Checkme

Checkme is a Russian startup developing a platform of the same name that helps the user pass a comprehensive health check (checkup), gaining access to an updated database of more than 4,000 clinics and laboratories (by mid-July 2020).

With the help of a service that uses Big Data processing technologies, you can compare the prices of medical institutions and quickly sign up for a check with a discount of up to 75%. According to the creators of the project, the process of choosing a place and recording is 3-5 times faster than usual. The platform takes over documentation work and all communications, which also saves the time of the user and medical institution. The lists of examinations are developed by the doctors of the startup team: professors and doctors of medical sciences with extensive practical experience. Each of the proposed programs is approved by specialists from the Eurasian Association of Therapists.

History

2024

Svetlana Schmigelskaya - the new CEO of Checkme

In July 2024, Svetlana Shmigelskaya was appointed the new CEO of the medical tech company Checkme. This is evidenced by the data of the service "Kontur. Focus" with which Zdrav.Expert got acquainted. Read more here.

"Capital Life" bought Checkme

On July 18, 2024, the insurance company Capital Life (Capital Life Life Insurance LLC) announced the acquisition of 100% of the medtech startup Checkme, a digital medical platform specializing in innovative healthcare solutions. The transaction was carried out on July 15, 2024 as part of the Capital Life technology development strategy in the field of voluntary health insurance (VHI).

According to Evgeny Gurevich, CEO of Capital Life, the integration of Checkme into the company's digital system is a strategic step in the development of a healthy lifestyle ecosystem that combines classic health insurance and the latest technological developments.

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The acquired platform will be used to launch its own digital clinic LIFE.clinic. The new service is designed to provide comprehensive personalized customer service via VHI with a fundamentally new level of service. LIFE.the clinic will provide the insured with an individual approach to a wide range of issues: from primary treatment to referral to specialized treatment.

LIFE.clinic medical advisers will take into account individual requests and the state of health of patients, draw up personal service plans, and remotely monitor the entire process of providing medical services. The patient's personal account, available on the website and in the mobile application, will contain the entire history of interaction with the company and doctors, including the medical history, test results and recommendations of specialists.

The founder of Checkme Anastasia Fayzulenova noted that the purpose of creating the platform was to make medicine more affordable, and insurance more understandable. The high quality assessment of the platform by the Capital Life specialists confirms the success of this task.^[1] LIFE.clinic

2022: Russian medical company Checkme enters the markets of Armenia and Kazakhstan

On June 1, 2022, Checkme announced its entry into the markets of Armenia and Kazakhstan. In the first country, the Russian health check service began to cooperate with Rosgosstrakh-Armenia, and in the second with Halyk.

According to Checkme, by the end of 2022, the startup will begin work in seven more countries, including Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and the UAE. In Russia, the service cooperates with the insurance companies Sovcombank Insurance, Ingosstrakh and Ingosstrakh Life, among the corporate clients of Checkme - Youdo, Ticketscloud, Netmonet, Doubleby, SkyEng (data by June 2022).

Russian medical company Checkme entered the markets of Armenia and Kazakhstan

For private companies, Checkme offers two solutions:

• transfer of the current insurance program to the Checkme IT platform (after that, insurance services will become available in the service application with convenient online recording and online service support);
• creation of a turnkey health insurance program (for those companies that do not yet have corporate insurance).

In a conversation with Vedomosti, the managing director of Skolkovo Ventures Stanislav Kolesnichenko noted that, first of all, services like Checkme are of interest to the medical centers themselves.

The cost of attracting customers has become very high. And with the help of various aggregators, clinics receive an additional source of traffic, he said.

The point is not so much in the checks themselves, but in the data that services receive after surveys, says the venture capital investor, founder of A.Partners Aleksei Solovyov. According to him, this information can be used for point sentences and make money on this. Soloviev sees the main difficulty for Checkme in the transition from a marketplace to building a platform that can integrate providers and consumers of medical and near-medical services aimed at maintaining and improving human health.^[2]

2021

Co-founder of the Hoff hypermarket chain and co-owner of Sovcombank invest in the service at a valuation of $5 million

On December 9, 2021, the Checkme service announced the attraction of $714 thousand investments. The co-founder of the hypermarket chain Hoff and co-owner Sovcombank of "," Mikhail Kuchment co-founder of the venture capital investors club Angelsdeck and the first lead investor of Checkme Sergey Dashkov, as well as several business angels, have invested in the platform for a comprehensive health check.

