Baha Takash That insurance guy

13+ years in health insurance

Schedule A · Survivorship of a portfolio

United Arab Emirates · Health insurance & insurtech

Baha
Takash

That insurance guy

Sehteq client base, 2017 to 2022 A step function. Sehteq opens in 2017 with no clients on the books, holds 20,000 clients in 2018, and steps to 700,000 clients at 2021. The table below carries the same figures with their deltas. 20,000 700,000 Sehteq client base, 2017 to 2022 A step function. Sehteq opens in 2017 with no clients on the books, holds 20,000 clients in 2018, and steps to 700,000 clients at 2021. The table in section two carries the same figures with their deltas. 20,000 700,000
Fig. 1 Sehteq client base. Two observations, one step: 20,000 clients in 2018, 700,000+ by 2021, the last year observed. Table in §2

Thirteen-plus years in the health-insurance domain, split between shipping regulated market infrastructure and building consumer insurance ventures. He co-founded Sehteq, taking it from launch to acquisition, and Petly.ae, the region’s first pet-insurance comparison engine.

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§1 The record

Postings, in order of survival. Six entries, none of them currently open.

Plate 01

Sehteq

Closed entry · built 2017 · acquired 2021 · since closed

Co-founder; Chief Executive from 2022; Executive Vice President and board member until the platform closed.

A digital health-insurance platform built in Dubai and scaled across the Gulf. Its public record credits the platform with bringing several third-party administrators onto a single operating spine, and with releasing a free AI-assisted self-assessment tool through the pandemic so that people could find their way through a health system mid-crisis. Acquired in 2021 and since closed.

  1. 2017Co-founder
  2. 2022Chief Executive
  3. FinalExecutive Vice President & board member
Prior postings, undated
OrganisationPostingNote
Conserve Insurance BrokersManaging DirectorBrokerage
Green Crescent Insurance PJSCRegional Development Manager, Special ProjectsCarrier
Aon Middle EastAssistant DirectorBroking & risk
NovartisHealth Insurance ManagerPharma
AXARegional Product ManagerCarrier

EducationUniversity of Jordan

§2 The figures

The numbers he moved. Deltas shown, because the movement is the record.

Plate 02

Table 1 · Portfolio, with deltas
x Observation lₓ · clients Δ observed Margin
2017 Opening — — Founded in Dubai
2018 First observation 20,000 — Base year
2021 Second observation 700,000+ +680,00035× 2,200’ provider network

Deltas and multiples are computed from the two client observations; all other figures are as reported.

Table 2 · Capital and network, as reported
x Event Figure Note
2020 Series A USD 20,000,000 971 Capital
2021 Acquired Cloud Klair Completed October 2021
2021 Provider network 2,200+ Hospitals, clinics and pharmacies on the platform

Clause · Pharmacy benefit management

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Spearheaded the deployment of a pharmacy-benefit-management solution that became a mandatory regulatory requirement for medical claims processing across the United Arab Emirates.

§3 The ventures

Two things built from nothing: one for the market, one for the household.

Plate 03

Schedule of ventures
Sehteq Platform
RoleCo-founder; Chief Executive from 2022; Executive Vice President and board member until the platform closed
Founded2017 · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
FunctionDigital health-insurance platform; third-party administration on one operating spine
StatusAcquired by Cloud Klair, October 2021; the platform has since closed
Profilelinkedin.com/company/sehteq
Petly.ae Aggregator
RoleCo-founder
FunctionThe region’s first pet-insurance comparison engine; dogs and cats, plan by plan
Operated byInteractive Insurance Brokers LLC
Sitepetly.ae

§4 The recognition

Where the platform landed on other people’s lists, as reported in coverage of the platform.

Plate 04

  1. 01 Fortune Middle East — 50 most-funded startups, Middle East Sehteq
  2. 02 LinkedIn — Top Startups, United Arab Emirates Sehteq
  3. 03 Top 10 insurtech startups — globally Sehteq
  4. 04 Fourth-largest provider of health-insurance services in the region Sehteq

§5 Engage

One door, and it is open.

Plate 05

To reach him

LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/bahatakash
Email
btakash@gmail.com
Based in
United Arab Emirates
Open to
Boards, advisory, speaking, and ventures in health insurance
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Baha Takash

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