Visionaries Club is a leading European early-stage VC fund with offices in London and Berlin, focusing on B2B with its flagship funds and climate deep tech with its Visionaries Tomorrow Fund. It unites the strongest network of successful digital entrepreneurs as well as Europe’s family business dynasties in a venture capital fund to invest in the next generation of founders.  Visionaries Club is divided into two core funds: A € 150m seed stage fund leveraging its unicorn and digital founder LP base for very early and exclusive access to the most promising entrepreneurs across Europe. A €200m Early Growth fund leveraging especially the fund's industrial family business LP network is intended to support the most promising European B2B companies in their early growth stage from Series B onwards with global reach and scale. The firm was founded in 2019 by Robert Lacher and Sebastian Pollok and has offices in Berlin and London.

Visionaries Club

Headline (formerly e.ventures) is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. It invests across geographies, leading rounds at every stage. The firm's Early Stage Funds are based in the US, Europe, Asia, and Brazil, and invest locally. Its San Francisco-based Growth Fund invests globally from Series B and beyond, working in collaboration with their Early Stage Teams. The sizes and locations of these funds make it possible for them to see local trends up close, identify winning founders, and lead rounds at every stage. Sonos, The RealReal, Creditas, Sorare, Pismo, AppFolio, goPuff, Acorns, Farfetch, Segment, Bumble, and Yeahka are among the stars in Headline’s world. Headline was founded in San Francisco, California in 1998.

Headline

Village Global is an early stage venture capital firm backed by some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs.

Village Global

Index Ventures is a venture capital firm based in London, San Francisco, and Geneva, helping entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.  Since 1996, Index has partnered with exceptional entrepreneurs who are using technology to reshape the world. The companies they’ve started include Adyen, Deliveroo, Dropbox, Farfetch, King, Slack, and Supercell.

Index Ventures

GetHarley

GetHarley is an online platform that connects consumers with physicians and personalized skin care products. It enables clinicians to meet with patients in the clinic or via video conferencing and curate a product or treatment plan for them without having to keep inventory or handle shipping.

UK-based GetHarley is a skincare provider that offers skincare products and online consultations with dermatologists and plastic surgeons. GetHarley offers two types of consultations: 1) Basic dermatology consultations, charging users GBP 40 (~USD 50) for 30-minute consultations, and 2) More in-depth consultations with senior dermatologists when complex medical histories are involved, charging users GBP 150 (USD 186) per consult. Post-consultation, dermatologists recommend personalized skincare routines and products that are available through the company and delivered to the user’s doorsteps.

More important now than ever, telehealth will long outlast the pandemic that drove its growth.

Telehealth

Crown Aesthetics and GetHarley Unveil Pioneering Relationship

UK-based GetHarley is a skincare provider that offers skincare products and online consultations with dermatologists and plastic surgeons. GetHarley offers two types of consultations: 1) Basic dermatology consultations, charging users GBP 40 (~USD 50) for 30-minute consultations, and 2) More in-depth consultations with senior dermatologists when complex medical histories are involved, charging users GBP 150 (USD 186) per consult. Post-consultation, dermatologists recommend personalized skincare routines and products that are available through the company and delivered to the user’s doorsteps. GetHarley stocks 500+ brands of medical-grade skincare products and can be used to treat conditions including acne, uneven skin tones, hyperpigmentation, pregnancy skin health, rosacea, and melasma. The company operates on a D2C basis, has a network of 500+ aesthetic doctors, plastic surgeons, and dermatologists, and has 100,000+ active users on its platform.Key customers and partnershipsIn September 2022, the company partnered with skincare product brand iS Clinical. Through the partnership, clinicians on GetHarley’s platform can add iS Clinical products to their digital shelves, following a training program with the brand.In July 2021, the company partnered with skincare product brand SPECTACLE. Through the partnership, clinicians on GetHarley’s platform can recommend SPECTACLE’s products to patients. Funding and financialsIn June 2023, the company raised USD 52 million in a funding round led by existing investor Index Ventures, along with participation from other venture capital companies. The company did not specify what the funds would be used for; however, the company had a stated goal of doubling its headcount from a current number of 70 within the following year.

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 Nice Healthcare is a US based telehealth company with a focus on primary care services to business-to-business (B2B) clients. Once the employer signs its employees with Nice (at a cost of USD 30 to USD 36 per employee per month), employees do not have to incur out of pocket expenses for Nice services and can schedule virtual or home visits within the time frames specified by the company. It connects patients with practitioners through a mobile app over video calls or text messages. Members can also request home visits which will be completed within a few hours, as claimed by the company. As of March 2022, Nice was operating in twelve states, and had over 400 small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
 
 
 In March 2022, the company raised USD 30 million in Series A financing led by DNA Capital which has been earmarked to expand its platform&rsquo;s reach among small and medium businesses. Additionally, the company is hiring three members for its management team to support the continuing growth of the organization.
 
