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Best HealthTech Companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

The 254 best HealthTech companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: DocMorris.

254companies tracked
$173.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
35have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · HEALTHTECH × NORTH RHINE WESTPHALIA

Our analysis of 50 HealthTech companies

$1.6b in tracked funding; 95% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
95%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
1unicorns
2019median founding year
73kcombined LinkedIn audience
48%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best HealthTech companies in North Rhine Westphalia

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFoundedFounderTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1DocMorris
Online pharmacy providing pharmacy products and healthcare services
$88M259 mo ago2,2002000—Node.jsNextAuth.jsTailwind CSS+20—2 job openings · 1 internship
2Cannamedical
Provider of medical cannabis products, education, and support for patients
$30M73 mo ago35
35 → 43 (+23%)
2016—WordPressMySQLSalesforce+35——
3EPMap-System
Provider of system for diagnosis of heart diseases
$25M80 mo ago32014Manfred Piechura
Founder & CEO
———
4InterMed Discovery
Natural Product lead-discovery
$10M209 mo ago—2006Thomas Henkel
Co-Founder & Director
—56 patents
Small-molecule LXR agonists and HIF‑1 inhibitors for obesity, metabolic and cancer therapies
—
5Semalytix
Provider of an AI based data analytics solution for reserachers
64AI top 22%Growth top 28%Funding top 36%Talent top 41%
All 8 signals ▾
AItop 22%
Growthtop 28%
Fundingtop 36%
Talenttop 41%
Moattop 48%
Techbottom 46%
Marketbottom 44%
Globalbottom 37%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai based, ai-based, artificial intelligence
Growth: Headcount 54 → 67 (+24%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100
$8M7 mo ago67
67 → 44 (-34%)
2015Janik Jaskolski
Chief Product Officer
WordPressMySQLPHP+20——
6Oska Health
Online platform offering doctor visits to continuous care for kidney patients
50Growth top 28%Talent top 28%Funding top 42%Tech top 45%
All 7 signals ▾
Growthtop 28%
Talenttop 28%
Fundingtop 42%
Techtop 45%
Productbottom 40%
Globalbottom 39%
Marketbottom 28%
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100
$3M3 mo ago—2022Niklas Best
Co-Founder & CEO
Builder.ioNode.jsVimeo+18——
7Niostem
Provider of smart wearable device to regrow hair
$2M53 mo ago92019Emil Aliev
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalityShopifyBootstrap+33——
8Kairos
Integrated middleware software for multiple healthcare applications
$2M31 mo ago152009Martin Zunkeler
Founder
———
9CUREOSITY
Solution provider for rehabilitation
$1M79 mo ago332018Thomas Saur
Co-Founder & CEO
———
10Axiogenesis
Online pharmacy selling generic medicines
$989K115 mo ago322000——73 patents
In vitro differentiated human tissue models for drug discovery and functional assay platforms.
—
11IEM
Portfolio of devices and software for hypertension management
$759K65 mo ago—1993Uwe Korth
CEO
OdooPostgreSQLFirebase+9—2 partnerships
12DESINO
Wheelchair with patented seating system
$534K126 mo ago—2012Thyl Junker
Co-Founder & Director
—6 patents
Active wheelchair seat actuation mechanisms and manual wheelchair propulsion systems
—
13Gremse-IT
Provider of a software for biomedical image data reconstruction and analysis
$494K40 mo ago—2016Felix Gremse
Founder & CEO
WagtailPythonUbuntu+11—1 launch
14W1NNAS
Platform offering sports nutrition
$398K25 mo ago—2023Pablo Klueppelberg
Co-Founder
———
15LIFE & BRAIN
Provides research and development for biomedical and neuroscientific technology platform
$326K77 mo ago—2002Markus Nothen
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+1183 patents
Scalable production platforms for human neural and microglial cell cultures and optical voltage sensing
1 job opening
16Labvanced
Platform that enables researchers to design, conduct, and analyze online experiments
$290K80 mo ago—2017Caspar Goeke
CEO
Cart FunctionalityNode.jsCKEditor+16——
17Medipee
Developer of a contactless and automated urinalysis system
$249K62 mo ago102017—WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+1532 patents
Real-time urinary diagnostics and micturition monitoring using test strips and sensor devices
—
18SomaView
Augmented reality based apps providing ultrasound solutions
$226K90 mo ago22016Stefan Maas
CEO
———
19Localite
Developer of surgical navigation and planning systems
$123K44 mo ago15
15 → 17 (+13%)
1999Arno Schmitgen
Managing Director
WordPressMySQLPHP+19——
20Yuscale
Digital solution for calculating nutritional values of food
$117K91 mo ago32012————
21Drops Technologies
Provider of AR-based device for education purpose
$100K48 mo ago82016————
22Bioxplor
Provider of an AI and network-based drug discovery platform
$100K72 mo ago—2017Mark Rogers
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+7——

