Oriola-KD has a solid position in consumer and services business in the pharmaceutical markets in Sweden, Finland and Baltic countries. Oriola-KD offers expert advice on health and wellbeing and an extensive and high-quality selection of products in its own pharmacies. To healthcare operators, Oriola-KD provides wide service offering covering pharmaceutical distribution, branded products and other tailored services. Oriola-KD unites consumers and pharmaceutical companies in a unique way. Oriola-KD provides pharmaceutical companies an effective access to markets and improves consumers' wellbeing by ensuring that pharmaceuticals, health products and services are delivered in a safe and customer-friendly manner. Oriola-KD’s net sales for continuing operations in 2015 were approximately EUR 1.6 billion.

Oriola

Carnegie is a financial adviser and asset manager company that provides financial advisory and wealth management services. The company also offers mergers and acquisitions, private placement of debt and equity, initial public offerings, fundraising advisory, securities brokerage, private banking, funds, brokerage, and sales trading.

Carnegie

Handelsbanken is a full-service bank with a nationwide branch network in Sweden, the UK, Denmark, Finland, Norway and the Netherlands. The Bank regards these six countries as its home markets. Handelsbanken was founded in 1871 and currently has just over 11,000 employees working in a total of 24 countries.  Since the early 1970s, Handelsbanken’s organisation has been strongly decentralised and operations are always based on the customer's requirements. This means that all business decisions regarding individual customers’ relationships with the Bank are taken close to the customer.  Handelsbanken has more satisfied customers than peer banks, is one of the most cost-effective listed full-service banks in Europe and every year during the past 42 years has had higher return on equity than the average of peer banks.

Svenska Handelsbanken

Launched as Bonnier Growth Media in 2013, Bonnier Ventures is the venture arm of media group Bonnier. As a financially driven corporate venture investor, they make minority investments in fast growing digital technology companies across multiple growth stages.

Bonnier Ventures

Doktor.se

Ella is a medical mobile application for women during and after pregnancy.

Doktor.se is a modern and personal care company working with digital healthcare. They are in an expansive phase, they have several offices in Sweden and grow sharply. With experienced specialist nurses, doctors and psychologists, they help their members to get quick and effective care. Their goal is to deliver a whole new level of service within Swedish care. They help with counseling, book doctor hours, distance care, recipes, referrals, and much more. They always follow every case through their app. They also provide exclusive care and health offers as well as collecting interesting articles and news that will suit the clients. Doktor.se is an approved healthcare provider its counseling and booking are carried out by certified healthcare professionals and specialists in their area. Doktor.se also owns physical primary care and has extensive experience in Swedish healthcare.

Doktor.se is a digital healthcare provider founded in 2016 in Sweden. The company offers a telemedicine platform that enables patients to consult with healthcare professionals via video calls, chat, or phone through a mobile app. Doktor.se's services are available around the clock, every day of the week, providing access to doctors, nurses, midwives, psychologists, physiotherapists, and dieticians. The platform can assist with a wide range of conditions, including allergies, abdominal discomfort, colds, and dermatological issues. In addition to its digital services, Doktor.se operates over <a href="https://doktor.se/en/healthcare-centers">20 physical health centers</a> across Sweden, integrating digital and physical care.

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

Telehealth

Doktor.se partners with Grasp to fast-track their growth using AI

Ella

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Doktor.se is a digital healthcare provider founded in 2016 in Sweden. The company offers a telemedicine platform that enables patients to consult with healthcare professionals via video calls, chat, or phone through a mobile app. Doktor.se's services are available around the clock, every day of the week, providing access to doctors, nurses, midwives, psychologists, physiotherapists, and dieticians. The platform can assist with a wide range of conditions, including allergies, abdominal discomfort, colds, and dermatological issues. In addition to its digital services, Doktor.se operates over <a href="https://doktor.se/en/healthcare-centers">20 physical health centers</a> across Sweden, integrating digital and physical care.Key customers and partnershipsAs of <a href="https://doktor.se/en">July 2024</a>, the company facilitated over 7 million patient consultations through its app and physical clinics.Doktor.se’s telemedicine platform is used in <a href="https://doktor.se/press/digital-healthcare-doktor-se-boosted-by-funding-of-euro50-million-as-telemedicine-demand-surges">multiple countries</a> across Europe through veterinary care chain AniCura, in Belgium through a partnership with telecommunications group Proximus and in Brazil with the digital healthcare provider ViBE.In <a href="https://news.cision.com/grasp-research-ab/r/doktor-se-partners-with-grasp-to-fast-track-their-growth-using-ai,c3697181">January 2023</a>, the company partnered with Grasp to fast track its growth using AI. Through the partnership Grasp will help the company find acquisition targets in Continental Europe.

