Digital Health Ventures backs €2m seed round for Teleclinic

Business angels Michael Brehm, Urs Keller, Stefan Wiskemann and Max-Josef Meier also took part in the round.

The fresh capital will be used to expand the company's telemedicine infrastructure. In addition to diagnoses and remote treatment suggestions, the company plans to make online prescriptions from January.

The company will also increase its marketing activities and build new relationships with insurance companies. It currently works with seven health insurance providers including ARAG, Barmenia, Concordia and Debeka.

Company
Teleclinic is a digital health platform based in Munich, Germany. It is a 24/7 medical advice line that employs only doctors with German medical qualifications. Patients can have telephone or video conversations with doctors in order to get medical advice and treatment suggestions. From January, the company plans to offer remote prescriptions as well. The company was founded in April 2016 and currently employs 30 staff, and retains 200 doctors.

People
Digital Health Ventures – Guido Hegener (managing partner).
Teleclinic – Katharina Jünger (CEO).

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