Redbird

What Redbird does

Redbird is a Ghana-based health technology company founded in 2018 that provides convenient health monitoring services for patients living with chronic disease. Headquartered in Accra, the company operates with a small team of 1–10 employees and targets patients and healthcare providers across West Africa. Specific product details — devices, software modules, point-of-care testing tools, or telehealth interfaces — are not disclosed in the available inputs, and pricing and revenue mechanics are not publicly available. The value proposition centers on making routine chronic-disease monitoring more accessible to populations historically underserved by formal healthcare delivery systems.

Redbird has raised approximately $2.04M across four funding events between July 2018 and March 2021. Investors include Gray Matters Capital (an initial $500,000 seed in July 2018), Alchemist Accelerator (September 2018 participation), 54 Collective (a roughly $37,000 bridge in March 2020 and lead position in the March 2021 round), and the Johnson & Johnson Foundation and Newtown Partners as co-investors in the March 2021 $1,500,000 round. Co-founders Patrick Beattie (CEO) and Andrew Quao (COO) lead the company. The Johnson & Johnson Foundation's investment is notable as a signal of strategic credibility within global health and pharmaceutical channels, and Newtown Partners' involvement is consistent with a pan-African expansion thesis covering Ghana and adjacent West African markets.

Material diligence gaps and negative signals mark the current period. The company has not disclosed a funding event since March 2021 — a roughly five-year gap as of January 2026 — and the redbird.co web domain is currently listed for sale on GoDaddy for $4,900, suggesting the digital property is no longer in active company use. No updates on headcount, revenue, customers, or product launches are available, and the input data conflates this Ghana health-tech Redbird with an unrelated Indian 'Redbird Airways' entity operating a Beechcraft C90 air-ambulance service. This data mixing is itself a complication for due diligence, and the apparent operational quietness could reflect an under-the-radar early commercial stage, a pivot away from the original chronic-disease thesis, or operational wind-down — none of which can be resolved from the current inputs.

Name

Redbird

Legal name

Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd

Website

https://redbird.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Redbird is a Ghana-based health technology company founded in 2018 that provides chronic-disease patients with convenient health monitoring. The 1–10-person team has raised approximately $2M from impact-aligned investors including Gray Matters Capital, 54 Collective, and the Johnson & Johnson Foundation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Chronic Care Management

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Chronic Disease Remote Monitoring (COPD/CHF/HTN, Weight & Symptom Tracking) (HLAHACAI)

Keywords

• Chronic disease monitoring
• Digital health platform
• Patient health monitoring
• Remote patient monitoring
• Health data tracking

Headquarters

HQ city

Accra

HQ country

Ghana

HQ region

Africa

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Redbird is a health tech company that provides convenient health monitoring solutions for patients with chronic diseases. The company's platform enables continuous tracking and management of health data to support individuals managing long-term health conditions in emerging markets, with a primary focus on Ghana.

Product overview

Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd operates as an air ambulance service provider, offering emergency medical transport via Beechcraft C90 aircraft. The company provides critical patient transfer services, transporting individuals (such as burn victims) from local hospitals to advanced medical facilities in major cities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Chronic Disease Health Monitoring Platform Convenient digital health monitoring platform for patients with chronic diseases, enabling continuous tracking and management of patient health data. Aimed at individual patients managing long-term health conditions in Ghana and similar emerging markets.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Livongo (Teladoc Health): Teladoc's chronic condition management arm (acquired Livongo) offers connected device + coaching programs for diabetes, hypertension, and behavioural health. Reference scaled incumbent defining the chronic remote monitoring category Redbird targets.
• Babylon Health: Global telehealth and chronic condition management platform with Africa operations (Babylon Health Rwanda). Comparable as a scaled incumbent offering AI-assisted triage and chronic monitoring that competes for the same payer and employer channel in Africa.

Others

• Zipline: Drone-based medical delivery company operating in Ghana, Rwanda, and Nigeria. Indirectly comparable as a US-backed, Ghana-anchored health-tech operator that has set the bar for institutional partnerships in West African healthcare delivery.

Direct peers

• mPharma: Ghana-headquartered health tech company operating patient-facing pharmacy and chronic care infrastructure across West Africa. Closest geographic and vertical peer to Redbird's Accra-based chronic disease monitoring play.
• WellDoc: Digital therapeutics company focused on chronic disease (especially diabetes) self-management via mobile coaching and clinician dashboards. Directly comparable product category and clinical evidence-led go-to-market motion.
• Omada Health: US digital chronic disease prevention and management company covering diabetes, hypertension, and behavioural health. Closest product peer to Redbird in chronic disease remote monitoring, scaled to a publicly relevant enterprise business.

Regional players

• 54gene: Nigeria-based health data and genomics company serving African populations. Comparable as a 54 Collective-backed African health-tech operator with overlapping investor base, though focused on research rather than patient monitoring.
• LifeBank: Nigeria-headquartered health logistics and data platform serving hospitals and patients across West Africa. Comparable as an African health-tech operator building distribution and data infrastructure adjacent to chronic care delivery.

Emerging players

• Helium Health: West Africa-focused digital health company providing EHR, billing, and patient management tools to hospitals. Comparable as a regional health-tech platform anchoring chronic and primary care workflows, though heavier on facility-side software.
• ClickMedix: Digital health platform providing telehealth and chronic disease screening tools in emerging markets across Asia and Africa. Comparable in target market (EMEA chronic care) and patient-monitoring workflow, though smaller and earlier stage.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Redbirdht

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors5 records

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M&A

Investments

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