Rotterdam Healthcare Startup Ditto Secures €7.6 Million for European Expansion
Ditto, a patient-facing healthcare app based in Rotterdam, raised €7.6 million to expand across Europe. Heal Capital led the round, with participation from Optiverder and Rubio Impact Ventures.
The app addresses a practical problem: patients often leave medical consultations without retaining what they were told, particularly when receiving difficult news. Ditto lets patients record a consultation or photograph a doctor's letter, then generates a clear summary within minutes.
The summaries can be translated into English, Turkish, or Arabic and shared securely with family members. The app stores no data centrally, addressing privacy concerns common in healthcare technology.
Nearly 100,000 people have downloaded the app since its summer 2025 launch. The Dutch Patients' Federation has endorsed it, and health insurer Menzis recommended it to all policyholders. Ditto won the 2026 Dutch National Healthcare Innovation Award.
The company will use the funding for European expansion and new features, including pre-consultation question guides and a visual care journey tool for patients and their families.
The Team
Ditto was founded by Tobias Polak, who holds a PhD in biostatistics and previously worked at Erasmus MC and myTomorrows; Bart Voorn, former Head of R&D AI and Robotics at Ahold Delhaize; and Merlijn van Breugel, a PhD candidate in AI and pediatric lung diseases and former Lead Data Scientist at Rewire.
Polak said: "We are fundamentally turning the thinking in healthcare around: starting not with the institution, but with the patient. Our ambition is for all Europeans to better understand their care journey at the most vulnerable moments in life."
Dr. Lucas Mittelmeier at Heal Capital said: "Ditto builds the equivalent for patients, and its traction proves they have hit a nerve. We believe this will become the European platform for how people navigate their care."
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