Layoff
Nov 2022TechPoint reported delayed salaries, mass layoffs, and allegations of fund diversion and unpaid vendors/salaries.
SourceAfrica's Preventative Health System
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Healthlane is a preventive-healthcare company and app that helps users book screenings, access diagnostics, and receive personalized health insights and care plans. Public sources consistently place the company in Lagos, Nigeria, and tie it to the 2019 rebrand/pivot from GiftedMom to Healthlane, although some databases conflict on exact incorporation history.
Primary product
Preventive healthcare diagnostics and screening platform/app
Founded
2019
Headquarters
Lagos, Nigeria
Team size
11-50
Industry
Healthcare
Sub-industry
Preventive healthtech / diagnostic screening
Offices
Lagos, Nigeria
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Business model
B2C preventive health screening packages
Pay-per-test diagnostic services
App-based appointment booking and results delivery
Insurance-partnered preventive care
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$2.5M
Latest round
Google for Startups Black Founders Fund grant · Sep 2022
Latest amount
$100K
Google for Startups Black Founders Fund grant
Sep 2022 · Google for Startups
Sep 2020 · Digital Horizon
Jan 2020 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
Alain Nteff
CEO & Co-founder
Co-founder & Medical Director
Chief Technology Officer
Work & culture
Early reporting described a highly perked, in-office startup culture with meals, fitness perks, wearables, and onsite lodging. Later reporting described a deteriorating culture marked by salary delays, layoffs, resignations, office closures, and allegations of fund mismanagement.
Compensation
Historical reporting described generous early perks and salary promises, but later investigations alleged delayed pay, unpaid salaries, layoffs, and vendor debt. Public evidence is not sufficient to describe a stable current compensation policy.
Benefits
Lunch for staff (historical reporting)
Weekly swimming lessons (historical reporting)
Gym instructor (historical reporting)
Oura ring wearable (historical reporting)
Laptop and iPad provided (historical reporting)
Onsite accommodation / staff housing (historical reporting)
Product & market
Pricing
Tiered packaged screening plans plus pay-per-test diagnostic services; pricing is also integrated with insurance partners.
Differentiators
- —Strong preventive-care positioning rather than reactive treatment
- —70+ diagnostic tests and screening bundles
- —Hybrid service model combining app booking with physical testing locations
- —Fast turnaround on some results (often cited as 45 minutes)
- —Personalized insights and care-plan recommendations
Technology
Django
Python
Zango (Django meta-framework)
django-tenant-schemas
Customers
individual patients
health-conscious consumers seeking preventive screenings
insurance partners
healthcare providers and clinic/lab partners
Competitors
OneHealth
Hicers
SonoCare
Scale & contact
Signals & risks
Shutdown
May 2023TechPoint reported the Lagos office had been shut in 2022 and the Cameroon office closed in February 2023 amid debt and operational distress.
SourceOther
Apr 2023TechCabal reported a business-model pivot, a six-month operational pause, and the planned discontinuation of in-person lab testing at physical locations.
SourceLatest news
TechPoint Africa · May 2023
Reported office closures, unpaid salaries, debt to vendors/landlords, and allegations of mismanagement; said the Lagos office was closed in 2022 and the Cameroon office in February 2023.
TechCabal · Apr 2023
Reported a business-model pivot, a six-month operational pause, and plans to discontinue in-person lab testing at physical locations.
TechCabal · Nov 2022
Investigated the company’s financial troubles, salaries, layoffs, and the shift from a telemedicine promise to a preventive-healthcare model.
TechPoint Africa · Nov 2022
Investigative report on delayed salaries, layoffs, vendor debt, and allegations of fund diversion; said the company had effectively run into severe operational distress.
TechPoint Africa · Nov 2021
Covered the Nigeria launch and described the company’s packages and preventive-healthcare positioning.
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