Macau’s Dr Stanley Ho Family invested into BookDoc

SELANGOR, Malaysia – BookDoc, a healthcare technology start-up headquartered in Malaysia, has announced the latest investment round led by a family member of Dr Stanley Ho, the Macau billionaire tycoon with a business empire spanning from entertainment to tourism, shipping, real estate, banking and air transport in multiple counties.

BookDoc welcomes the member of Dr Stanley Ho family as its latest strategic investor after Prince Abdul Qawi, of the Brunei Royal family, who invested in BookDoc barely a year ago. The latest undisclosed investment values BookDoc at double-digit US million, and adds to its growing list of backers who bring along with them deep cross-border business network and valuable multi-disciplinary experience from entrepreneurship, healthcare, IT, to banking and insurance.

"We are really fortunate to have such illustrious strategic investors who can offer great insights into the unique business environment that BookDoc is operating in. We offersolutions at the confluence of healthcare and IT, and yet the potential business applications extend as far as HR, insurance and even retail. This is why these experienced individuals who hail from various business verticals with deep know-how on doing business in Asia are vital to BookDoc. It will help us penetrate markets faster and more effectively," explained Dato' Chevy Beh, Founder and CEO of BookDoc.

Since its inception in October 2015, in less than 18 months, BookDoc is present in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand. It has launched an integrated online ecosystem for health travellers, local and abroad, to search and book healthcare professionals. The system integrates seamlessly with Uber, Grab, AirAsia, Agoda and TripAdvisor, and is the official partner of Social Security Malaysia, Foreign Workers' Medical Examination Malaysia (FOMEMA), and the Ministry of Tourism Malaysia. In addition, it launched BookDoc Activ, the latest module which rewards users for maintaining high level of activity, and successfully partnered more than 40 major retailers and service providers in 12 countries within 3 months of its launch.

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