Top 12 HealthTech companies in North Rhine Westphalia

#1
Series B · Bielefeld, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2015 · 67 employees
$7.5Mraised
▾

Semalytix is an AI-based data analytics solution. The company leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to offers an analytics solution for marketing, business analytics, financial services, and pharmaceutical. The company has developed products like Pharos which has the ability to make decisions based on patients' health data, population data, and more.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 22%
Growth
top 28%
Funding
top 36%
Talent
top 41%
Moat
top 48%
Tech
bottom 46%
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai based, ai-based, artificial intelligence
Growth: Headcount 54 → 67 (+24%) across vintages · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $7.5M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 8 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series B (Oct 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers — 4.6% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Series B$6.6M
  • Feb 2021Series A$2.4M
  • Aug 2020Series A$5.1M
  • Jan 2019Grant (prize money)$393K
Founders & team
Janik JaskolskiChief Product Officer
Investors
The Hundert, Fly Ventures, b2venture, Europa, NRW.Bank, Holland Capital
#2
Seed · Meerbusch, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2022
$2.6Mraised
▾

Online platform offering doctor visits to continuous care for kidney patients. The company offers coaches and a health app to support patients between doctor visits for personalized treatment plans based on medical evidence.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 28%
Talent
top 28%
Funding
top 42%
Tech
top 45%
Product
bottom 40%
Global
bottom 39%
Growth: Web rank 10,000,000 → 5,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $2.6M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Seed (Feb 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Seed$13M
  • Feb 2023Seed$2.6M
Founders & team
Niklas BestCo-Founder & CEOClaudia EhmkeCo-founder and CPO and PRRCMalte WaldeckCo-Founder
Investors
LBBW Venture Capital, Calm/Storm, Hessen Kapital, Capricorn Partners, CSS, BMH
Tech stack
Builder.IoCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsEmotionGoogle Analytics
#3
Acquired · Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2000 · 2200 employees
$88.3Mraised
▾

Online pharmacy providing pharmacy products and healthcare services. It offers a wide range of pharmacy products directly to customers homes. It provides various products such as lose weight, diabetes, nutritions, skin diseases and skin injuries, cosmetics, naturopathy, pain and joints, vitamins and minerals, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 20k LinkedIn followers — 27.2% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Teamleader Outbound, Payroll Specialist
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2004Series B$88.3M
Investors
Hg, Startup Reykjavik, Raakwark Kaptaal, Suhm Ventures
Tech stack
AdjustBrazeCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#4
Series A · Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2016 · 35 employees
$30.2Mraised
▾

Provider of medical cannabis products, education, and support for patients. They offer information regarding medical cannabis, including its effects and applications. The company facilitates access to cannabis treatments through healthcare professionals. They maintain standards from cultivation to dispensing, collaborating with growers to develop quality strains.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 9k LinkedIn followers — 12.4% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2020Angel$13M
  • Jan 2019Series A$17.1M
Investors
Orkila Capital
Tech stack
ActivecampaignAll-InklBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCookiebot
#5
Deadpooled · Herdecke, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2014 · 3 employees
$25Mraised
▾

Provider of system for diagnosis of heart diseases. The product provided EPPerfect is a fully integrated solution for recording, stimulation, navigation, and aplation of the heart. Recording & simulation has build-in navigation, simulator, catheter connection, disclosure system, all signals are stored during the procedure. Navigation fully integrated into the EPPerfect recording system, map feature, multi-pole map feature, and high-density mapping with tagging of anatomical structures.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2019Series A$25M
Founders & team
Manfred PiechuraFounder & CEO
Investors
Ajax Health
#6
Funding Raised · Bochum, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2009 · 15 employees
$1.8Mraised
▾

Kairos is focused on developing IT-system solutions for the healthcare. It has created a knowledge portal using its software CentraXX. Based on the Java- and framework technologies, CentraXX is an integrated system that includes entire data sets from research and treatment and unifies and structures them, complete semantic evaluations are enabled. Integrated and unified with various datasets from sources such as LIMS, HIS, CWS, and PACS, it serves as a platform on which the work from all persons involved is orchestrated and the results become transparent. The software has become a partner for medical cross-section centers that are advancing research and biobanking in networked projects. Also, 3 of the 5 university clinics Berlin, Kiel, and Würzburg are using CentraXX. The German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), is also developing its clinical communication platform in collaboration with Kairos.

