Zeya Health, a Singapore-based healthcare technology startup building artificial intelligence (AI)-native infrastructure for clinical providers, has raised US$575,000 in pre-seed funding from global early-stage investor Antler and a group of strategic angel investors.
The company said the funding will be used to accelerate product development and scale deployments across private healthcare providers in Singapore and the wider Asia-Pacific region, as demand rises for tools that help clinics manage growing patient volumes without expanding already stretched administrative teams.
Founded by former digital health operators Agastya Samat and Pasindu Wijesena, Zeya Health positions itself as a foundational AI layer for healthcare organisations, automating operational workflows while integrating directly into existing electronic medical record (EMR) systems and patient communication channels such as WhatsApp.
“We’ve both seen firsthand how care teams end up spending more time fighting systems than caring for patients. Whether it was deploying digital health systems at scale or watching clinics struggle with growing patient loads, the same issue kept coming up. We started Zeya to remove that bottleneck, so providers can grow without burning out their teams,” said Agastya Samat, Zeya Health’s Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer.
Building an AI Layer for Healthcare Operations
Zeya’s platform functions as an AI-powered front desk that automates much of the administrative work that consumes clinicians’ time today, including appointment reminders, follow-ups, rescheduling, and patient engagement, operating continuously without replacing core clinical systems.
Unlike many healthcare software platforms that require clinics to adopt new interfaces and workflows, Zeya plugs into existing infrastructure. Its system scans clinic workflows and deploys within 48 hours, without requiring new logins, manual configuration, or staff retraining.
This low-friction deployment model has driven rapid uptake. Since August, Zeya Health has recorded more than 20 times growth in the number of clinics onboarded, sustaining approximately two times month-on-month expansion.
The company currently works with providers across physiotherapy, primary care, paediatrics, surgical and aesthetic outpatient services, with expansion underway into additional care models and regional markets in 2026.
What You Should Know
Zeya’s growth comes amid mounting operational pressure across the healthcare sector. Asia-Pacific’s healthcare market is projected to reach nearly US$5 trillion by 2030, yet the region faces a persistent shortage of healthcare professionals and rising patient demand.
Healthcare providers are increasingly confronting what Zeya describes as a structural inflection point, where rising patient volumes, operational complexity, and administrative burden are outpacing clinics’ ability to scale through traditional staffing models.
Samat brings over a decade of experience in startups, including deploying digital health systems with the NHS in the UK and a major insurer in the Middle East. His co-founder, Pasindu Wijesena, founded his first AI startup years before the release of ChatGPT and has led engineering teams of more than 100 people in high-growth environments.
Early Traction and Market Validation
As demand accelerates, Zeya Health is beginning to work with larger healthcare groups seeking to standardise workflows, reduce manual workloads, and improve patient engagement at scale.
Singapore-based provider AcuMed is currently assessing and preparing to pilot Zeya’s platform across a multi-clinic environment, reflecting growing interest from larger operators.
Antler, which backed Zeya Health with its first institutional cheque following the founders’ residency programme, has doubled down on the company as traction increased.
“From day zero, the Zeya team has executed with speed and discipline. They are addressing a deeply entrenched problem in healthcare: operational and administrative overhead while earning trust from providers who are cautious about adopting new systems. Their early traction reflects both the urgency of the problem and the founders’ grit in turning insight into real-world adoption,” said Winnie Khoo, Partner at Antler.
Scaling Across Asia-Pacific
With the new funding, Zeya Health plans to continue hiring Forward Deployed Engineers and Clinical Deployment Specialists to support commercial scale-up and customer success across the region.
As providers across Asia-Pacific compete increasingly on operational excellence and patient experience, Zeya aims to become the underlying infrastructure that allows healthcare organisations to scale sustainably, not by adding more layers of software, but by quietly removing friction from the systems they already use.
In doing so, healthcare professionals say the company is positioning itself not as another digital health tool, but as the invisible operational layer that enables modern healthcare delivery to function at scale.
Talking Points
It is impressive that Zeya Health has built an AI-native front desk that integrates directly into clinics’ existing EMR systems and communication channels, addressing one of healthcare’s most persistent problems, administrative overload.
This approach positions Zeya as a practical solution to a real operational challenge, especially for clinics struggling to manage rising patient volumes without expanding already stretched administrative and clinical teams.
At Techparley, we see how platforms like Zeya can play a critical role in modernising healthcare delivery, not by replacing clinicians, but by removing the operational friction that prevents care teams from working at full capacity.
By automating reminders, follow-ups, rescheduling, and patient engagement, Zeya allows healthcare providers to focus more time and attention on patient care, while still improving efficiency and consistency behind the scenes.
However, there is still room to expand its reach and impact. Adoption will depend on how well Zeya adapts to different clinical workflows, regulatory environments, and provider cultures across the region. Trust, reliability, and ease of deployment will be central to sustained growth.
As Zeya scales across Asia-Pacific, we see an opportunity for the company to become foundational infrastructure for healthcare operations. With the right partnerships and continued execution, Zeya has the potential to meaningfully improve how care is delivered at scale in the region.
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