Nigerian AI Startup Intron Health Secures USD 1.6 M Pre-Seed Round

Intron Health, a Nigeria AI company that provides speech-to-text transcription tools for healthcare workers, has raised USD 1.6 M in a pre-seed funding round. The round was led by Microtraction, with participation from Plug and Play Ventures, Jaza Rift Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Africa Health Ventures, OpenseedVC, Pi Campus, Alumni Angel, BakerBridge Capital and several angel investors.

Launched in 2020 by Dr Tobi Olatunji, Intron Health helps healthcare professionals enter medical records by converting speech into text. The startup cuts the time doctors cut time spend on writing a patient’s prescription through its product. Doctors can enter patients’ medical records, give prescriptions, and generate patient reports by voice commands. The startup will use the capital injection to hire more employees, deepen its research efforts, and strengthen its cloud-native and on-prem capabilities.