• UAE-based dental clinic appointment management platform UDENZ has raised $150,000 in a debt round from Global Ventures and angel investors, bringing the total raised by the startup to date to $450,000. 
• The aim of this round is to fast-track the rollout of more flexible payment options through the "Smile Now Pay Later" feature. 
• Founded in 2016 by Hisham Safadi, UDENZ has over 4000 registered dentists across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, among other markets. 
• In 2021, UDENZ launched an e-commerce platform for dental hygiene products.

Press release 

UDENZ the largest Middle East Dental Platform and Mobile App has Raised 150,000 USD in Debit Finance from Global Ventures UAE and Angle Investors to launch Smile Now Pay Later Services for Dentists and Dental Patients in UAE.

The new service was built in partnership with PostPay one of the leading BNPL tech startups in UAE. For the 1st phase a selected dental provider in UAE will accept these services at their dental clinics. The second phase will start after finalizing a new Artificial Intelligent Recommendation Tool that will empower Dental Patient Decision on choosing dental plans.

Dr.Fatema Revat General Manager of UDENZ who’s listed among women entrepreneurs in INDIA 2021 explained that the new service will currently cover children's dental treatment plans and basic cosmetic procedures for Adults. She added that upon launching the new tool we will be able to avoid repeated offers from dental clinics at the same location and empower patients’ decisions.

UpToDate UDENZ raised in total 450,000 USD being the only Dental Startup in MENA region to raise such amount for a Dental Fast Track Appointment Services. UDEZN the award digital winning application and Forbes Middle East listed startup 2017/2018 was founded in 2016 by Dr.Hisham Safadi a UAE based entrepreneur. UDENZ had over 4000 registered dentists in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other Arab countries. In 2021 UDENZ launched an ecommerce platform for Dental Hygiene Products featuring innovative products provided by Sharaf DG and IKO by the Italian based Melo Labs.UDENZ had recently published their new dental application version at Apple and Google Play store featuring its Artificial Intelligence Shout Feature for Dental Patients.