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As the year 2025 begins, Big Tech, major healthcare companies, leading VCs, and large-scale startups are joining forces to accelerate HealthTech adoption, while legacy player Dedalus is up for sale.

  • Big VCs are partnering with big Tech and big Pharma.

 

  • Kaiser Permanente is building the post-EHR era.
     

  • The sale of Dedalus: A new era for hospital IT in Europe?

  • New developments in AI agents in healthcare emerge every week.

January 2025

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Hippocratic AI, backed by leading VC General Catalyst, just announced the launch of an AI agent App store for healthcare, while securing a $141M series B at a $1.6B valuation.

  • The silver bullet: Clinicians are in the driver’s seat.

  • AI agent ecosystems might leapfrog many existing solutions on the market.

  • Hospitals stuck in a rigid, monolithic EHR system risk missing the train.

  • In 2025, we’ll see whether AI agents truly have transformative potential or if they’re just hype.​

January 2025

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Lessons learned from 2024 instead of predictions for 2025.

​Top 3 events of 2024 (personal opinion):

  • Hippocratic AI & Tsinghua AI Hospital – AI healthcare agents launched by Hippocratic AI with NVIDIA, while Tsinghua introduced an AI-powered hospital.

 

  • AI Scribes by Doctolib & Others – Doctolib and others deployed AI scribes to automate medical documentation.

 

  • CompuGroup Goes Private – Leading European EHR provider CompuGroup transitioned to private ownership

December 2024

Meet the Network

Decentralized

HGM Advisory operates as a decentralized network, activating the relevant experts for each project. Below, you'll find the key members of our network, many of whom run their own consulting firms.

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Founder

Thomas Hagemeijer

With a background in management consulting, Thomas spent the last 5+ years working on HealthTech projects across the whole ecosystem. He is also investing in early stage HealthTech start-ups with the Springboard Health Angels, a business angel group based in Berlin. He is a sought after speaker and an ambassador of HLTH Europe, the leading HealthTech conference in Europe and ambassador of the HBI conference, focusing ont PE & Healthcare. 

Management consulting

HealthTech strategy

HealthTech investing

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Dr. Johanna

Ludwig

Johanna is an orthopaedic trauma surgeon and healthcare professional specialising in digital health innovation. With an MSc in Surgical Science and Practice from Oxford, she focuses on healthcare technology, human factors, and leadership. She has contributed to improving medical education and patient care through advanced educational strategies and digital healthcare solutions, and is involved in evaluating digital health applications to optimise patient outcomes.

(Digital) surgery

Educational strategies

Healthcare leadership

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Jorge Juan Fernández García

Jorge is currently the Chief Innovation Officer at Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, where he leads the strategic innovation agenda across a globally top-ranked hospital network. He is also a Venture Partner at Nina Capital, supporting health tech startups in scaling impactful solutions. Previously, Jorge served as Director of Innovation at EIT Health, overseeing a portfolio of over 140 large-scale projects across Europe to accelerate healthcare innovation.

Hospital Innovation

Venture Capital

European startup ecosystems

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Gaurav

Dular, MD

Gaurav Dular, a physician by training, is a seasoned leader in corporate business development and M&A. As Global Head and VP at Werfen, he directed the $2 billion acquisition of Immucor, reported to the CFO and Board, and built a team of nine with a €4 million budget. He also launched Werfen’s Corporate Venture Fund, investing in leading diagnostics firms. Gaurav holds an MBA from UC San Diego and an MD from RWTH Aachen University.

M&A

Diagnostics

Corporate Venturing

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Fabian 

Binöder

Fabian is a healthcare and life sciences expert specializing in turnaround, transaction, and transformation advisory. As Managing Director at FTI-Andersch, he provides top-level consulting to executives. He is also an advisor and board member for multiple startups and an active HealthTech investor. Previously, he was a Director and management team member at EY-Parthenon, where he led strategy, optimization, restructuring, and M&A for the DACH healthcare sector.

M&A and Transactions

Healthcare investments

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Katie

Baca-Motes

Katie is a leading consultant in digital health and clinical research, known for driving large-scale initiatives. As co-founder of the Scripps Research Digital Trials Center, she launched projects like DETECT and the PowerMom Consortium, advancing COVID-19 and maternal health research. She specializes in securing funding, strategic partnerships, and scaling health solutions, with expertise in decentralized trials, patient engagement, and health equity.

Decentralised trials

Patient engagement

Health equity

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Andreas

Schmidt (PhD.)