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2023Grant (prize money)$1.8M
Founders & team
Martin ZunkelerFounder
Investors
Europa, Pride Capital Partners, Sparkasse Dortmund
Tech stack
WordpressMicrosoft WordMysqlPhpWpbakeryYoast Seo
#7
Seed · Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2023
$398.2Kraised
▾

Platform offering sports nutrition

Founders & team
Pablo KlueppelbergCo-FounderBen DeckerCo-Founder
Investors
Johannes Meyer, Stefan Bauer
#8
Deadpooled · Dortmund, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2006
$10.2Mraised
▾

InterMed Discovery is a Natural Product lead-discovery company, working to generate novel product candidates for the life science, food and cosmetics industries. Claims to use one of the most powerful validated Natural Product discovery engines to generate proprietary product pipelines of early stage pharmaceuticals and functional ingredients and support partners in research and lead generation. Biologically characterized product leads are identified using products - IMD Bioprofiling and NPsilico, which together comprise a proprietary bioinformatics platform. InterMed Discovery adds to this the industry's largest collections of pure compounds, sample fractions, and mixtures as its source for potential Natural Product leads. The company has strategic co-operations with Cognis GmbH and Biotropics Malaysia Berhad.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2009Series A$7.4M
  • Oct 2006Seed—
Founders & team
Thomas HenkelCo-Founder & DirectorBernard Mathias BeckerCo-Founder & Director
Investors
CBD and Me, HTGF, Re-Natur, Biotropics Malaysia, Cognis
#9
Seed · Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2019 · 9 employees
$1.9Mraised
▾

Provider of smart wearable device to regrow hair. The company has developed nio1 a smart wearable device to combat pattern baldness that uses low-level bioelectrical stimulation to the scalp to trigger the natural growth cycle of the body.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 3.8% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2022Seed$1.9M
Founders & team
Emil AlievCo-FounderCarlos Chacon MartinezCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Brightlands Venture Partners, Entrepreneur First
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple PayBooster Page Speed OptimizerBootstrapCart Functionality
#10
Funding Raised · Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2016
$494.3Kraised
▾

Provider of a software for biomedical image data reconstruction and analysis. The company offers ‘Imalytics Preclinical’ for reconstruction, 3D-visualization, interactive segmentation, and analysis of preclinical image data sets.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2023Grant (prize money)$494.3K
Founders & team
Felix GremseFounder & CEO
Investors
Europa
#11
Seed · Dusseldorf, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2018 · 33 employees
$1.2Mraised
▾

Provider of rehabilitation and training services intended to aid in brain development. The company's rehabilitation techniques leverage VR technology to provide interactive and high-frequency rehabilitation therapies and training, enabling customers to fight various disorders and experience a new environment.

Founders & team
Thomas SaurCo-Founder & CEOMarco FaulhammerCo-FounderStefan ArandCo-Founder
Investors
Rhein Invest, S-UBG, TechVision Fonds
#12
Funding Raised · Stolberg, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 1993
$758.8Kraised
▾

IEM is a developer of a portfolio of hypertension management devices and software. The company offers Mobil-O-Graph NG long-term blood pressure monitors with 24/48hr monitoring or hospital monitoring in the event of hypertensive crises; Tel-O-Graph telemetric home blood pressure monitoring with Bluetooth connectivity; BEAM 3-channel ECG loop/event recorder with Bluetooth connectivity; Libr-O-Graph telemetric weight monitoring device; and HMS evaluation and patient management software. The company's ABPM 7100, Hypertension Management Software (HMS) version 5.0 received FDA 510(k) clearance in July 2016 (K153557).

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 2.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 2 partnerships (incl. Heart Center Aalst) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$758.8K
Founders & team
Uwe KorthCEO
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
All-InklFirebaseGoogle Font ApiHstsJqueryLess

Funding & investor landscape

$173.7Mtotal disclosed funding
26companies funded
33disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa12 rounds
Digital Hub7 rounds
EIT Health4 rounds
HTGF4 rounds
NRW.Bank3 rounds
S-UBG3 rounds
TechVision Fonds3 rounds
Capacura2 rounds
EIC Fund2 rounds
German Accelerator2 rounds

Notable founders

Janik Jaskolski
Chief Product Officer · Semalytix
Niklas Best
Co-Founder & CEO · Oska Health
Claudia Ehmke
Co-founder and CPO and PRRC · Oska Health
Manfred Piechura
Founder & CEO · EPMap-System
Martin Zunkeler
Founder · Kairos
Pablo Klueppelberg
Co-Founder · W1NNAS
Ben Decker
Co-Founder · W1NNAS
Thomas Henkel
Co-Founder & Director · InterMed Discovery
Bernard Mathias Becker
Co-Founder & Director · InterMed Discovery
Emil Aliev
Co-Founder · Niostem
Carlos Chacon Martinez
Co-Founder & CEO · Niostem
Felix Gremse
Founder & CEO · Gremse-IT
Prism market signals · Germany · country-scoped Prism corpus, 189,277 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of HealthTech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time flat

