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Best Disease Self Management Companies in Brazil

The 52 best Disease Self Management companies in Brazil in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Wecancer.

52companies tracked
$539.6Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
11have raised

Brazil's Disease Self Management sector is quietly stacking up, and this directory ranks the 52 companies we track here by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum. Total disclosed capital sits at $540M, though that figure carries a caveat: Wecancer alone accounts for the vast majority of it, making the distribution about as uneven as you'd expect in an emerging market.

So what does the rest of the field look like? SleepUp leads the mid-tier at $4M, Hygia Health follows at $3M, and several players, Olive-e Saude, Bloom Care, ProBrain, are operating on seed-level capital under $1M. No unicorns yet. The global market behind all this is forecast to grow from roughly $4.8B in 2023 to around $16.8B by 2033, a 13.4% CAGR driven by lifestyle disease prevalence and the shift toward online management solutions. I'd watch the mindfulness and post-covid complication themes closely, both are gaining real traction with founders here. Data privacy regulation is the structural pressure point you can't ignore as these platforms scale connectivity. Investors Oxygen Accelerator, VOX Capital, and 500 Global are the names showing up most consistently across active deals.

Sources & further reading
  • ResearchAndMarkets.com
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · DISEASE SELF MANAGEMENT × BRAZIL

Our analysis of 50 Disease Self Management companies

$3.0b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
94%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
3unicorns
2014median founding year

Ranked: Best Disease Self Management companies in Brazil

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1Wecancer
Provider of a mobile app for cancer patient to record sickness and symptoms
$530M65 mo agoSeries DLorenzo Cartolano
Co-Founder & CFO
2015WordPressMySQLPHP+21—
2SleepUp
Provider of a wearable device for sleep monitoring
$4M11 mo agoSeed—2002——
3Hygia Health
Provider of an application for women health management
$3M47 mo agoSeedMaikol Parnow
Co-Founder & CEO
2019——
4Olive-e Saude
Provider of telemedicine services and health management solutions for employees
$977K26 mo agoSeedGoncalo Eiro
Co-Founder & CEO
2018WordPress Block EditorwpBakeryCart Functionality+35—
5NeuroUP
Provider of smart devices for analysis and muscle training
$596K80 mo agoSeedBira Maciel
Co-Founder
2014WordPressMySQLPHP+34—
6Bloom Care
Mobile app for women health for doctor consultation and reproductive health monitoring
$573K53 mo agoSeedRoberta Sotomaior
Co-Founder and CEO
2017——
7Ventrix
Developer of ECG devices for monitoring health and data management
$415K136 mo agoSeedRoberto Castro Junior
Founder
2005WordPressMySQLPHP+19—
8Doctorfun
App for parents to communicate with autistic children
$240K154 mo agoDeadpooledYuri Zaidan
CEO & Founder
2013——
9ProBrain
Provider of AI-based platform for screening of auditory skills
$153K46 mo agoSeed—2019WixSentryBootstrap+19—

Top 12 Disease Self Management companies in Brazil

#1
Seed · Sao Paulo, Brazil · founded 2002 · 22 employees
$3.6Mraised
▾

Provider of a wearable device for sleep monitoring. The wearables capture vital signs like movement, temperature, heart rate, and brain activity & analyze them on an app to provide users with personalized sleep solutions. Also, it provides solutions using meditation, exercise, therapy, and virtual chat. Its app is available on Android and iOS platforms.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers — 10.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Seed$1.3M
  • Aug 2024Convertible Debt$364.2K
  • Nov 2021Seed$2M
Investors
GV Angels, Poli Angels, sorority, Aimores Investimentos, Jupter, Criatec
#2
Series D · Vitoria, State of Espirito Santo · founded 2015 · 20 employees
$530Mraised
▾

Wecancer offers a mobile app for cancer patients to record their daily events and sickness resulting from cancer treatment or cancer itself. App uses a set of questions daily to record patient responses which can be shared with physicians. Such daily data helps physicians in designing a better treatment plan.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 12.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2021Series D$530M
Founders & team
Lorenzo CartolanoCo-Founder & CFO
Investors
VOX Capital, MidStage Ventures
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsElementorFacebook PixelGoogle Analytics
#3
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2018
$977Kraised
▾

Provider of telemedicine services and health management solutions for employees. The company's solutions include Smart self-service cabins with sound insulation for telemedicine, Totem self-service health mapping and document scanning and Oliv-e card proving family plans with low cost and no waiting period.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 7.0% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2024Seed$977K
Founders & team
Goncalo EiroCo-Founder & CEOLucilio SaraivaCo-FounderMarcos PeanoCo-Founder
Investors
Oasis Ventures
Tech stack
Animate.CssBootstrapCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7
#4
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2019 · 58 employees
$2.9Mraised
▾