Dr. Andreas Schmidt is an entrepreneurial biotech leader with extensive experience across Asia, the US, and Europe. As Senior Vice President at Singleron Biotechnologies, he led the acquisition of Proteona in 2022, where he was previously CEO and founder. He is also Managing Director of Springboard Health Angels and Managing Partner at Schmidt Deng Ventures, focusing on acquisitions, investments, and bridging biotech innovation between Asia and Europe.

BioTech innovation

Precision medicine

Venture Capital

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Anne Margo Reintsema, MD

Anne Margo, a physician with an MBA from INSEAD, began her career as a gynecology resident at OLVG (NL). She transitioned into strategy consulting with Bain & Company and later at The Parthenon Group. She then served as Head of Medical Management at Schön Klinik in Germany. Currently, she is the MD of AMG Companions GmbH, her healthcare consultancy, and serves on various boards of innovative healthcare companies.

Chief Medical Officer

Management Consulting

Healthcare Delivery Innovation

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Aude

Nyadanu

Aude, a PhD graduate from École Polytechnique and ENS, has a strong background in healthcare innovation. She led projects at AP-HP, Europe’s leading health system, and contributed to multiple initiatives with the French Minister of Health to advance policy and innovation. She is now the founder and managing director of Lowpital, a boutique consultancy dedicated to transforming healthcare through innovation. She also teaches at HEC and CentraleSupélec.

Female leadership

Healthcare system innovation

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Alberta

Spreafico

Alberta is SVP of Health Innovation at EVERSANA, driving global initiatives. She directs the Digital Health Policy Summit at Frontiers Health and advises on European health data policy. An Adjunct Professor at the University of Pavia and Academic Fellow at SDA Bocconi, she has contributed to NASA’s Benefits for Humanity programs and UN health initiatives. A TEDx speaker, she champions digital health and policy innovation.

Policy innovation

Healthcare System Innovation

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Joscha Hofferbert

Joscha, a Psychology and Neuroscience graduate with over 10 years in healthcare innovation, specializes in strategic and operational development. He co-founded Hacking Health Berlin, a non-profit for healthcare innovation, and Vision Health Pioneers, an incubator for early-stage healthcare startups. As Founder and Managing Director of Healthcore Studios, he leads innovation strategies for startups, corporations, and healthcare institutions.

Strategy & operations

Start-up ecosystem

Healthcare innovation

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Dr. Ariel Dora

Stern

Ariel is the Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Digital Health, Economics, and Policy at the Hasso Plattner Institute and a Full Professor at the University of Potsdam. Previously, she was on the Harvard Business School faculty (2014-2024) as a Hellman Faculty Fellow and held the Poronui Associate Professorship in Business Administration. Her research centers on technology management and innovation in health care, utilizing econometrics and data science.

Digital Health Professorship

HealthTech regulation

Health Care Economics

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Lina 

Behrens

Lina is currently leading Strategy & Content at HLTH Europe. She has served as a board member of the German Economics Ministry’s Digital Advisory Board and the German Startup Foundation. She began her career at BCG before moving to Colombia to work with Polymath Ventures, focusing on startup ecosystems. She later became the Managing Director at Flying Health, driving healthcare innovation, before transitioning to her current role.

Management Consulting

European Health Innovation

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Luisa

Wasilewski

Luisa is the Founder & Managing Director of Pulsewave, a boutique strategy consultancy for digital health. She began her career in strategy consulting at Capgemini Invent, later driving venture development at Heartbeat Labs. As Managing Director of Brainwave Hub, she led the digital arm of an investment firm. An advisor to startups, she also authored "Digitaler Puls", a book on HealthTech innovation. She is also a business Angel at the Springboard Health Angels.

Venture Capital

Strategy Consulting

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Frederic

Ohayon

Frederic is a seasoned leader in innovation, with expertise in digital & AI transformation & customer experience. He served as Innovation Director at One Clinic, an innovative primary & specialty care chain in France, and held senior roles at the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca in innovation and digital strategy. Previously, he was a Senior Manager at EY-Parthenon. He is now an advisor, speaker and lecturer on Innovation & digital transformation. 

Healthcare Innovation Strategy

Management Consulting

Our services

New HealthTech
business models

Business Model Canvas

Developing innovative HealthTech business models for Pharma, MedTech, and other healthcare corporations, aimed at generating new revenue streams and creating effective go-to-market strategies for the digital economy.

HealthTech reports, scouting & Due-Diligence

Due Diligence

Assisting (corporate) investors, Venture Capitalists and Private Equity in navigating the dynamic and complex HealthTech landscape by identifying the right targets and conducting strategic due diligence to support investments or acquisitions.

HealthTech trainings, sparring & workshops

Training

The transformative potential of HealthTech is often misunderstood, particularly at senior levels. Sparring sessions, trainings, and workshops can help upskill everyone to fully leverage the benefits of HealthTech.

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