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Helium Health

YC S17

LA, NG · Founded 2016 · 110 employees · 8 known investors

Helium Health provides healthcare technology for clinicians, governments, and public health stakeholders across Africa, including an electronic medical records/operating system (HeliumOS) and a provider-patient platform (HeliumDoc). It also offers financing solutions such as HeliumCredit for capital access and HeliumWallet for billing, alongside public health data partnerships with health organizations and governments.

Also known as OneMedical · Helium Health

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S17)

Helium Health was founded in 2016 by Adegoke Olubusi and Dimeji Sofowora.

AOAdegoke Olubusi
Adegoke Olubusiin𝕏Co-founder & CEOAdegoke Olubusi is CEO and co-founder of Helium Health, a Series B health technology company, and managing partner at MAGIC Fund. He is a Johns Hopkins University alumnus.
DSDimeji Sofowora
Dimeji SofoworainCo-FounderGeneral Partner at MAGIC Fund

Investors · 8

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Helium Health is a healthcare technology company serving clinicians, governments and public health stakeholders across Africa. It supplies digital tools used in healthcare delivery and also facilitates financing for providers, positioning its offering around raising standards across the continuum of care.

The company reports serving more than 500 healthcare providers and over 10,000 health workers, with more than 1 million patients reached. On the financing side, it reports over 500 loans issued and more than $10 million disbursed, alongside an average response time of 48 hours.

Business model

Helium Health combines the provision of digital healthcare tools for providers with facilitation of financing, having issued more than 500 loans and disbursed over $10 million.

Traction

The company reports more than 500 providers served, over 10,000 health workers, more than 1 million patients reached, more than 500 loans issued and over $10 million disbursed.

Full profile — market position, go-to-market, geography

Market position

Helium Health describes itself as a leading healthtech and digital health tools provider in Africa.

Go-to-market

Clinicians and healthcare providers, governments, and public health stakeholders across Africa.

Geography

Operations and customers span Africa, with the company describing itself as a continent-wide healthtech provider.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Average response timeJan 202448 hours
Capital disbursedJan 2024$10M
Health workers on platformJan 202410,000 health workers
Healthcare providers servedJan 2024500 providers
Loans issuedJan 2024500 loans
Patients reachedJan 20241,000,000 patients

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Competitors · 6

by search overlap
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Health Recovery Solutions72 shared keywordsHealth Recovery Solutions (HRS) provides an EHR-integrated remote patient monitoring platform along with clinical advisory, logistics, reimbursement, and support services for healthcare organizations, payors, and providers. The company helps health systems build and scale virtual care programs aimed at reducing hospital readmissions and improving patient outcomes in the US.
HealthArc70 shared keywordsHealthArc provides a platform for Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Chronic Care Management (CCM), serving hospitals and healthcare providers. The company focuses on optimizing clinical workflows and supporting data-driven healthcare management.
Foresee Medical69 shared keywordsForeSee Medical provides AI-powered risk adjustment software (ForeSee ESP) that uses natural language processing to analyze EHR data and clinical notes, surface supported conditions, suggest ICD-10/HCC codes, and calculate RAF scores. It serves Medicare Advantage plans, ACOs, IPAs, health systems, coding teams, and clinicians operating under value-based care models.

Companies competing with Helium Health for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

In the news

Research sources · 1

primary sources listed

1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Helium Health do?
African healthtech company providing digital health tools and financing to healthcare providers and public health decision makers.
Who founded Helium Health?
Helium Health was founded by Adegoke Olubusi, Dimeji Sofowora in 2016.
Who are Helium Health's investors?
Helium Health's investors include Angaza Capital, Capria Ventures, DG Daiwa Ventures, Draper Associates, VentureSouq, Y Combinator, ACE & Company, Global Ventures.
Where is Helium Health headquartered?
Helium Health is headquartered in LA, NG.