Marham is a Pakistani healthcare startup that helps people find, book appointments, and consult with doctors online. The startup has recently been selected for the Google Demo Day Asia competition that is to take place at Shanghai in September 2018.
According to a statement from Google on Thursday, there were hundreds of submissions from founders in different countries across Asia-Pacific, in industries as diverse as agriculture, entertainment and healthcare. However, out of 305 qualifying applications, only 10 entries were selected for the final.
Marham is the only Pakistani startup to be selected for the program, other finalists include: DycodeX from Indonesia; FreightExchange from Australia; GITAI from Japan; Miotech from China; OneStockHome from Thailand; Origami Labs from Hong Kong; SigTuple from India; SkyMagic from Singapore; and Swingvy from Korea.
At the Google Demo Day, the participants will have the opportunity to pitch to a distinguished panel of leaders from Google for Entrepreneurs, Sequoia Capital and Venturra Capital. The winners will get a funding from investors and up to US$100,000 in Google Cloud Platform credits.