Think.Health invests as a boutique risk-taker in healthcare ventures. We continuously seek innovations and disruptive business models in digital healthcare, medical technologies and health service providers,

Think.Health

BonVenture is the first investment company in the German-speaking region that focuses on the social impact of companies. Since 2003, they have offered investors the opportunity to allocate social venture capital to social enterprises through their funds.  As partner of social entrepreneurs, they strengthen them with capital, know-how and contacts and provide guidance in setting up and growing their organization. This is how they promote the development and establishment of social innovations at scale.

BonVenture

As a global company builder & early-stage investor headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, Mountain Partners manages more than 120 investments in the sectors of E-Commerce & Consumer Tech, Enterprise Tech, Media & Marketing, FinTech, InsurTech & PropTech, and HealthTech. As the digital revolution reaches more sectors and markets, Mountain Partners selects, builds, and develops young, disruptive technology companies. With a global network of international hubs, strategically located in emerging-market regions (Latin America, Middle East, Southeast Asia), Mountain Partners supports and finances companies in the early incubation phase, internationalizes proven business models, provides active local management, and finally exits the companies through acquisition or IPO.

Mountain Partners

Axel Springer Plug and Play is a Berlin-based pre-seed startup accelerator. They do not just invest money. They know that the real value is in the people. The founders, the people in their team but most importantly the people they know. They connect their companies to mentors,  clients and investors.  They are a joint venture between the Plug and Play Tech Centre and Axel Springer. They support them in every way possible. It also means they are not bound to one region, one topic, one opinion. They offer a global network and international opportunities.

Axel Springer Plug and Play Accelerator

Round Hill Ventures is a financial services company that specializes in the fields of venture capital and technology investment. The company is driven by its mission is to be at the forefront of property technology innovation in Europe.

Round Hill Ventures

TVM Capital Life Science is a dedicated life science venture capital firm, with offices in Montreal, Canada and Munich, Germany. Since inception, TVM Capital Life Science has invested in entrepreneurial venture backed companies. Over several fund generations, their investment strategy has included a multi-stage investment approach spanning discovery to market ready companies as well as profitable companies searching for growth capital. Their investment focus has always been broad and includes investments in therapeutics, technology platforms, medtech and diagnostics. They invest in Canada, the U.S., Germany and Western Europe with their dedicated team of investment professionals based in Montreal and Munich.

TVM Capital Life Science

Carpe Diem Capital, LLC is a strategic advisor on private equity investments.    Carpe Diem Capital's primary partners are U. S. single family offices with significant assets under management.  Leveraging 30 years of business experience and relationships in Ireland and Israel, Mr. Paul Kane formed Carpe Diem Capital to assist family offices in identifying, evaluating on placing investments.

Carpediem Capital

Capacura is reinventing the venture capital market so that more start-ups get access to capital, knowledge, processes and solutions.

Capacura

Agaplesion provides medical practices in the areas like anesthesiology, ophthalmology, gynecology, obstetrics and otorhinolaryngology.

Agaplesion

We empower early stage tech startups with software development, IT advisory and growth support. For a better tomorrow.

Twip Impact Ventures

Myo is a communication platform for the care market.they are proud to have designed a product with Myo that brings together people in care.their team is always looking for new talents who would like to work on a product for better care.

Myosotis, also known as myo, offers a mobile app called myo, which is designed to facilitate safe and direct communication between seniors, caregivers, and family members. The app allows caregivers to share photos, videos, messages, and voice notes with relatives and also enables relatives to respond and leave comments. The app also supports communication among caregivers and allows friends and family to join the same communication channel for tracking of administrative tasks and managing key external services.

A concentration of wealth and a willingness to adopt age-in-place technologies present new opportunities.