 
 
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Nice Healthcare

Amicomed is a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform which provides blood pressure monitoring services. It collects blood pressure data of patients from at-home devices, applies algorithms, and assesses the fluctuations in the blood pressure. Physicians can be connected and provided with blood pressure data of their patients in order to facilitate their workload, enabling more personalized management of patients regarding medication and lifestyle indications.Amicomed can also recommend actionable and personalized lifestyle interventions such as daily diet and exercises via virtual coaching.

Amicomed

Winston is a men’s health telemedicine platform that treats common issues impacting men such as sexual problems, hair loss, acne, and cold sores. Winston allows patients to consult doctors, place orders for prescription drugs, and offers free delivery to the homes of patients.The Toronto-based company aims to avoid men deferring doctor visits or withholding sensitive information. The consultation fee is covered by the provincial health plan, but the prescriptions are billed to the customer.

Winston

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 Dialogue partners with employers and health insurers to offer telehealth services to their employees and members. The users have 24/7 access to doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals via audio, video, and chat options for wide arrays of physical and mental health needs, artificial intelligence-enabled (AI-enabled) triage, referrals, and prescription renewals. 
 
 
 The company launched its trademarked Integrated Health Platform in January 2021 to consolidate its virtual care, wellness programs, mental healthcare services, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) onto a single platform. The company claims to be the only integrated health and wellness B2B platform in Canada. 
 
 
 Key Customers and partnerships
 
 
 Dialogue had direct relationships with over 2,000 customers across Canada and Germany as of December 2020 and served around 50,000 organizations through these partnerships. In addition, the number of members with access to the virtual platform topped 1 million in January 2021. 
 
 
 Fundings and financials
 
 
 As of March 2021, Dialogue was planning to raise CAD 100 million (USD 80 million) from an initial public offering that will be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol &ldquo;CARE.&rdquo; 
 
 
 In Q2 2023, net losses reduced significantly YoY to CAD 5.8 million (USD 4.3 million) from CAD 8.4 million (USD 6.3 million) in Q2 2022. Top-line revenue met internal expectations, growing 17.2% YoY to CAD 25.5 million (USD 19.0 million), driven by &nbsp;an increase in new members (by 18.6% YoY), 
 an expansion of the attach rate as existing customers added more services, and full-quarter contributions from Tictrac.
 
 Dialogue Health has not provided any forward-looking guidance as the company has entered into an agreement to be 
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 for a consideration of CAD 365 million (USD 270 million) or CAD 5.15 (USD 3.82) per share. The transaction is expected to close in Q4 2023. Post acquisition, Dialogue will delist from the Toronto Stock Exchange but will continue to operate as a standalone entity under the &ldquo;Sun Life Canada&rdquo; brand from its head office in Qu&eacute;bec. 
 
 
 
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Dialogue

Grin offers telemedicine and remote monitoring services for orthodontic needs such as braces and teeth straightening. Patients can conduct self-scans (using a Grin device made available to patients in collaboration with 3M) which can be connected to their smartphones and share the feed with orthodontists to access dental solutions. The company plans to go to a subscription-based model after the pandemic. The app also encourages patients to have a 40-second check monthly and share the scan with a dentist in order to allow patients to regularly maintain their dental hygiene.Grin is the only Telehealth disruptor covered on the hub that provides virtual orthopaedic consultations.Funding and financialsIn April 2021, the New York-based teledental platform concluded a seed funding of USD 14 million, and the funds will be allocated to develop additional functionalities by building out its technology. The proceeds will also be used to scale up its team, expand its geographic footprint, and add doctors to the company’s orthodontic partner network.

Grin

Real-time collection of patients’ health-related data using any remote patient monitoring device combined with general telemedicine services to reduce readmission rates. 


A platform that facilitates the transmission of patient data to different locations for further evaluation and interpretation by medical specialists. 


A digital platform that offers specialty care services to address the specific needs of a patient or demographic, including consultations where patients are generally reluctant to meet practitioners face-to-face.

Primary care through virtual consultations for general health-related concerns using a digital platform or mobile app. 

Companies developing B2B software solutions for patient engagement, care navigation, practice management, and electronic health records integration to facilitate telehealth services for healthcare providers. 

IoT is used by most telehealth providers to operate virtual services

All telehealth players are involved in digital health via virtual offerings

Industry players offer varying degrees of personalization for each target audience

Some players offer technology and platforms to healthcare providers, converting physical-only services into virtual services

Specific telehealth offerings focus on diversity and inclusion, providing care to LGBTQ+ or BIPOC populations

Generative AI is used to streamline administrative tasks such as clinical note-taking

GetHarley

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