SA’s Alignd Secures Knife Capital Investment To Expand Healthcare Programmes

Alignd, a South African women-led healthcare startup founded in 2018, has secured an undisclosed investment from venture capital firm Knife Capital to expand its value-based care programmes into maternity and kidney care.

The Cape Town-based company, led by CEO Dr Lungi Nyathi, designs healthcare programmes that align the interests of patients, medical providers and medical schemes, shifting the focus from paying for treatment volumes to rewarding patient outcomes.

Alignd initially focused on palliative care, building a network of more than 500 providers and partnering with seven medical schemes, including GEMS, Fedhealth and Bonitas.

Its palliative care programme now reaches more than 3.3 million lives. The investment was made through Knife Capital‘s third fund, Knife Fund III.