Provider of an application for women health management. The features of the application include gynecological check-ups, smart electronic medical records with storage of exams and check-ups. Users can also schedule appointments with psychology and nutrition professionals

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2022Seed$2.9M
Founders & team
Maikol ParnowCo-Founder & CEO
#5
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2017
$572.8Kraised
▾

Mobile app for women health for doctor consultation and reproductive health monitoring. The platform offers an online consultation with women health doctors and can track fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, parenting, and mental health.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2022Seed$572.8K
Founders & team
Roberta SotomaiorCo-Founder and CEO
Investors
IKJ Capital, TNC
#6
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2019 · 18 employees
$153Kraised
▾

Provider of AI-based platform for screening of auditory skills. It offers an Afinando o Cérebro platform that stimulates communication skills, memory, and attention with the help of educational games. It stimulates communication and auditory processing skill used by therapists to improve listening.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2022Seed$153K
Investors
Bossa Invest
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#7
Seed · Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2021 · 8 employees
$96.8Kraised
▾

Provider of medical data management tool. The application allows users to search, organize and consolidate receipts, saving you time spent trying to organize your finances.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers — 2.9% of this cohort's audience · 69 engagements/post (8.6× cohort median)
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2022Seed$96.8K
Founders & team
Geraldo FranciscaniCo-Founder
Investors
WOW
#8
Seed · Recife, State of Pernambuco · founded 2014 · 6 employees
$595.6Kraised
▾

Provider of smart devices for analysis and muscle training. It offers portable device that uses muscle biofeedback technology for precise measurement, analysis and muscle training. It provides muscle performance data on cell phone screen for individuals.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2019Seed$595.6K
Founders & team
Bira MacielCo-Founder
Investors
KPTL
#9
Seed · Cotia, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2005 · 3 employees
$414.7Kraised
▾

Developer of ECG devices for monitoring health and data management. The company has developed Cardiofit (an ECG device that along with a telemedicine system performs ECG examinations remotely), Curavac (Vacuum dressing using negative pressure for the treatment of complex wounds), and Babyhug (a wearable device with a smartphone app that monitors baby's breathing and well-being).

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2015Seed$414.7K
Founders & team
Roberto Castro JuniorFounder
Investors
Criatec 2, SP Ventures, Crescera Capital, Triaxis Capital
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesBerqwpComplianzCore-JsDigitalocean SpacesElementor
#10
Deadpooled · Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 2013
$240.3Kraised
▾

DoctorFun helps parents connect with autistic children through a series of animations. It has a feature called Lunchbox which is a timeline of kid's moments.Through the app, parents can chat and communicate with their children in real time.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2013Grant (prize money)$240.3K
Founders & team
Yuri ZaidanCEO & Founder
Investors
VentureOut
#11
Seed · Vitoria, State of Espirito Santo · founded 2018 · 10 employees
—raised
▾

Developer of therapeutic validation games designed to help children and adolescents with cognitive disabilities. The company's games offer data science, constant updates, reporting, and behavior analysis, enabling users to stimulate visual performance, attention, receptive language, and mathematical logical reasoning through games.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 4.7% of this cohort's audience · 21 engagements/post (2.6× cohort median)
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Animador(a) 2D Pleno/Sênior
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Investors
500 Global, Hub71, Startupscale360
#12
Seed · Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2017
—raised
▾

3D Virtual Care is an online platform providing physical and cognitive rehabilitation of patients through games. The platform can also be used by healthcare professionals. It gives an interactive and playful way for the treatment. It provides tutorials and also a 3D box containing therapy system.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2017Seed—
Founders & team
Barroso PatriciaCo-Founder
Investors
BMG UpTech

Funding & investor landscape

$539.6Mtotal disclosed funding
10companies funded
12disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Oxygen Accelerator2 rounds
VOX Capital2 rounds
500 Global1 rounds
Aimores Investimentos1 rounds
Apoema Hub1 rounds
BMG UpTech1 rounds
Bossa Invest1 rounds
Crescera Capital1 rounds
Criatec1 rounds
Criatec 21 rounds

Notable founders

Lorenzo Cartolano
Co-Founder & CFO · Wecancer
Goncalo Eiro
Co-Founder & CEO · Olive-e Saude
Lucilio Saraiva
Co-Founder · Olive-e Saude
Maikol Parnow
Co-Founder & CEO · Hygia Health
Roberta Sotomaior
Co-Founder and CEO · Bloom Care
Geraldo Franciscani
Co-Founder · Seiwa
Bira Maciel
Co-Founder · NeuroUP
Roberto Castro Junior
Founder · Ventrix
Yuri Zaidan
CEO & Founder · Doctorfun
Barroso Patricia
Co-Founder · 3D Virtual Care
Prism market signals · Brazil · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,509,676 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Disease Self Management coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Brazil

