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Exakt Health is a Berlin, Germany-based digital health company that develops a mobile application providing customized rehabilitation and prevention plans for sports injuries. The platform functions as a certified European medical device, offering adaptive exercise routines reviewed by licensed physiotherapists to help runners and athletes manage their physical therapy recovery without experiencing long wait times. Operating with a business model that plans to generate revenue through health insurance provider prescriptions, the enterprise has raised $500,000 in seed venture capital funding. To date, the application has built a user base of 200,000 individuals across the United States, the United Kingdom, and European markets. Exakt Health is backed by venture capital firm Inventures.vc and several angel investors, including N26 co-founder Maximilian Tayenthal and former N26 executive Nicolas Kopp. The company was founded in 2021 by Philip Billaudelle and Lucia Payo.
Exakt Health has raised $4.9M across 3 funding rounds.
Exakt Health has raised $4.9M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Exakt Health has raised $4.9M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Exakt Health's investors include Barmenia Next Strategies, BackBone Ventures, Creandum, Possible Ventures, Stash Ventures, Gloria Baeuerlein, Kelly Ford, Paul Veugen, Stewart Butterfield, Tuomas Artman, 468 Capital, STS Ventures.
Exakt Health has raised $4.9M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $2.3M Seed in September 2024.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2024 | $2.3M Seed | Barmenia Next Strategies | — | Announced |
| Mar 1, 2022 | $2M Seed | — | BackBone Ventures, Creandum, Possible Ventures, Stash Ventures, Gloria Baeuerlein, Kelly Ford, Paul Veugen, Stewart Butterfield, Tuomas Artman | Announced |
| Mar 1, 2021 | $590K Seed | — | 468 Capital, BackBone Ventures, Creandum, Possible Ventures, Stash Ventures, STS Ventures, Frank Freund, Gloria Baeuerlein, Kelly Ford, Paul Veugen, Stewart Butterfield, Tuomas Artman | Announced |
Exakt Health is a Berlin-based digital health startup founded in 2021 that builds an app-based platform for sports injury diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.[1][2] It serves athletes and healthcare users—such as customers of insurers like Barmenia—with personalized, AI-driven rehabilitation plans featuring adaptive exercises reviewed by licensed physiotherapists, addressing the limitations of static training programs.[1] The company has raised $4.21M in seed funding, including a $2.21M round about four months ago (around August 2024), signaling strong early growth with a Mosaic Score up +225 points recently.[1]
This solves key problems in sports health by making expert physiotherapy accessible, cost-effective, and preventive anywhere, via dynamic AI plans that adapt to users' fitness, injury risks, and progress—replicating professional coaching for runners from beginners to pros.[1]
Exakt Health emerged in 2021 from Berlin, Germany, with CEO and co-founder Philip Billaudelle at the helm, backed by his team's years of experience in physiotherapy and health tech.[1][2] The idea stemmed from a need to digitize and democratize sports injury care, making diagnosis and therapy available "for everyone, anywhere" through an app that combines AI, adaptive exercises, and physiotherapist oversight.[1][2] Early traction included seed funding from investors like ESB Invest, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund, BackBone Ventures, Possible Ventures, and Beta-i, with pivotal moments like the September 2024 launch of AI running plans integrated with Barmenia health insurance for 300,000 customers—praised by Barmenia's Managing Director for the team's scientific approach and proven effectiveness.[1][2]
Exakt Health rides the wave of digital health and AI personalization in Europe's booming health tech sector, where post-pandemic demand for remote physiotherapy and preventive care surges amid aging populations and active lifestyles.[1][3] Timing aligns with 2024 funding upticks—its recent round featured in EU-Startups' weekly roundups—fueled by market forces like insurer adoption (e.g., Barmenia) and AI advancements enabling scalable coaching.[1][3] It influences the ecosystem by pioneering preventive sports health, reducing injury burdens on healthcare systems and inspiring similar AI-health integrations, particularly in Germany’s startup hub.
Exakt Health is poised for expansion with its AI running plans and insurer tie-ups driving user growth beyond 300,000 via Barmenia, potentially targeting more EU markets and pro-athlete segments.[1] Trends like AI-health convergence and wearable data integration will shape its path, amplifying adaptive rehab amid rising fitness app adoption. Its influence may evolve from seed innovator to category leader, scaling preventive care globally—exemplifying how targeted digital health startups like Exakt Health transform accessible wellness from niche to essential.[1]
