Agatica Inc., which promotes cashless medical care, is pleased to announce that it has raised a total of 45.8 million yen through J-KISS-type stock acquisition rights underwritten by QXLV (Quantum Leap Ventures) and a third-party allotment of new shares underwritten by multiple individual investors. The funds raised will be used for product development, etc. This will further accelerate the shift to cashless and digital transformation in the medical industry.
Although cashless payments are becoming more common in Japan, medical institutions are still slow to adopt cashless payment methods, and cash payments are still the norm. In addition, due to the delay in digitalization, patients are dissatisfied with making reservations over the phone and waiting long hours to pay, and medical institutions are also faced with complicated sales management, excessive workloads, and labor shortages.
To solve this problem, we developed Gyokuen Pay, a cashless payment app for medical institutions. Gyokuen Pay is an app that enables QR code payments with simple operations. In addition, with a basic payment fee of 0% (up to monthly payment amount of 80,000 yen), it keeps implementation costs low and reduces the burden on medical institutions.
Currently, Gyokuen Pay is being introduced in hospitals and clinics in Tokyo and other medical institutions nationwide. The medical cashless payment market is predicted to grow to 5 trillion yen around 2030, and we will lead this growing market.
The funds raised this time will be used to expand the functions of “Tamayen Pay”, increase the number of participating stores, and develop new services to promote medical digital transformation. The company aims to accelerate the cashless and digitalization of the medical industry and create a future that provides a comfortable experience for both patients and medical institutions.
SOURCE: PRTimes
