A 6-month incubation program to support early operational startups focused on health-related challenges
innovative startups across two cohorts
people impacted every month by our teams
Accelerating innovation in healthcare
The Lafiya Innovators program supported early-stage startups in healthcare and wellness over two cohorts in 2022 and 2023. The incubator was part of a multi-country program to bolster the health entrepreneurship ecosystem across Bangladesh, Cambodia, Colombia, and Ghana. Impact Hub Phnom Penh proudly implemented the incubation program in Cambodia.
We offered tailored support — including mentoring, masterclasses, and field visits — to an inspiring group of early operational startups. Through Lafiya Innovators, they improved their business acumen, operational effectiveness, and impact in their respective fields — leaving a lasting imprint on the future of their own businesses and on Cambodia’s health sector at large.
Our approach
Intentional Community and Mentoring
We rigorously selected a cohort of diverse health startups, fostering a peer-to-peer learning community and complemented by tailored mentorship from experts.
Hands-On Training and Masterclasses
A holistic package of workshops and masterclasses built essential business development and social entrepreneurship skills.
Field Visits and Practical Exposure
Field visits provided real-world insights and practical exposure, enhancing participants’ understanding of health sector challenges and opportunities.
Pitching Events and Funding Opportunities
A culminating pitching event offered visibility and funding opportunities to top startups, spotlighting local innovation and scalable health solutions.
“Lafiya helped me have an overall understanding of how entrepreneurship works, specifically in the health sector. It was very fruitful in guiding me, helping me know myself, lead the direction of the company, and identify how to produce, measure, and forecast results. I’m glad my team can also understand the nature of the business more and improve our harmony in working as a team.”
Participant in the 2023 Lafiya Innovators Cohort
Meet the inspiring changemakers
Hattha Neary
Hattha Neary
Hattha Neary is an enterprise empowering women through self-care and well-being with handcrafted, locally-made products.
Yoga Tips (Sursdey Yoga)
Yoga Tips (Sursdey Yoga)
Sursdey Yoga (now Yoga Tips) is a yoga class service created to spread yoga classes around Cambodia with Cambodian-certified yoga teachers teaching in Khmer and English.
Meet Doctor
Meet Doctor
Meet Doctor: An online platform helping people access highly qualified doctors with features including automated medical appointment scheduling, telecommunication, home lab test, storage of medical records, and more.
Green Lady Cambodia
Green Lady Cambodia
Green Lady Cambodia team provides safer menstrual product choices, educates young people on SRHR topics, facilitates menstruation classrooms with sewing workshops for girls and women in Cambodia.
Domnork Tek
Domnork Tek
Domnork Tek is a plant-based food research and innovation startup aiming to create and process raw materials from Cambodian agriculture into finished products that meet local and international market standards.
PhallChangrit (PCr.)
PhallChangrit (PCr.)
PhallChangrit (PCr.) is innovating the cricket value chain, producing low-cost cricket feed, highly nutritive cricket-based products, and bio-fertilizer from frass.
Agri-House
Agri-House
Agri House produces and sells cricket-enhanced, nutritionally balanced snacks for Cambodia’s primary school-aged and youth market.
Underground Academy
Underground Academy
Underground Academy is a transformative sports education platform fostering holistic development in young individuals and creating future leaders through integrated sports education programs.
In numbers
of the ventures in Cohort 1 reported increases in customer base by the end of the program
new fulltime jobs were created by the 8 startups in Cohort 2 since program start
of the ventures had increased the number of secured partnerships by the end of the program
average growth in revenue for our Cohort 2 startups since program start
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