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Germany

How research on Digital Health is moving in Germany

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 1,976 Germany-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201020192026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 21% → 38% across 2010–2026.
top research entities
  • Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin161
  • Heidelberg University147
  • Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin82
  • Technical University of Munich76
  • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg73
leading researchers
Voelskow, Vanessa · Meßner, Claudia · Kurth, Tobias · Busam, Amelie · Glatz, Toivo · Stephen Gilbert · Mayer, Gerhard · Sven Meister
▲ Breakthroughs204 · 10%
▲ 10%→11% share
▲1.1× share momentum0 median citations93% since 2021mostly methods-led
Wearable computer research is rising sharply — German digital health papers grew from 3 to 18, signaling accelerating sensor-based monitoring focus.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Health informatics1→28
  • Wearable computer3→18
  • Context (archaeology)1→11
  • Photoplethysmogram1→10
  • Psychological intervention1→8
Newly emergingHealth care 0→38 · Interoperability 0→18 · Usability 0→11
Landmark Conceptualising patient empowerment: a mixed methods study · 433 cites
◆ Advancements534 · 27%
▲ 20%→28% share
▲1.4× share momentum0 median citations94% since 2021mostly empirical
Health informatics advancements are intensifying — German institutional papers surged from 8 to 118, now dominating the advancements segment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Health informatics8→118
  • Health care5→106
  • Public health2→60
  • Psychological intervention2→60
  • Intervention (counseling)1→49
Newly emergingUsability 0→43 · Randomized controlled trial 0→30 · Informatics 0→29
Landmark MRI-based brain tumor detection using convolutional deep learning methods and chosen machine learning techniques · 501 cites
▼ Concerns845 · 43%
▼ 52%→41% share
▼0.8× share momentum1 median citations89% since 2021mostly empirical
Psychological intervention concerns are escalating — papers grew from 2 to 91, reflecting mounting scrutiny of digital mental health interventions.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Health care11→278
  • Health informatics31→192
  • Public health14→120
  • Psychological intervention2→91
  • Health administration24→100
Newly emergingMEDLINE 0→51 · Mental health 0→51 · German 0→38
Landmark The future of digital health with federated learning · 2,258 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Germany

Where digital health is researched across Germany

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.

Berlin288 · +0.16
Hot · MEDLINEAdvancing · MultimorbidityOpportunity · Intervention (counseling)Concern · Global health
Heidelberg163 · +0.08
Hot · Health informaticsAdvancing · Data integrationOpportunity · Mental healthConcern · Standardization
Munich142 · +0.14
Hot · Health careAdvancing · UsabilityOpportunity · Mental healthConcern · Corporate governance
Jülich/Bonn85 · +0.19
Hot · SoftwareAdvancing · Identification (biology)Opportunity · eHealthConcern · Public health
Dresden61 · +0.05
Hot · Set (abstract data type)Advancing · Wearable computerOpportunity · Health informaticsConcern · Process management
Aachen45 · +0.17
Hot · Remote patient monitoringAdvancing · InteroperabilityOpportunity · InformaticsConcern · Workflow
Karlsruhe33 · +0.06
Hot · InformaticsOpportunity · GermanConcern · Data governance
PATENT SIGNAL · Germany

Who's filing medical devices patents in Germany

Germany medical devices patent filing is cooling — 97,357 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by Siemens, Sanofi Aventis Deutschland, Aesculap; annual filings 10817→8851.

97,357 filings8,000 assigneespeak 10817/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Siemens18016
  • Sanofi Aventis Deutschland10211
  • Aesculap4908
  • Zeiss CARL Meditec4288
  • Fresenius Medical CARE Deutschla4185
  • Hoffmann LA Roche2976
  • Fresenius Medical CARE DE2691
  • Biotronik SE & KG2562

Common questions

How many HealthTech companies are there in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany?
Radar tracks 254 indexable HealthTech companies headquartered in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by HealthTech companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany?
The HealthTech companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany on this list have raised a combined $173.7M in disclosed equity funding across 26 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded HealthTech company in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany?
DocMorris is the highest-funded HealthTech company in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, with $88.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many HealthTech companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany are funded?
26 of the 254 HealthTech companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many HealthTech unicorns are there in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany?
None of the HealthTech companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany HealthTech companies?
The most active investors in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany HealthTech companies on this list include Europa, Digital Hub, EIT Health, HTGF, NRW.Bank.
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