$25M
- Apr 2020Series A$15M
- Jul 2019Seed$4.5M
- Jan 2019Seed—
#3
Series A · Ikeja, Lagos · founded 2015 · 68 employees$4.4Mraised▾
Provider of procurement platform for pharmacies, clinics, and healthcare organizations. The platform assists healthcare professionals to manage their supply chain processes by ordering medications, medical devices, and consumables for patients. The app also enables the professionals to customize their own profile, view the purchase lists, manage payment solutions as well as keep track across the whole value chain right from the manufacturer to the patient.
- Sep 2023Grant (prize money)—
- Nov 2021Series A$4.4M
- Jun 2019Seed—
#4
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2020 · 12 employees$2.5Mraised▾
Healthlane provides teleconsultation and appointment booking app for patients. The app also has features like calling doctors to house visits, prescription & referral, second opinion, drug delivery, lab results, past appointments history, and insurance claims.
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$100K
- Nov 2020Seed—
- Aug 2020Seed$2.4M
- 2020Seed$125K
#5
Funding Raised · Ibadan, Oyo · founded 2017$475Kraised▾
HelpMum is an app for pregnancy tracking and telehealth solutions. The ap provides pregnancy-related information such as antenatal care date and immunization sessions reminders, zoonosis awareness and vaccination schedules for the newborn babies. The app also contains a maternal calculator and symptom tracker for getting referrals to doctors and clinics.
- Feb 2024Grant (prize money)$225K
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$250K
#6
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2021 · 17 employees$1.5Mraised▾
Online platform to book different diagnostic tests & healthcare screening packages. It is a digital health platform that enables users to book at-home diagnostic testing services. Users can book tests from a range of health screening packages and receive online test reports for health conditions.
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$100K
- Jun 2022Seed$1.5M
#7
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2020 · 31 employees$3Mraised▾
An online platform offering teleconsultation with cardiologists, orthopedic, gynecologists & others
- May 2021Seed$2.6M
- Feb 2021Seed$100K
- 2020Seed$250K
#8
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2021 · 10 employees$200Kraised▾
Provider of emergency medical transportation services
- Dec 2023Seed—
- Jan 2023Seed$200K
#9
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2015 · 126 employees$343.1Kraised▾
Online platform for procurement of medical products. It offers products for blood banks, oxygen, and medical consumables for hospitals, clinics, and healthcare organizations.
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$100K
- Feb 2018Seed$200K
- Mar 2017Grant (prize money)$3.1K
- 2016Seed$25K
#10
Seed · Port Harcourt, Rivers State · founded 2015 · 17 employees$250Kraised▾
Standalone radiology lab
- Nov 2022Grant (prize money)—
- Nov 2018Seed$250K
#11
Seed · Abuja, Federal Capital Territory · founded 2014 · 45 employees$157Kraised▾
Provider of micro-insurance plans and healthcare services. The company offers micro-insurance plans that cover common illnesses such as malaria, upper respiratory tract infections, and viral infections, including drugs to treat. Also, it offers telemedicine services where you can get medical advice from a doctor remotely.
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$100K
- Mar 2020Seed$37K
- Jul 2019Seed$120K
#12
Seed · Lagos, Lagos · founded 2018 · 36 employees$100Kraised▾
Provider of an online platform for multiple healthcare services. The platform enables users to book appointments for a doctor consultation, lab tests, and buy medications. Also, it offers product recommendations based on user's health data.
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$100K
- Jun 2021Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of HealthTech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Digital Health is moving in Nigeria
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 553 Nigeria-affiliated papers.
- University of Ibadan54
- Federal Ministry of Health44
- University of Nigeria27
- Federal Medical Centre25
- University of Lagos22
- Health care14
- Arduino7
- Microcontroller7
- Vital signs5
- Usability4
- Health care77
- Health informatics33
- Public health31
- Psychological intervention24
- Telemedicine17
- Health care2→120
- Public health1→70
- Health informatics6→48
- Health administration4→41
- Psychological intervention1→35
Where digital health is researched across Nigeria
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
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.