HealthQ: groundbreaking African startup launches, attracts funding, blows minds

When we broke the story about HealthQ’s open source metabolic chamber — the first of its kind in the world — we came away solemnly impressed by what a group of entrepreneurs from Stellenbosch, South Africa, managed to pull off on a limited budget. After its official unveiling today, we are now privy to HealthQ’s impressive investor roster and how the metabolic chambers fits into HealthQ’s plans.

We knew that WooThemes co-founder Adii Pienaar was an investor, and that venture capital fund 4Di Capital was involved. Shortly after wealthy mining family, the Oppenheimers, invested in 4Di Capital’s venture fund for South African tech startups, now comes the news that HealthQ has secured a seed investment round through 4Di and a consortium of influential global families. Rachel Slack, a member of the Oppenheimer family and a member of the HealthQ board, teamed up with Laurie Olivier, founding investor of HealthQ and US-based Senior Partner of 4Di, to accommodate the deal.

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