Indonesian digital well being firm Alodokter has acquired the being pregnant app Diary Bunda from Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corp. for an undisclosed sum.

In the meantime, Marubeni additionally pledged an funding to Alodokter’s mum or dad firm, Singapore-based Ranelagh, which additionally operates the physician platform Alomedika. 

WHY IT MATTERS

Launched in 2020, Diary Bunda supplies personalised medical data and content material on childbirth and maternal care, looking for to deal with the rising societal difficulty of kid underdevelopment. It’s reported that round 1.5 million infants or about 30% of all kids born in Indonesia annually are underdeveloped.

The being pregnant app, in response to Alodokter, has “gained vital reputation” amongst Indonesian moms in recent times, now having a month-to-month energetic consumer base of 100,000. 

THE LARGER TREND

Alodokter has been pursuing its enlargement plans and growth of recent merchandise on its platform over the previous years. It not too long ago obtained an undisclosed investment from Telkom Group’s MDI Ventures and Samsung Ventures for this endeavour.

ON THE RECORD

Alodokter mentioned it goals to reinforce the digital healthcare expertise of all moms in Indonesia because it expands its vary of healthcare companies. 

“We are going to proceed to supply user-friendly and high-quality digital healthcare options to the broader group, making certain that each Alodokter and Diary Bunda app stays a dependable and complete useful resource for the group of Indonesian moms,” it mentioned in a Linkedin submit.