In Europe’s chronic-care landscape, where long-term conditions quietly drain patient wellbeing and national budgets, Oska Health is pushing forward a model that rewires how care is delivered in the real world, not just inside clinics. Its newly secured €11 million Seed round, led by Capricorn Partners and SwissHealth Ventures, the investment arm of insurer CSS. The round saw participation from Revent, Calm Storm, LBBW Venture Capital, BMH, GoHub Ventures and Aurum Impact.
The company plans to expand its team, strengthen its technology, and work more deeply with insurer and physician networks.
A model built to tackle chronic conditions
Millions in Europe live with multiple chronic conditions, CKD, diabetes, and hypertension, yet most struggle between doctor visits. Lifestyle changes rarely stick, medication routines break down, and complications rise. Oska Health steps directly into this gap.
Founded in 2022 in Frankfurt am Main by Niklas Best, Claudia Ehmke, and Dr. Malte Waldeck, the team brings deep expertise from healthcare leaders like Fresenius Medical Care and DaVita. With an additional office in London and certification as a medical device, Oska Health is now positioned to scale a care model tailored to the chronic-care crisis Europe can no longer ignore.
The company blends trained health coaches with intelligent care delivery to support multimorbid patients at scale. Coaches work through video calls, chat, and a dedicated therapy app to translate physicians’ instructions into everyday habits. This close guidance reduces avoidable hospitalisations and helps patients build lasting health literacy.
Oska’s rise reflects a broader truth. The future of chronic care won’t be built solely in hospitals, but it will be shaped in kitchens, workplaces, and daily routines.
A system that fits around physicians
A standout feature of Oska’s model is its seamless integration with existing medical practice. Physicians keep full therapeutic responsibility, and importantly, no extra software or workflow changes are required. This simplicity has helped Oska secure partnerships with more than 20 statutory health insurance funds in Germany, making the service free for insured members.
For insurers, the logic is clear. Chronic diseases account for around 70% of Germany’s healthcare spending, and current systems struggle to address daily behavior change. Oska offers a pathway to lower complications and long-term costs.
“Oska Health is tackling a structural bottleneck in how healthcare is delivered to chronically ill patients,” says Antoine D’Hollander, Investment Director at Belgian VC fund Capricorn Partners. “Over the past years, the team has built an impressive track record in partnering with health insurance funds that use Oska to organize continuous care for chronically ill patients in a medically meaningful and economically sustainable way.”
“Chronic diseases cannot be managed in isolated doctor visits – they are decided in everyday life,” says Niklas Best, CEO and co-founder of Oska Health. “We combine human support with AI to close this gap. Our technology supports our coaches, reduces administrative burden, and makes high-quality chronic care scalable.”
“For us, it is crucial that care has an impact where it has been least effective so far – between doctor visits,” says Markus Rommel, Principal at SwissHealth Ventures. “Oska Health has developed a compelling and scalable model to achieve exactly that.”
German VC-firm Revent and its General Partner Otto Birnbaum, experienced early-stage investors in healthtech ventures among others, draw a similar picture. “We have backed Oska Health for over two years now and are thrilled to see their growth rate of >8x, proving what a significant issue they are addressing. We are convinced that their AI-enabled coaching will help not only the millions of people suffering from chronic disease, but our strained health system as a whole.”