Age Tech

Myosotis

TVM Capital Life Science Announces €8 Million Investment in myo to Revolutionize Elderly Care via Innovative, Easy-to-Use App

Myosotis, also known as myo, offers a mobile app called myo, which is designed to facilitate safe and direct communication between seniors, caregivers, and family members. The app allows caregivers to share photos, videos, messages, and voice notes with relatives and also enables relatives to respond and leave comments. The app also supports communication among caregivers and allows friends and family to join the same communication channel for tracking of administrative tasks and managing key external services. Key customers and partnershipsAs of January 2024, Myosotis catered to around 400 customers across the DACH region and the UK and was used in over 250 nursing homes. The company also claimed that over 30,000 users had sent seven-figure interactions via its platform in 2023.

Honor provides a platform for elderly persons and their families to find home care providers, and is claimed to be one of the largest on-demand home care networks in the US. The company’s key offerings include Home Care, Family Caregiver Resources, and the Honor Family App and Honor Family Care Network for remote monitoring.In August 2021, Honor announced the acquisition of home care provider Home Instead at an undisclosed value. The merged entity was expected to combine for over USD 2.1 billion home care services revenue.&nbsp; Key customers and partnershipsAs of August 2021, Home Instead had around 90,000 caregivers serving at 1,200 locations across the US and global markets. Home Instead acquired UK-based online platform SuperCarers in June 2020. It connects professional caregivers to elderly people seeking at-home care. Prior to the acquisition, SuperCarers had raised a total of GBP 4.9 million (USD 6.6 million).It also partners with the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications (ORCHA) to provide quality assured apps for psychological wellbeing, physical activity, and mental stimulation.

Honor

Eargo specializes in developing hearing aid and related services. Eargo has four products in its lineup: Link by Eargo, Eargo SE, Eargo Neo HiFi, Eargo 6, and Eargo 7. The company’s products are unique due to its design meant to keep the device invisible when plugged in.The products are priced between USD 749 (Link by Eargo) and USD 2,490 (Eargo 7). The Eargo Neo HiFi comes alongside an app and offers connected smart features such as audio personalization and control. The app allows the user to control the audio to suit their surroundings, customize settings, and contact Eargo's licensed hearing professionals for consultation and support.In October 2020, Eargo was listed as a public company and then acquired by Patient Square Capital In October 2023. Via the acquisition, Patient Square Capital acquired all outstanding shares of Eargo—that were not owned by Patient Square—at USD 2.55 per share. Key customers and partnershipsThe company utilizes a business-to-consumer (B2C) online retail strategy compared to traditional business-to-business (B2B) model deployed by other manufacturers who sell their products through clinics. The strategy has proven beneficial through the Covid-19 pandemic as consumer footfall for brick-and-mortar clinics have declined.

Eargo

K4Connect provides technology solutions to residents and staff members in senior living communities through its K4Community platform. The company was co-founded by Scott Moody who sold his fingerprint sensor technology company AuthenTec to Apple for USD 356 million in 2012, which then became the basis for Touch ID.The platform's offerings include digital voice and video communication, and community updates for residents. It also provides smart home automation through the provisioning of plug and play Alexa devices for residents and supports smart thermostats, smart lights, motion sensors, and sleep tracking devices. In addition, community staff members have access to tools for resident surveys, resident and family management, and communications. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the platform also established an expanded video chat service to facilitate resident-to-resident communication, staff requests, yoga classes, and dining room bookings. Further, in March 2020, it partnered with software communications firm Bandwidth to introduce a hotline for staff and residents as a means of keeping all parties up to date with community information.The platform is built on the company’s patented operating system, FusionOS. The company claims that FusionOS is an advanced multi-modal edge-cloud architecture, the first of its kind in the senior living industry. Residents and staff can access the platform using a smartphone app or pre-provisioned tables in the living communities priced on a per-resident basis.As of July 2020, the platform served over 800 independent and assisted living senior living communities across the US. The platform serves over 29,000 users at more than 125 senior living communities across 27 customers as of February 2020, more than doubling its users from 2018, which it expects to repeat in 2020. The company has established channel partnerships with Allbridge (a data, video and voice solution provider for senior living) in July 2020, and Eskaton (a senior services provider) and White Horse Village (a continuing care retirement community) in May 2019. It collaborated with GlobalLogic (a digital product engineering company) in July 2020 to expedite the development schedule of its K4Community Plus app in response to Covid-19.