Nice healthcare is a virtual and in-home primary care provider that offers a suite of healthcare services to small and medium-sized businesses, including primary care, mental health therapy, and physical therapy. Nice healthcare operates on a fixed monthly fee per member model, allowing employees to access unlimited care without additional out-of-pocket costs. The company provides virtual consultations through its app, as well as in-home visits for physical exams, lab tests, and X-rays.&nbsp;As of <a href="https://www.nice.healthcare/locations">August 2024</a>, Nice Healthcare was operating in 12 states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. The company's services covered <a href="https://www.nice.healthcare/the-nicessities/three-categories-of-primary-care#:~:text=Only%204%25%20of%20our%20patients,with%20Nice%20may%20look%20like.">over 95%</a> of issues patients typically discuss with their clinicians, with <a href="https://www.nice.healthcare/the-nicessities/three-categories-of-primary-care#:~:text=Only%204%25%20of%20our%20patients,with%20Nice%20may%20look%20like.">only 4%</a> of patients being referred to external specialists. The company employs nurse practitioners, registered nurses, physician assistants, and medical assistants to deliver care.As of <a href="https://www.nice.healthcare/the-nicessities/three-categories-of-primary-care">August 2024</a>, Nice healthcare offered 35 free labs and physical tests as well as in-home imaging services and prescribed over 550 free medications that could be picked up at over 60,000 pharmacies nationwide or delivered to patients' homes.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsIn <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/getlabs-and-nice-healthcare-partner-to-expand-access-to-virtual-healthcare-services-and-at-home-lab-testing-301813668.html">May 2023</a>, Nice Healthcare announced a partnership with Getlabs, a provider of at-home diagnostic collections. This collaboration aimed to expand access to in-home healthcare services and lab testing, allowing Nice healthcare patients to benefit from a more comprehensive suite of diagnostic tests.

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

Dialogue is a leading virtual care and well-being platform that provides comprehensive health services to organizations and their employees. Founded in 2016, the company offers an integrated health platform that centralizes various health and wellness programs in a single application, accessible <a href="https://www.dialogue.co/en/blog/dialogues-2023-year-in-review#:~:text=Serving%2015%25%20of%20the%20Canadian%20population&amp;text=How%3F,aspects%20of%20their%20well%2Dbeing.">24/7/365</a>. Dialogue's services include primary care, mental health support, employee assistance programs, and wellness initiatives. As of <a href="https://www.dialogue.co/en/blog/dialogues-2023-year-in-review#:~:text=Serving%2015%25%20of%20the%20Canadian%20population&amp;text=How%3F,aspects%20of%20their%20well%2Dbeing.">December 2023</a>, Dialogue's platform was accessible to around 6 million Canadians, representing approximately 15% of the country's population.The company saw significant growth in <a href="https://www.dialogue.co/en/blog/dialogues-2023-year-in-review#:~:text=Serving%2015%25%20of%20the%20Canadian%20population&amp;text=How%3F,aspects%20of%20their%20well%2Dbeing.">December 2023</a>, with a 34% increase in consultations across all aspects of well-being in 2023 compared to the previous year. Mental health consultations, in particular, saw a 67% increase.&nbsp;In <a href="https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/dialogue-enters-into-license-agreement-with-sun-life-u-s--824463104.html">July 2023</a>, Dialogue was acquired by Sun Life for an undisclosed sum, expanding its reach beyond Canada. This expanded service reach was estimated to cover an additional 600,000 members in the US. The acquisition was completed in <a href="https://www.sunlife.com/en/newsroom/news-releases/announcement/sun-life-completes-the-acquisition-of-dialogue-canadas-premier-health-and-wellness-virtual-care-platform/123792/">October 2023</a>, with Dialogue continuing to operate as a standalone entity.Key customers and partnershipsThe company has partnerships with major insurers and benefits providers to offer its services as part of employee benefits packages. Additionally, the company noted that, as of <a href="https://www.dialogue.co/en/pricing">August 2024</a>, it worked with over 50,000 companies across Canada to provide its services to employees.

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.

Companies that use GenAI as a core part of their product offering for Telehealth

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

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