As a result of the funding round, Checkme was valued at $5 million, which is twice as much as the previous investment deal. The medical tech startup will spend the funds raised on the development of the B2B direction (the service allows you to create a corporate package of services, where, in addition to the basic VHI options, you can include checkups, telemedicine, sessions with a personal psychologist, accident insurance), the development of a recommendation system and health monitoring module, as well as to expand the line of checkups, in particular, for children and elderly people.

Russian service for comprehensive health checks estimated by Checkme estimated at $5 million

We will not rest until every person in the universe begins to make regular health checks or, as they are now called, checkups. Next year, we will continue to increase B2C-vertical volumes and will take our market share in corporate social packages for employees. Prevention becomes more relevant than ever. It is better to pay for not to be sick than for treatment. It is smarter and cheaper, "said Anastasia Faizulenova, CEO and founder of Checkme, whose words are quoted by the company's press service.

By December 9, 2021, the number of users of the Checkme B2C direction exceeds 25 thousand people. Among the partners of the Ingosstrakh, Alfa-Bank, Raiffeisen, YouDo, District Kitchen project, the first corporate clients were Usedesk, Ticketscould, YouDo and Netmonet. More than 5 thousand clinics are connected to Checkme, in which you can go through health check programs.

Raising $380 thousand investments, an estimate of $2.8 million

On April 5, 2021, Checkme announced the attraction of $380 thousand investments. The Moscow Seed Fund, as well as several private investors, including Vitaly Gerko, Dmitry Tyumenkov, Maxim Pushkarev, Evgeny Presnyakov, Vladimir Khristenko and Sergei Dashkov, have invested in a medical startup. As a result of the investment transaction, Checkme was valued at $2.8 million, which is about 25% higher than the value recorded in the previous round of financing.

According to Zdrav.expert in Checkme, the company intends to spend the funds received on scaling its project, developing the B2C direction and developing a mobile application where survey data and decoding user analyzes will be stored.

Checkme Health Due Diligence Service Valued at $2.8 Million as a Result of Attracting Investment

By the beginning of April 2021, the Checkme service works with 1800 clinics in 16 cities of Russia. He has a medical license. Among the B2B clients of the company are Renaissance, Tinkoff, Gazprombank, and in the B2C segment - Kitchen on the District and Sportmaster.

Checkme differs in the parameters that investors are most interested in in early stage projects: there is a founder with a successful track record and a strong team, and a large market that is ineffective and low quality of service, "said Sergei Dashkov, co-founder of the Angelsdeck venture capital investors club.

According to him, several well-growing intermediary projects between medical organizations and their clients have already appeared in Russia. This is only the beginning of digitalization, which is confirmed by the number of startups in digital health abroad, including in the niche of preventive medicine. Checkme will be able to develop a product line and models of working with insurance and with large b2c companies, he said.

2020: Raising $375,000 and valuing the company at $2.23 million

On July 16, 2020, Checkme announced the attraction of $375 thousand investments. Investors Sergey Dashkov and Alexander Katalov invested $50 thousand in the startup, $25 thousand - Maria Aksenov. Dashkov also acted as the lead investor of the pre-seed round. Singapore's Altergate fund invested another $50 thousand, an investor whose name is not specified - $200 thousand.

Russian medical tech startup valued at $2.23 million as a result of attracting investments

Checkme intends to spend the funds raised on increasing the number of programs, scaling, expanding the regional presence and number of partners, as well as developing cooperation with customers with whom pilot projects are already being implemented. Checkme service was valued by investors at $2.23 million.

Prior to this round, Checkme raised $40,000 from private business angel Maxim Chepel and used this investment to create a platform and connect clinics, the funds raised were also aimed at scaling the team and automating processes.^[3]

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