Syrian healthtech Alo Hakeem raises $165,000 pre-seed to bring home healthcare to scale

Syria is not the first country that comes to mind when discussing healthtech investment. But that may be changing. Alo Hakeem, a digital home healthcare platform founded in Aleppo in 2025, has closed a $165,000 pre-seed round led by EBLA Ventures, with additional investors who have not been named publicly.

The startup was founded by Abdullatif Al-Baroudi and Albaraa Abdulsalam. It connects patients with licensed healthcare professionals who deliver services at home, covering medical consultations, nursing, physiotherapy, elderly care, laboratory testing and diagnostic imaging. It currently operates in Aleppo, Damascus and Hama.

Before raising external capital, the founders funded operations independently, built a minimum viable product and tested the model directly with patients and medical professionals. They also went through the ScaleUp 2025 programme and received mentorship through ChangeMakers, run by Maynger Ventures, and Thimar, an initiative focused on helping Syrian startups prepare for investment.

The money will be used for...

• Transitioning from the MVP to a fully developed mobile application, set for public launch in November 2026
• Strengthening the technology infrastructure underpinning the platform
• Expanding the network of licensed healthcare providers on the platform
• Growing the team ahead of entry into new Syrian markets

Why does it matter?

Access to healthcare outside hospitals remains a serious gap in Syria. Alo Hakeem is trying to fill that gap with a structured, tech-enabled model rather than informal referral networks. It's a modest raise, but in a market where external investment is rare, $165,000 in pre-seed capital carries real weight. The company's plan to enter four additional governorates by end of 2027 suggests the founders are thinking about national reach, not just city-level validation.

The context

EBLA Ventures focuses specifically on Syrian entrepreneurs, which makes this round more than a financial transaction. It signals a small but growing ecosystem of investors willing to back founders operating in conflict-affected or post-conflict markets. Across the broader Arab world, home healthcare has attracted serious capital, including in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, where Vision 2030 and national health strategies have pushed demand for out-of-hospital care. Syria is years behind those markets structurally, but the underlying demand is real. Alo Hakeem is making an early bet that the infrastructure to serve it can be built now.