#36: Helium Health - How the HealthTech infrastructure platform is supplying services to health care providers across Africa
Overview: Today, we’re going to talk about Helium Health - the Nigerian HealthTech infrastructure company. We’ll explore the Helium Health story across 6 areas: African Health care status & context Helium Health founding and early history Fundraising & Growth Product & monetization strategy Competitive positioning & potential exit options Overall outlook. This episode was recorded on Aug 22, 2021 Companies discussed: Helium Health, Epic, MAGIC Fund, Y Combinator (YC), KingsChat & Tencent ventures Business concepts discussed: Healthcare technology, Operator-Investor dynamics, Health insurance coverage, Health platforms, Electronic Medical Records, Electronic Health Records & Health policy Conversation highlights: (01:20) - Why we’re talking about Helium Health and HealthTech (04:15) - African Healthcare context (18:05) - Context of healthcare records in Africa (25:05) - Founder backgrounds and early history of Helium Health (37:00) - Fundraising and growth (47:50) - Product & monetization strategy (55:30) - M&A and Partnerships (1:00:12) - Competition and potential exit options (1:12:25) - Bankole’s overall thoughts and outlook (1:24:05) - Olumide’s overall thoughts and outlook (1:36:12) - Recommendations and small wins Olumide’s recommendations & small wins: Recommendation: Unscripted - The Great Rat-Race Escape: From Wage Slavery to Wealth: Amazing! Small win: Las Vegas weekend with friends. Insane. Other content: World Bank database Bankole’s recommendations & small wins: Recommendation: Peru - Fireboy DML & Business Breakdowns podcast on ZoomInfo Small win: Back playing basketball regularly after 18 months out Other content: Managing in an Age of Modularity Listeners: We’d love to hear from you. Please email [email protected] with your feedback! Founders & Operators: We'd love to hear about you & what you're working on, email us at [email protected] Investors: We'd also love to link up with you, to partner to drive the ecosystem forward. Contact us at [email protected] Join our insider mailing list where we get feedback on new episodes & find all episodes at Afrobility.com