{"id":4986,"date":"2026-05-06T07:58:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T04:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ksa.fintechnews.media\/?p=4986"},"modified":"2026-05-06T07:58:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T04:58:43","slug":"saudi-based-healthtech-metafare-secures-1-million-funding-to-scale-virtual-wellness-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksa.fintechnews.media\/?p=4986","title":{"rendered":"Saudi-based healthtech Metafare secures $1 million funding to scale virtual wellness solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi digital health startup <a href=\"https:\/\/metafare.sa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Metafare<\/a> has closed its first funding round at $1 million, backed by Harmonics Ventures and a group of family offices, as it looks to scale its AI and virtual reality-powered healthcare platform.<\/p>\n<p>The funding will support the company\u2019s expansion across Saudi Arabia, development of its AI-driven personalisation technologies, and growth of its health content library, with plans to gradually enter wider Gulf markets.<\/p>\n<p>Founded to rethink how healthcare is delivered, Metafare combines virtual reality and artificial intelligence to offer interactive, remote health experiences that eliminate the need for traditional clinic visits.<\/p>\n<p>The platform focuses on improving both physical fitness and mental wellbeing, delivering short, personalised sessions that integrate easily into users\u2019 daily routines, whether at home or in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>Since launching in mid-2025, Metafare has delivered over 3,000 virtual health sessions, reflecting the rising demand for flexible, accessible healthcare solutions among individuals and organisations.<\/p>\n<p>With increasing interest from companies in employee wellbeing programmes, the startup is positioning itself at the intersection of healthcare, workplace productivity, and digital innovation.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, Metafare plans to enhance its AI capabilities, expand its offering, and scale across the Gulf, as demand grows for technology-enabled, preventive healthcare solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi digital health startup Metafare has closed its first funding round at $1 million, backed by Harmonics Ventures and a group of family offices, as it looks to scale its AI and virtual reality-powered healthcare platform. The funding will support the company&rsquo;s expansion across Saudi Arabia, development of its AI-driven personalisation technologies, and growth of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[],"class_list":["post","format-standard"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksa.fintechnews.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksa.fintechnews.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksa.fintechnews.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksa.fintechnews.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksa.fintechnews.media\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4986"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ksa.fintechnews.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4989,"href":"https:\/\/ksa.fintechnews.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4986\/revisions\/4989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksa.fintechnews.media\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ksa.fintechnews.media\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksa.fintechnews.media\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ksa.fintechnews.media\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}