Digital health is still relatively new in Southeast Asia. However, the COVID-19 pandemic proved how valuable it can be. Lockdowns not only prevented people from meeting with medical professionals but also led to more people living unhealthy lifestyles. Naluri has been combating this problem in Malaysia.
It has created an app that provides users with a multi-disciplinary team of health advisors from the convenience of their smarphone. The Naluri app boasts health psychologists, dietitians, fitness coaches, holistic health coach, executive coaches, financial planners, medical advisors and pharmacists.
What makes Naluri different is its use of an artificial-intelligence engine. This technology is able to analyze a user’s response and progress and offer summaries to medical professionals. The information allows them to provide more precise and higher quality advice, coaching and guidance.
The app also contains a number of other health tools for users with the aim of creating a comprehensive experience that empowers people to live healthier.
“We provide you with digital tools such as food journals, daily modules, planners, and thought journals to help you learn, plan, track your progress and get professional feedback,” Naluri CEO and CO-Founder Azran Osman-Rani told Vulcan Post.
According to Osman-Rani, the end goal is to provide a digital health platform that is easy-to-use and affordable while removing some of the anxiety people may have about meeting medical professionals face-to-face. Additionally, Naluri provides more robust health insights since advice isn’t being siloed by expertise.
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Naluri gears up for funding
Naluri has raised more than USD2.5 million in pre-series A funding since launching in 2017. The digital health startup brought in USD1.1 million in 2020 led by Malaysia’s Duopharma Biotech, M Venture Partners from Singapore and RHL Ventures from Kuala Lumpur among others.
That followed an initial raise of USD1.5 million in 2019. Given Naluri’s proposed timeline when they announced the latest funding round last year, series A funding could take place later in 2021, although nothing has been announced.
“We have had a number of strategic and financial investors who have expressed strong interest in the next round, and we want to be able to demonstrate continued growth domestically and regionally, while deepening our track record in our core mental health, diabetes, and heart disease therapeutic areas,” Naluri President and Co-Founder Dr Jeremy Ting said.
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