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Sidekick Health
Patient-centric digital health platform
- 101-200 employees
- Healthcare
- B2C
- Personal health
- SaaS
- MedTech
- Kórar, Kópavogur
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Company mission
Sidekick's mission is to explore ways to prevent chronic illnesses and help patients already suffering from such diseases to better manage them.
Our take
Preventing and managing chronic diseases can be a difficult, costly and intimidating process. Sidekick Health's digital care platform solves this problem by making preventing and living with chronic diseases more manageable.
Sidekick Health offers a gamified care experience, with users receiving digital nudges from a cartoon helper in order to encourage them to make healthier choices. These included reminders to take medication or exercise regularly. The app is largely targeted towards those suffering from chronic illnesses, such as diabetes, and was developed by two experienced medical doctors. This expertise has allowed Sidekick to offer high-quality, targeted support to users.
Sidekick Health has managed to differentiate itself from other players in the medtech market by also catering to users with two or more conditions. Its game element sets it apart even further, and drives user engagement. This will be a vital element of the company's success as it continues to expand.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company values
- We work hard to understand our users’ pain points and to create solutions that improve their lives
- We own our roles and are empowered leaders
- We hire and develop world-class team members
- We innovate and push forward like it’s the first day of our journey
- We actively seek, and give, diverse perspectives and feedback
- We know that innovation is not only about ideas, but also operational excellence
- We are a fun and healthy workplace
- We pledge to actively foster diversity, equity, and inclusion
- We are environmentally and socially responsible
Funding (last 2 of 15 rounds)
Dec 2022
$11.3m
SERIES B
May 2022
$55m
SERIES B
Total funding: $99.4m
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Leadership
Tryggvi Thorgeirsson
(CEO)Previously worked as a Chief Resident Physician at Landspitali University Hospital, and is a Lecturer at both the University of Iceland and Harvard.
Saemundur Oddsson
(Chief Medical Officer)Previously worked as a Medical Doctor at Sahlgrenska University Hospital.