Portfolio Updates|
aware announces it raised $15m in seed funding led by Lakestar
aware represents change in the healthcare system that is badly needed in order to best support patients with chronic diseases as well as anybody taking proactive care of their health. Personalised healthcare is not possible without longitudinal data: this is where aware makes a huge difference.
Our new portfolio company aware® announced they have raised $15m in seed funding. Led by Lakestar, the round also saw participation from Cherry Ventures and Magnetic, as well as a multitude of angel investors including Katharina Juenger (Teleclinic), Simon Bolz (Klara), Florian Otto (Cedar), Manuel Grossmann (Amino Collective), Naren Shaam (Omio), Lucas von Cranach (Onefootball), Christian Reber (Pitch), Christophe Maire (Atlantic Labs), Timo Meyer, Jan Wilmking (Project Eaden), and Massimo Portincaso.
Congratulations Florian Meissner, Ramzi Rizk, Ferdinand Schmidt-Thomé, and the entire aware family!
We’re delighted to support aware® as it launches its app in private beta, giving people control over their health by making check-ups more personalised, digitised, fast, and easily accessible. By digitising checkups from the ground up and leveraging blood tests and biomarkers, they are providing people with a full picture of their health based on their own unique data.
With one simple click customers can book a blood draw appointment in the aware® lab, get tested, and receive a personalised health report in the aware® app within 24h and then retest in 3 to 6 months with a subscription to track their progress over time. For businesses in Germany, aware® offers company-wide aware® health days to provide employees with easy access to premium care.
Regular blood tests are the first step for the startup. Within the next few years, aware® aims to build Europe’s largest health database for personalised medicine. This data-driven approach will contribute to medical research. Plus, it has the potential to discover new insights and untap new treatment options for millions of people.
“aware® represents change in the healthcare system that is badly needed in order to best support patients with chronic diseases as well as anybody taking proactive care of their health. Personalised healthcare is not possible without longitudinal data: this is where aware® makes a huge difference. The experience of the entire team, founders and employees, is second to none and we couldn't be prouder to partner with aware,” says Lakestar Partner Oliver Heimes.
“Personalised and data-driven healthcare is the future of medicine, and we believe the first steps towards that future are regular blood tests and health checks,” explains Managing Director Florian Meissner. “We are on a mission to unlock the power of your health data to give you control over your personal health journey.”
Read more about the Seed Round on Sifted.eu
Sign up for early access to the app here: https://www.aware.app/
