{"id":1217,"date":"2023-10-23T09:10:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T07:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lillian-care.de\/?p=1217"},"modified":"2023-10-22T23:10:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T21:10:25","slug":"lillian-care-raises-e2-4-million-in-pre-seed-funding-to-solve-rural-germanys-primary-care-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lillian-care.de\/en\/press-release\/lillian-care-raises-e2-4-million-in-pre-seed-funding-to-solve-rural-germanys-primary-care-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Lillian Care raises \u20ac2.4 Million in pre-seed funding to solve rural Germany\u2019s primary care shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The health\u00adca\u00adre start\u00adup will use its tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal exper\u00adti\u00adse and inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve ope\u00adra\u00adting model to estab\u00adlish hybrid pri\u00adma\u00adry care prac\u00adti\u00adces in under\u00adser\u00adved regi\u00adons.<\/li>\n<li>Lil\u00adli\u00adan Care\u2019s soft\u00adware plat\u00adform sup\u00adports data-dri\u00adven ali\u00adgnment of pro\u00adces\u00adses and cli\u00adni\u00adcal decis\u00adi\u00adons, redu\u00adces admi\u00adnis\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adve over\u00adhead in prac\u00adti\u00adces, impro\u00adves working con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons and enables cost savings for insu\u00adr\u00aders.<\/li>\n<li>The \u20ac2.4m pre-seed round was led by Nina Capi\u00adtal, the spe\u00adcia\u00adlist health\u00adca\u00adre and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy VC, and joi\u00adn\u00aded by Aes\u00adcu\u00advest, Cae\u00adsar Ven\u00adtures, OHA BTG, Calm\u00adstorm along\u00adside angel inves\u00adtors inclu\u00adding Bj\u00f6rn von Sie\u00admens, Wie\u00adland Som\u00admer, Inga Ber\u00adgen and Fre\u00add\u00adrik Debong. Sepa\u00adra\u00adte\u00adly, Lil\u00adli\u00adan Care also secu\u00adred a fur\u00adther \u20ac2.4m com\u00admit\u00adment from sel\u00adec\u00adted inves\u00adtors for their even\u00adtu\u00adal seed stage fun\u00adding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mon\u00adday 23 Octo\u00adber 2023 Hei\u00addel\u00adberg, Ger\u00adma\u00adny<\/strong> \u2013 Lil\u00adli\u00adan Care, a health\u00adca\u00adre tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy com\u00adpa\u00adny co-foun\u00added by seri\u00adal entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs and veterans of the Ger\u00adman health\u00adca\u00adre indus\u00adtry, today announ\u00adced it has rai\u00adsed \u20ac2.4 Mil\u00adli\u00adon in pre-seed fun\u00adding, with a pro\u00adjec\u00adted com\u00admit\u00adment of an addi\u00adtio\u00adnal \u20ac2.4m at seed stage, brin\u00adging total fun\u00adding com\u00admit\u00adments to \u20ac5m. The pre-seed invest\u00adment will go towards ensu\u00adring pri\u00adma\u00adry care deli\u00advery in under\u00adser\u00adved are\u00adas among a gro\u00adwing shorta\u00adge of gene\u00adral prac\u00adti\u00adtio\u00adners.<\/p>\n<p>The new invest\u00adment was led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nina.capital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nina Capi\u00adtal<\/a>, a spe\u00adcia\u00adli\u00adzed ven\u00adture capi\u00adtal firm with deep exper\u00adti\u00adse at the inter\u00adsec\u00adtion of health\u00adca\u00adre and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy. Inves\u00adtors who also par\u00adti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted in the round include Aes\u00adcu\u00advest, Cae\u00adsar Ven\u00adtures, OHA BTG, Calm\u00adstorm and pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal angels and suc\u00adcessful foun\u00adders such as Bj\u00f6rn von Sie\u00admens, Wie\u00adland Som\u00admer, Inga Ber\u00adgen and Fre\u00add\u00adrik Debong.<\/p>\n<p>Lil\u00adli\u00adan Care\u2019s plat\u00adform enables nur\u00adses to per\u00adform as the first point of phy\u00adsi\u00adcal cont\u00adact for out\u00adpa\u00adti\u00adents with health com\u00adplaints, per\u00adforming 60% of all tre\u00adat\u00adments with super\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon and sup\u00adport deli\u00adver\u00aded digi\u00adtal\u00adly by doc\u00adtors. This approach ensu\u00adres that doc\u00adtors are freed up to focus their time and atten\u00adti\u00adon on more com\u00adplex cases. Sup\u00adport\u00aded by the plat\u00adfor\u00adm\u2019s data-dri\u00adven ali\u00adgnment of pro\u00adces\u00adses and cli\u00adni\u00adcal decis\u00adi\u00adons, Lil\u00adli\u00adan Care pro\u00advi\u00addes qua\u00adli\u00adty medi\u00adcal care, a rein\u00adtro\u00adduc\u00adtion of local health\u00adca\u00adre to under\u00adser\u00adved com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties whe\u00adre prac\u00adti\u00adces have clo\u00adsed, and impro\u00adved working con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons for medi\u00adcal staff.