Docosan, the Ho Chi Minh City-based medical appointment booking platform, has just raised $1 million in a seed round led by AppWorks. This is said to be one of the most successful seed rounds ever for a medical technology startup in Vietnam.
This information was announced by docosan yesterday. The investment is led by AppWorks (Taiwan) venture capital company, besides with the participation of a number of other investors including Huat Ventures and David Ma.
Docosan is a platform that allows patients to search and book doctor appointments instead of having to wait in person. According to Beth Ann Lopez – co-founder and CEO of Docosan – one year after its launch, about 50,000 patients have used the platform to book appointments and now have more than 300 healthcare providers. individuals of varying sizes, from family pediatric clinics to neurosurgeons in large private hospitals. To participate in the platform, service providers must have 18 years of clinical experience, as well as complete the Docosan round of testing.
Lopez said Vietnamese people do not have the habit of making an appointment. Instead, customers using private healthcare providers have to “choose between more than 30,000 private hospitals and clinics, with a wide range of prices and qualities. This is why people often rely on advice from family and friends to choose a healthcare provider. Once they've made a choice, they'll go to the hospital or clinic and wait in line, sometimes for hours at a time.”
This information was announced by docosan yesterday. The investment is led by AppWorks (Taiwan) venture capital company, besides with the participation of a number of other investors including Huat Ventures and David Ma.
Docosan is a platform that allows patients to search and book doctor appointments instead of having to wait in person. According to Beth Ann Lopez – co-founder and CEO of Docosan – one year after its launch, about 50,000 patients have used the platform to book appointments and now have more than 300 healthcare providers. individuals of varying sizes, from family pediatric clinics to neurosurgeons in large private hospitals. To participate in the platform, service providers must have 18 years of clinical experience, as well as complete the Docosan round of testing.
Lopez said Vietnamese people do not have the habit of making an appointment. Instead, customers using private healthcare providers have to “choose between more than 30,000 private hospitals and clinics, with a wide range of prices and qualities. This is why people often rely on advice from family and friends to choose a healthcare provider. Once they've made a choice, they'll go to the hospital or clinic and wait in line, sometimes for hours at a time.”