How research on Digital Health is moving in Brazil

A read on the academic research around Digital Health — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,041 Brazil-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201320232026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 38% → 43% across 2013–2026.
top research entities
  • Ministry of Health313
  • Fundação Oswaldo Cruz67
  • Universidade de São Paulo47
  • Universidade Federal de São Paulo32
  • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte24
leading researchers
Lopes, Bernardo C. P. · Luis Filipe Nakayama · Nogueira Machado, João Guilherme · Batista Pontes, Eliane · Lopes, Cleomar Huche · Mardero Arellano, Miguel Angel · Nery, Rebeca Ferreira · Ísis de Siqueira Silva
▲ Breakthroughs75 · 7%
▲ 0%→7% share
0 median citations95% since 2021mostly methods-led
Health care research newly emerged with 18 papers, driving Breakthroughs segment from 0% to 7% field-share.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Health administration1→5
  • Nursing research1→4
Newly emergingHealth care 0→18 · Public health 0→15 · Health informatics 0→11
Landmark Conceptualising patient empowerment: a mixed methods study · 433 cites
◆ Advancements334 · 32%
▼ 35%→33% share
▼0.9× share momentum0 median citations95% since 2021mostly empirical
Health care advancements surged from 3 to 85 papers; mHealth and Telemedicine newly entered the segment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Health care3→85
  • Public health6→59
  • Health informatics9→53
  • Psychological intervention1→28
  • Context (archaeology)1→26
Newly emergingmHealth 0→24 · Telemedicine 0→22 · Intervention (counseling) 0→20
Landmark The role of evidence, context, and facilitation in an implementation trial: implications for the development of the PARI · 310 cites
▼ Concerns444 · 43%
▼ 57%→42% share
▼0.7× share momentum0 median citations93% since 2021mostly empirical
Health informatics concern papers rose from 18 to 106; Interoperability and Thematic analysis newly flagged as risks.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Health care6→126
  • Public health10→107
  • Health informatics18→106
  • Health administration15→82
  • Context (archaeology)2→54
Newly emergingTelemedicine 0→23 · Thematic analysis 0→21 · Interoperability 0→20
Landmark Caveats for the Use of Operational Electronic Health Record Data in Comparative Effectiveness Research · 564 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Brazil

Where digital health is researched across Brazil

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Rio de Janeiro107 · +0.11
Hot · Digital preservationAdvancing · DisseminationOpportunity · Nursing researchConcern · Digital divide
São Paulo105 · +0.09
Hot · Health careAdvancing · mHealthOpportunity · Health services researchConcern · Inequality
Brasília49 · +0.09
Hot · MEDLINEAdvancing · Health informaticsOpportunity · Intervention (counseling)Concern · Qualitative research
Belo Horizonte38 · +0.17
Hot · Public healthAdvancing · Health careOpportunity · Health informaticsConcern · Health administration
Porto Alegre24 · +0.20
Hot · Public healthAdvancing · Latin AmericansOpportunity · Health careConcern · Nursing research
Campinas21 · +0.18
Hot · Health informaticsOpportunity · Health care
Curitiba18 · +0.27
Hot · Identification (biology)Advancing · Health careOpportunity · Health administrationConcern · Health informatics
Recife18 · +0.11
Hot · Health careOpportunity · Public health
Florianópolis18 · +0.14
Hot · TelemedicineAdvancing · Health careOpportunity · MEDLINEConcern · Health informatics
Salvador15 · +0.07
Hot · Health careOpportunity · Health administrationConcern · Public health

Common questions

How many Disease Self Management companies are there in Brazil?
Radar tracks 52 indexable Disease Self Management companies headquartered in Brazil that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Disease Self Management companies in Brazil?
The Disease Self Management companies in Brazil on this list have raised a combined $539.6M in disclosed equity funding across 10 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Disease Self Management company in Brazil?
Wecancer is the highest-funded Disease Self Management company in Brazil, with $530M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Disease Self Management companies in Brazil are funded?
10 of the 52 Disease Self Management companies in Brazil on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Disease Self Management unicorns are there in Brazil?
None of the Disease Self Management companies in Brazil on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Brazil Disease Self Management companies?
The most active investors in Brazil Disease Self Management companies on this list include Oxygen Accelerator, VOX Capital, 500 Global, Aimores Investimentos, Apoema Hub.
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