<\/p>\n<p>This pre-seed fun\u00adding will see Lil\u00adli\u00adan Care grow its net\u00adwork of hybrid prac\u00adti\u00adces, tar\u00adge\u00adting a mar\u00adket- lea\u00adding posi\u00adti\u00adon by 2030, cemen\u00adting its repu\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon by deli\u00adve\u00adring high satis\u00adfac\u00adtion levels for pati\u00adents, nur\u00adses and phy\u00adsi\u00adci\u00adans while secu\u00adring value-based care con\u00adtracts with health insu\u00adr\u00aders. The fun\u00adding comes at a time when c.4,000 pri\u00adma\u00adry care phy\u00adsi\u00adci\u00adans\u2018 offices are alre\u00ada\u00addy unoc\u00adcu\u00adp\u00adied and affec\u00adted com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties and citi\u00adzens cle\u00adar\u00adly rea\u00adli\u00adze the rela\u00adted limi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons. Stu\u00addies pre\u00addict that 11,000 pri\u00adma\u00adry care phy\u00adsi\u00adci\u00adan seats will be unfil\u00adled by 2035, which will have serious con\u00adse\u00adquen\u00adces for Ger\u00adma\u00adny, whe\u00adre 40% of all coun\u00adties are affec\u00adted by phy\u00adsi\u00adci\u00adan shorta\u00adges. In respon\u00adse, regu\u00adla\u00adtors and health insu\u00adrance pro\u00advi\u00adders have intro\u00addu\u00adced new initia\u00adti\u00adves crea\u00adting strong tail\u00adwinds for the suc\u00adcess of Lil\u00adli\u00adan Care\u2019s inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve care model and net\u00adwork.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are buil\u00adding a net\u00adwork of hybrid pri\u00adma\u00adry care prac\u00adti\u00adces sup\u00adport\u00aded by a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsi\u00adve tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy stack that enables fast set\u00adup, stream\u00adli\u00adned work\u00adflows for inter\u00addi\u00adsci\u00adpli\u00adna\u00adry care teams and tele\u00adme\u00addi\u00adci\u00adne tre\u00adat\u00adments,\u201c said <strong>Linus Drop, foun\u00adder and chief exe\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adve offi\u00adcer of Lil\u00adli\u00adan Care<\/strong>. \u201eIn Ger\u00adma\u00adny, the shorta\u00adge of pri\u00adma\u00adry care phy\u00adsi\u00adci\u00adans is a con\u00adcern, espe\u00adci\u00adal\u00adly in rural are\u00adas. To ensu\u00adre medi\u00adcal care, we offer phy\u00adsi\u00adci\u00adans and nur\u00adses an inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve care model that takes into account the needs of modern pro\u00adfes\u00adsio\u00adnal care teams and takes inspi\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon from the les\u00adsons lear\u00adned by health\u00adca\u00adre sys\u00adtems inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Lil\u00adli\u00adan Care model repres\u00adents a dis\u00adrup\u00adti\u00adve inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon that aims to invol\u00adve nur\u00adses in the manage\u00adment of chro\u00adnic and elder\u00adly pati\u00adents, initi\u00adal\u00adly focu\u00adsing on rural are\u00adas and small cities, but with the poten\u00adti\u00adal for broa\u00adder appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon within the health\u00adca\u00adre sys\u00adtem. Such models are incre\u00adasing\u00adly reco\u00adgni\u00adzed as essen\u00adti\u00adal for ensu\u00adring the long-term sus\u00adtaina\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of health\u00adca\u00adre sys\u00adtems,\u201d said <strong>Marc Subi\u00adrats<\/strong>, a vete\u00adran of the tele\u00adhe\u00adalth indus\u00adtry and <strong>Gene\u00adral Part\u00adner at Nina Capi\u00adtal<\/strong>. \u201cLillian\u2019s adapt\u00ada\u00adti\u00adon to the Ger\u00adman situa\u00adti\u00adon is the best we have seen to pro\u00advi\u00adde clo\u00adse-to-home gene\u00adral prac\u00adti\u00adce ser\u00advices for an incre\u00adasing\u00adly under\u00adser\u00adved and age\u00ading socie\u00adty.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>International context<\/h2>\n<p>Nur\u00adses deli\u00adve\u00adring medi\u00adcal tre\u00adat\u00adment to impro\u00adve doc\u00adtor avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty and speed up pati\u00adent tre\u00adat\u00adment is an approach that has been used in the USA and Cana\u00adda sin\u00adce the 1960s. Sin\u00adce the start of the mill\u00aden\u00adni\u00adum this has gai\u00adned momen\u00adtum as the Net\u00adher\u00adlands, Aus\u00adtra\u00adlia, Ire\u00adland, New Zea\u00adland and Fin\u00adland have adopted this health\u00adca\u00adre approach, aut\u00adho\u00adri\u00adsing nur\u00adses to deli\u00adver medi\u00adcal tasks in pri\u00adma\u00adry care.