The mission behind Kind is to bring the benefits of modern and safe communication technology to various healthcare institutions. With the app, the users can send messages, share knowledge and prepare their clients. Additionally. the doctors can follow up on their patients after surgery via the app. Such communication is done in an analogue way nowadays, and the Kind team aim to make it digital, easy and secure.

Having released the first version of the product this year, the eHealth startup started having paying customers in Sweden. However, it is also planning to expand internationally and to tailor the Kind app for global health providers.

Read more about the app and rebranding here.

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“We released the first version of the product last year. We are still in the early phase, but where we planned to be”, says CEO Charlotta Tönsgård to Rapidus

Engaging Care has developed a cloud based platform which enables better communication and knowledge sharing between healthcare providers and patients. Through its platform doctors can chat with their patients and share information about the care, as well as follow up after treatments or surgery in a secure way. Their aim is to digitalize interaction between staff and patients, which is still held in an analogue way. In addition, DocMJ wants to ensure that medical cannabis recertifications are not delayed after Hurricane Ian.

Their mission is:

“In order to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow, we must take assistance from technology to scale healthcare exponentially. Our mission is to provide superpowers to the healthcare heroes and bespoke care for the individual.”

Engaging Care is now planning to adapt to global market during this year.

“Our product can be applied to all healthcare where there is a relationship between patient and advisor”, says Charlotta.

Engaging Care was founded in 2017 by Charlotta Tönsgård together with Annica Carnbring Belfrage. Although Charlotta is the single largest owner and majority owner together with Annica, they have already completed two investment rounds. The first round, pre-seed round, was closed in July 2018 and they raised € 800,000 from various investors including Spotify veteran Sophia Bendz, Hampus Jakobsson, Erik Byrenius and Nordic Web Ventures. Following it, this April, they have raised € 2.5 million. This round was led by Connect Ventures and Crowberry Capital.

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The Malmö-based e-health company’s goal is to provide a platform for patients of chronic illnesses as well as their loved ones and doctors. By analysing the patient’s health history, an individual treatment program can be tailored for those who wish to improve their health. The company’s focus now is on helping obese people who have undergone surgery with Aspire method to transition to a healthy lifestyle. The finished product is expected to be launched in the beginning of next year.

The core of the service is an engagement platform that provides advice from healthcare professionals about various topics such as managing  nutrition, exercise, sleep and stress. Engaging Care has already attempted teaming up with Alien Interactive to use its existing platform. Alien Interactive has great expertise in developing web-based platforms. The collaboration however, ended quickly as Engaging Care was in need of a platform that was personalised for its services specifically.

Engaging Care is now partnering with Trialbee, a company operating in Malmö as well. Trialbee is a software company that specialises in advancing clinical research by providing a platform for all stakeholders in the clinical trial process to communicate effectively. Their services include online patient recruitment, online feasability evaluation and study retention that prevents patient drop outs from trials.

„Trialbee are skilled at managing personal health data and large development projects. We create synergies and customer value by working across sectors.” – explains Annica Carnbring Belfrage, CEO and Co-founder of Engaging Care on 8tillse.

Engaging Care is also forming partnership with other organisations in the healthcare industry, including Ola Jansson, Lunda Company Mindful Eating Center and HiQ.

„I am pleased to be able to take advantage of the main competencies in various fields. We want to help our users to an engagement that leads to a permanent lifestyle change over time. Engagement must permeate the entire company and we do that best by working together and taking advantage of our best skills.” – says Annica Carnbring Belfrage.

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Investment

Now, Engaging Care receives an investment from Peter Jungbeck, founder of the worldwide florist chain Euroflorist, and changes name from eDiabeat to Engaging Care in order to advance in additionally healthcare areas. The exact sum of the investment has not yet been announced, but Annica Carnbring Belfrage, Co-Founder and CEO of Engaging Care, reveals that the company will be valued to € 1.6 millions after the investment.

The money will be used to launch the finished product in Sweden in the early autumn. After that, the company will target to international markets. The prospective countries are not yet decided, but Annica Carnbring Belfrage says that the US and the Middle East are possible markets for the future. The products will also be developed to include additionally care areas.

”We will start with overweight, obesity and diabetes, but we predict a scalability of Engaging Care. In the future, the company can be extended to osteoarthritis and mental illness, or in fact wherever there is a need for more support and commitment among patients”, says Annica Carnbring Belfrage.

Engaging Care’s service

To start using Engaging Care’s platform, one has to fill out a form with basic questions about their health. Based on the answers, an eight-week program will be presented, which will provides both knowledge of the disease and give the person the motivation to change their lifestyle. Furthermore, caregivers can keep track of their patients and then adjust the individual care.

“We use a technology platform that has previously been used to create engagement and change behavior among employees at different companies”, says Annica Carnbring Belfrage.

The beta version of Engaging Care’s product was launched last fall and tested on barely a hundred diabetic patients and their relatives. At the same time the company won the Venture Cup Southern Region in the category of human and society, but under the name eDiabeat. Engaging Care’s product will be ready for launch this fall.

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