Arogga
Company overview
Website:
www.arogga.com
Headquarters: Bangladesh
Countries of Operations: Bangladesh
Women owned /led: Founded by at least one woman
Year of founding: 2019
Number of FTEs
: 20 to 50 FTEs
Legal status of the organization
: For-profit
Company overview
Website: www.lavanderiapp.io
Headquarters: Mexico
Countries of Operations: Mexico
Legal status of the organization
: For-profit
Year of founding: 2018
Number of FTEs
: 5 to 20 FTEs
Women owned / led: Founder
Care economy activities and business model
About the organization:
Arogga is a a for-profit digital pharmacy and healthcare startup in Bangladesh. It has developed an app that enables patients to manage, order and track the delivery of medication and healthcare products in and around Dhaka. Arogga increases affordability and availability of medicines by buying in bulk and passing a percentage of the manufacturer's discount to its customers. The platform also provides services such as doctor consultations, laboratory testing and insurance. Its services reduce the burden of unpaid care work involved in taking care of family members with chronic illnesses that require frequent follow-ups and medications. It enables customers to sources all prescribed medications from a single source.
Activities in the care economy:
Provision of affordable services that provide care & domestic work
Arogga is a a for-profit digital pharmacy and healthcare startup in Bangladesh. It has developed an app that enables patients to manage, order and track the delivery of medication and healthcare products in and around Dhaka. Arogga increases affordability and availability of medicines by buying in bulk and passing a percentage of the manufacturer's discount to its customers. The platform also provides services such as doctor consultations, laboratory testing and insurance. Its services reduce the burden of unpaid care work involved in taking care of family members with chronic illnesses that require frequent follow-ups and medications. It enables customers to sources all prescribed medications from a single source.
Stage of growth: Small scale roll-out/Early stage
Type of services: "Care for persons with special needs (disabled / differently abled persons) Care for people with illnesses"
Number of customers (2020): Information not available
Number of customers (2019): Information not available
Number of customers (2018): Information not available
Type of services: "Care for persons with special needs (disabled / differently abled persons) Care for people with illnesses"
Number of customers (2020): Information not available
Number of customers (2019): Information not available
Number of customers (2018): Information not available
Financials
Revenue USD (2020): Information not available
Revenue USD (2019): Information not available
Revenue USD (2018): Information not available
Pathways to impact
Challenge addressed:
Lack of affordable solutions to reduce amount of time spent on care and domestic work
Pathway to impact - 4 Rs: Reduce
Populations affected: Elderly people, Persons with special needs or with illnesses
Number of people served (2020): Information not available
Number of people served (2019): Information not available
Number of people served (2018): Information not available