K4Connect

CarePredict was founded by Former IBM consultant and tech veteran, Satish Movva, and produces Tempo smart wearables for the elderly community. Using machine learning (ML), the company claims the app can reduce the chance of a fall, and predict urinary tract infections (UTIs) and depression ahead of a clinical diagnosis. The device aims to assist caregivers in taking preventive action by detecting activities and behaviors which are precursors to health declines. The data from the device can also be shared with family members.The company generates revenue from device sales and subscriptions. Independent research conducted in September 2020 indicated that facilities using CarePredict’s wearables reported 40% fewer hospitalizations 69%, lower fall rates, 67% increased length of stay, and a 37% improved staff response rate than facilities that did not use CarePredict.The company expanded its operations in 2018 through its acquisition of WiseWare, a company selling activity-tracking jewelry for older users. In April 2020, it launched the PinPoint contact-tracing tools to mitigate the spread of Covid-19.Key customers and partnershipsIn February 2021, the company announced its partnership with Middle Alabama Area Agency on Aging (M4A). M4A is the agency behind the “Providing Alzheimer's N' Dementia Assistance” (PANDA) project. The company will be the first tech platform to be part of the project and will provide caregivers assistance in remote monitoring and preventive care using its smart wearables.

CarePredict

Eversound develops wireless headphone systems to enhance the level of engagement and social interaction for the elderly living in assisted living or memory care centres. The platform provides a library of programmed content on a variety of topics. The headphone system can be used to communicate with caregivers, during group events, family visits, and for music therapy. The headphones are equipped with a wireless transmitter and volume controls. It connects to external audio sources such as community A/V systems, televisions, and audio devices.The product was unveiled in May 2016. In a subsequent six month study conducted by LCB Senior Living community, group events leveraging the Eversound system resulted in an 18% reduction of residents falling asleep and a 28% increase in engagement during group events. In December 2016, the company expanded to 18 states across the US.In March 2020, as a part of its Covid-19 response, the company launched a live streamed, interactive content service to help seniors combat isolation. Further, as in-person visits at assisted living communities were interrupted due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the use of Eversound’s visitation package proved to be crucial for socially distanced in-person visits. Key customers and partnershipsAs of December 2020, the company’s product is being used in more than 700 senior living communities across the US. Its clients include senior living communities such as Brightview, Commonwealth, and Oakmont. In addition, Eversound has established partnerships with senior living communities (such as The Arbor Company, Bridges by EPOCH, Christian Horizons, and Kisco) to roll out its devices for family visitations, and programmable and live streamed content.

Eversound

Tech-enabled equipment or companionship services that help elderly people function independently.

Platforms that match seniors with home care providers as well as app-based products to facilitate communication between senior families and caregivers

Tech-enabled products used to diagnose, prevent, and treat conditions common among seniors.

Remote monitoring, medical diagnosis, communication, and coordination between caregivers and families of the elderly.

Platforms that help seniors interact socially and communicate with others.

Platforms that help seniors and their families plan and make arrangements to settle the senior’s estates and affairs in the event of death.

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

Offers digital platforms that support the wellness of the senior population

Age Tech providers incorporate GenAI to enhance both seniors’ and caregivers’ experiences

Many devices that help seniors operate independently and receive remote treatment use IoT

Some companies use VR to help treat seniors with conditions such as isolation and dementia

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 Myosotis, a caregiver and family communication platform provider, has gained EUR 8 million in a Series A funding round led by TVM Capital Life Science. This pushes the firm's total funding to EUR 12.5 million. Myosotis plans to use the new capital to expand in the DACH region and the UK, increase its marketing capacity, improve service quality, and launch new modules.
 The company, through its app "myo," facilitates communication among seniors, caregivers, and family members. The app allows sharing of photos, videos, and messages, and supports administrative tasks management and key external services.&nbsp;
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