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Bypa-ss is a technology company.
Bypa-ss provides comprehensive healthcare information exchange solutions, focusing on digitizing health data management across Egypt. The company develops platforms such as HealthTag, an ecosystem facilitating clinic management for hospitals, physicians, and patients to track cases efficiently. It also offers TagPM, a system designed for medical and administrative practice management, incorporating electronic health records, smart wearables, and blockchain technology to streamline operations and enhance data integrity.
The company was established in 2019 by co-founders Ayman Ahmed, Monica George, Andrew Saad, Mahmoud Ghobashy, and Mina Mofeed. Their collective insight identified a critical need within the Egyptian healthcare landscape for a more integrated and digital approach to health information exchange. This understanding drove the creation of solutions aimed at modernizing antiquated systems and improving overall healthcare delivery.
Bypa-ss serves a dual customer base of healthcare providers, including hospitals and individual physicians, alongside patients themselves. Its mission revolves around empowering those who care by fostering a seamless exchange of vital health information. The long-term vision is to elevate the standard of care by creating a robust, interconnected digital healthcare infrastructure that benefits all stakeholders.
Bypa-ss has raised $1.0M across 1 funding round.
Bypa-ss has raised $1.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Bypa-ss has raised $1.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Bypa-ss's investors include Acuity Ventures, Launch Africa, Magic Fund, Plug and Play.
Bypa-ss is an Egypt-based healthtech startup founded in 2019 that builds HealthTag, a cloud-based Health Information Exchange (HIE) platform aggregating patients' medical records—including prescriptions, allergies, test results, and history—into a unified, scannable digital identity accessible via mobile app or desktop.[1][2][3][6] It serves patients, physicians, hospitals, and healthcare providers across Egypt, solving the lack of centralized healthcare data that leads to repeated tests, delays, redundant costs, medical errors, and suboptimal care in a fragmented $17B+ market.[1][3][4] The platform empowers patients with data ownership while granting providers secure visibility, offering features like clinic management tools for doctors and up to 70% out-of-pocket payment discounts; it operates a B2B/B2C model with strong growth, including 150% customer base expansion and a fivefold employee increase by late 2021 post-$1M pre-seed funding from Magic Fund, Acuity Ventures, Launch Africa, Plug and Play, and others.[1][3][4]
Bypa-ss was founded in 2019 in Shebin El Kom, Menofia, Egypt, by Andrew Saad, a former medical student at Menofia University Faculty of Medicine, alongside co-founder Ibrahim Shedid, a web developer from Cairo.[1][2][3] The idea emerged from Saad's real-world experience as a student: he witnessed an elderly woman denied timely treatment because neither she nor the hospital had her medical history, a recurring issue highlighting Egypt's fragmented healthcare system without centralized records.[1][3] This prompted Saad's academic research on patient data and electronic health records, laying the groundwork for HealthTag as Egypt and North Africa's first people-centric HIE.[1][2] Early traction came via acceleration by Falak Startups, angel funding, and rapid scaling to five cities by 2021, with a network of over 3,000 providers and rebranding to htag.health.[1][3]
Bypa-ss rides the digital health transformation wave in emerging markets like Egypt, where absent centralized systems amplify inefficiencies in a $17B sector, aligning with global HIE trends post-COVID that prioritize interoperable records and telehealth.[1][4] Timing is ideal amid rising smartphone penetration, healthtech investments in MENA, and government pushes for digitization, positioning it to cut redundant testing (a major cost driver) and enable data-driven insights for operations, marketing, and research.[2][6] It influences the ecosystem by setting a standard for patient-empowered care, fostering provider networks, and attracting regional VCs, potentially accelerating similar models across Africa where fragmented care persists.[1][3][4]
Bypa-ss is primed to dominate Egypt's HIE space with its $1M fueling app enhancements, nationwide expansion, and feature rollouts amid sustained growth.[1][3] Upcoming trends like AI-driven analytics, regional telemedicine integration, and stricter data privacy regs will shape its path, potentially evolving it into a pan-African platform via partnerships. Its influence could grow by standardizing care quality, drawing more funding, and inspiring data sovereignty in healthtech—cementing its role as the go-to for unified patient records in underserved markets.[6]
Bypa-ss has raised $1.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $1.0M Pre-Seed in November 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2021 | $1.0M Pre-Seed | Acuity Ventures, Launch Africa, Magic Fund, Plug and Play |