Fahed Al Essa
CEO
K
Kilow
Kilo is a Saudi digital platform that delivers medically supervised weight‑management programs through a mobile app, offering personalized nutrition guidance, activity tracking, and continuous expert support to help users lose and maintain weight. It monetizes by selling subscription‑based services to individual consumers and licensing integrated solutions to employers, insurers, healthcare providers, and government health agencies.
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- Digital Health
- Healthcare Technology
- Software Only
Updated 18 months ago
Funding
Raised to date
$2.5MRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Funding rounds are not available yet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Obesity rates are high, particularly in regions like Saudi Arabia, leading to significant health issues such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. Many individuals struggle to achieve sustainable weight loss due to ineffective dieting methods, conflicting information, and lack of consistent support.
Solution
Kilows offers a comprehensive, science-backed weight management platform that combines medical supervision, GLP-1 medications when appropriate, and personalized lifestyle adjustments to facilitate gradual and sustainable weight loss. The program utilizes a mobile application to provide users with access to medical consultations, tailored diet plans, behavioral modification lessons, and continuous progress tracking. By integrating medical and lifestyle interventions, Kilows aims to address the root causes of obesity and support individuals in achieving long-term health improvements.
Target Audience
The primary target audience consists of individuals aged 20 and above in Saudi Arabia who are overweight or obese and seeking a medically supervised, sustainable weight loss solution.
Features
- Initial health assessment to determine individual needs and goals
- Prescription of GLP-1 medications by licensed healthcare professionals, when appropriate
- Weekly behavioral lessons and nutritional guidance for sustainable habit changes
- Continuous tracking of weight, activity levels, and progress via mobile app
- Integration with smart devices for automatic syncing of health data
- At-home blood testing for convenient health monitoring
- Regular consultations with medical doctors and certified nutritionists
- Personalized weekly health programs tailored to individual needs