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Vezeeta
Vezeeta is an online healthcare platform that lets people in the Middle East book doctor appointments and order medicines, and it sells software to clinics to run their practices.
Vezeeta is the Middle East's biggest doctor-booking platform. If you live in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, or a handful of nearby countries and you want to see a doctor, you can open the app, pick a specialist, see their available times, and book a slot in a couple of minutes instead of calling around or waiting in line. Patients use it for free.
The company makes money in a few ways. Doctors and clinics pay to be listed and to get a steady stream of booked patients through the platform, and Vezeeta also sells practice-management software that helps clinics handle scheduling, patient records, and billing. On top of that, it runs an online pharmacy so people can order medicine and have it delivered, and it takes a cut of those sales. Vezeeta's pitch to doctors is simple: we bring you patients you would otherwise have to find yourself, and we give you the tools to manage them. That works because the region's healthcare systems are crowded and fragmented — patients struggle to find the right doctor, and small clinics often run on paper and phone calls. Vezeeta sits in the middle and takes a slice of both sides.
The company was founded in Cairo in 2012 by Amir Barsoum and has grown into one of the region's better-known tech startups, backed by investors including Uber-era Gulf funds and international venture capital. It faces competition from local booking apps and from the clinics themselves building their own systems, and its future depends on whether it can keep signing up doctors and turn its pharmacy and software into real, recurring revenue rather than just a booking directory.
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