E Squared Backs Women-Led Healthtech Alignd To Reform South African Healthcare

South African impact investor E Squared Investments has announced a strategic investment in Alignd, a women-led healthtech company transforming the country’s private healthcare system. The funding will support Alignd’s expansion from palliative care into high-cost maternity and kidney disease services.

Alignd replaces South Africa’s costly “fee-for-service” model with a value-based approach that ties payments to patient outcomes. Already partnered with major insurers like GEMS, Fedhealth, and Bonitas, Alignd provides 2.9 million beneficiaries with home-based, person-centred care. Early results show a 33% reduction in non-beneficial interventions and significant cost savings.

“Alignd creates win-win solutions for patients, providers, and funders,” said Sharon Dlomo, newly appointed strategic finance lead.