<\/p>\n<p>Nota\u00adb\u00adly, Fin\u00adland has a com\u00adpa\u00adra\u00adble rural popu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon, wher\u00adeby 30 out of every 50 pati\u00adent visits is to a nur\u00adse, rather than a doc\u00adtor, incur\u00adring signi\u00adfi\u00adcant\u00adly lower health\u00adca\u00adre expen\u00addit\u00adu\u00adre (8.9% of GDP in Fin\u00adland, com\u00adpared to 11.1% in Ger\u00adma\u00adny).<\/p>\n<h2>Support<\/h2>\n<p>The Lil\u00adli\u00adan Care lea\u00adder\u00adship team has won influ\u00aden\u00adti\u00adal sup\u00adport\u00aders. One of them, Ulrich Wei\u00adgeldt, hono\u00adra\u00adry chair\u00adman of the Fami\u00adly Phy\u00adsi\u00adci\u00adans Asso\u00adcia\u00adti\u00adon, is con\u00advin\u00adced: \u201eThe Lil\u00adli\u00adan Care con\u00adcept can inspi\u00adre young phy\u00adsi\u00adci\u00adans to work as essen\u00adti\u00adal pri\u00adma\u00adry care phy\u00adsi\u00adci\u00adans in under\u00adser\u00adved regi\u00adons becau\u00adse they are reli\u00ade\u00adved of admi\u00adnis\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adve tasks, work from home on a dai\u00adly basis and team\u00adwork cha\u00adrac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adzes the col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon.\u201c<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:var(--awb-color3);border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Lil\u00adli\u00adan Care:<\/strong><br>\nLil\u00adli\u00adan Care is an inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve health\u00adca\u00adre com\u00adpa\u00adny that estab\u00adlishes hybrid prac\u00adti\u00adces for gene\u00adral medi\u00adci\u00adne throug\u00adhout Ger\u00adma\u00adny, thus ensu\u00adring high-qua\u00adli\u00adty medi\u00adcal tre\u00adat\u00adment clo\u00adse to home for ever\u00adyo\u00adne despi\u00adte the incre\u00adasing shorta\u00adge of doc\u00adtors. The com\u00adpa\u00adny was foun\u00added by Linus Drop, Dr. Flo\u00adri\u00adan Fuhr\u00admann, and Mar\u00adkus Lies\u00admann, who have many years of expe\u00adri\u00adence in various are\u00adas of Ger\u00adman and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal health\u00adca\u00adre. The name Lil\u00adli\u00adan Care is inspi\u00adred by Lil\u00adli\u00adan Wald, who is con\u00adside\u00adred the foun\u00adder of Ame\u00adri\u00adcan com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty care. With her hands-on and pro\u00adblem-sol\u00adving approach, she had a gre\u00adat influence on the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of health\u00adca\u00adre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Nina Capi\u00adtal:<\/strong><br>\nNina Capi\u00adtal is a spe\u00adcia\u00adli\u00adzed ven\u00adture capi\u00adtal firm inves\u00adt\u00ading exclu\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly at the inter\u00adsec\u00adtion of health\u00adca\u00adre and tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy. With an inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal out\u00adlook from their home base in Euro\u00adpe, Nina Capi\u00adtal seeds and sup\u00adports need-dri\u00adven foun\u00adders com\u00admit\u00adted to impro\u00adving health\u00adca\u00adre with the help of tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Cont\u00adact: <\/strong><br>\nLinus Drop<br>\nLil\u00adli\u00adan Care GmbH<br>\npress@lillian-care.de<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The health\u00adca\u00adre start\u00adup will use its tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal exper\u00adti\u00adse and inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve  [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lillian-care.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lillian-care.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lillian-care.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lillian-care.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lillian-care.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lillian-care.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lillian-care.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lillian-care.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lillian-care.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lillian-care.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}