What Flyinghealth does

Flying Health GmbH is a Berlin-based healthcare ecosystem and advisory firm founded in 2016 that operates a multi-module platform connecting digital health startups, pharmaceutical companies, MedTech firms, health IT vendors, health insurers, and healthcare providers across Germany and Europe. The company offers three core service modules: Flying Health Membership (a subscription-based community providing events, Jour Fixes, trend publications such as the DiGA Watchlist, communications support, and a job newsletter with 4,000+ subscribers), Flying Health Advisory (bespoke consulting mandates covering strategy, market access, M&A, and trend scouting), and Flying Health Data Ecosystem (matchmaking between healthcare stakeholders and data partners including Honic, medatixx, and smartpatient). Underpinning these modules is a curated Startup Database of 2,500+ healthcare startups and an optional Flying Health Studio for co-developed innovation projects.

The business is a hybrid of professional services and subscription community, monetized through membership fees and project-based advisory mandates, with no publicly disclosed pricing or revenue. Its go-to-market is sales-led for enterprise advisory and community-led for membership, leveraging content marketing (LinkedIn with 8,800+ followers and 400,000+ annual impressions), exclusive events (Fireside Chats, Insights Events), partner referrals, and thought-leadership publications. The firm evolved from an incubator supported by BMBF grant funding in 2016 into a broader ecosystem after Germany's Digital Healthcare Act (DVG) in 2019, and broadened its strategic focus to sustainability and demographics alongside digitalization in 2022.

Flying Health has delivered 150+ advisory projects, maintains relationships with 50+ partners across 9 countries, and is led by three co-Managing Directors (Dr. Philipp M. Freitag, Falk H. Miekley, Darius Niroumand) supported by two Principals and a small senior team. Anchor partners include Sana Kliniken AG, medatixx, AXA Deutschland, Teva, and Sanofi (joined December 2025). The company does not develop AI/ML products itself but advises on AI strategy in healthcare and has co-organized AI Innovation Days with Fraunhofer IKS. It remains privately held with no disclosed venture capital or private equity backing.

Name

Flyinghealth

Legal name

Flying Health GmbH

Website

https://flyinghealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Flying Health is a Berlin-based healthcare ecosystem and advisory firm that operates membership, consulting, and data collaboration modules connecting 50+ corporate partners with 2,500+ digital health startups across Germany and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Consulting Services

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Health Access & Social Care Innovations (Community Health, Telehealth for Underserved) (BPAGALAG)

Keywords

• Healthcare ecosystem services
• Healthcare advisory consulting
• Digital health strategy
• Healthcare innovation network
• Medical startup database

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Flying Health Membership: Subscription-based membership providing ecosystem access, events, communications, trend insights, Jour Fixes, job newsletter, and member benefits. Sold to startups, corporates, and healthcare stakeholders seeking network access and strategic knowledge.
2. Flying Health Advisory: Individual consulting mandates covering strategy & innovation, business development, market access, trend & startup scouting, M&A & PMI, and visibility & positioning. Projects are typically bespoke, sold directly to enterprise clients.
3. Flying Health Data Ecosystem: Advisory and matchmaking services connecting healthcare stakeholders with data partners (Honic, medatixx, smartpatient) for health data projects, market landscape analyses, use case identification, and data project execution.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Flying Health operates a healthcare innovation ecosystem structured around three core service modules: Flying Health Membership (network access with events, trends, communications, and a job board), Flying Health Advisory (bespoke consulting in strategy, business development, market access, M&A, and trend scouting for healthcare corporates), and Flying Health Data Ecosystem (advisory and matchmaking connecting stakeholders with health data partners such as Honic, medatixx, and smartpatient). The company also runs an innovation studio for healthcare solution development and maintains a curated proprietary database of over 2,500 healthcare startups.

Product overview

Flying Health is a multi-module ecosystem platform for healthcare innovation consisting of Flying Health Membership (ecosystem access with events, insights, communications, and job board services), Flying Health Advisory (comprehensive consulting services), Flying Health Data Ecosystem (health data collaboration with curated partners), Flying Health Studio (innovation development from concept to launch), and a Startup Database (networking tool connecting over 2,500 curated startups with ecosystem partners). These modules work together to connect healthcare startups, corporates, and stakeholders for digital transformation, sustainability, and demographic challenges.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 50+ industry partners engaged across 9 countries
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and major.

• Stiftung GesundheitminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026The non-profit Stiftung Gesundheit (Hamburg) joined the ecosystem in May 2026 as an independent voice in the healthcare landscape, focusing on quality and transparency in healthcare.
• ggma (Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsmarktanalyse)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2026ggma joined the ecosystem in May 2026, providing data-driven sales and marketing decision support for healthcare with 800,000+ healthcare provider records, enabling granular segmentation, surveys, and CRM data services.
• SanoficoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2025Sanofi joined the Flying Health ecosystem in December 2025 as a member. Sanofi focuses on digital health, vaccines, and ecosystem approaches to improving vaccination rates in Germany, working with Flying Health to find partners across public and private sectors.
• MediPulseminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2025MediPulse joined the ecosystem in November 2025. The company specializes in digital practice management with a digital CFO approach, supporting larger medical centers and practices in becoming future-ready.
• Kiso HealthminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2025Kiso Health, a Charité spin-off, joined the ecosystem in May 2025. The company develops digital therapy for schizophrenia and is working toward reimbursement and inclusion in standard care.
• HoniccoreTechnology or IntegrationHonic provides a GDPR-compliant research platform for medical health data analysis, enabling targeted aggregation and cross-silo combination of quality-tested real-world data (RWD) for specific use cases such as lab data and prescription data analysis.
• medatixxcoreTechnology or Integrationmedatixx provides the x.panel, enabling daily updated and longitudinal analysis of outpatient care data from >2,000 doctors throughout Germany, supporting insights into care routines and patient journeys.
• smartpatientcoreTechnology or Integrationsmartpatient Insights provides deep patient behavior understanding through a GDPR-compliant panel of >10 million patients, offering longitudinal data on medication, ePROs, and custom data panels for healthcare stakeholders.
• Sana Kliniken AGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing strategic partner since 2016; Flying Health and Sana Digital operate a joint Corporate Lab in Berlin. Flying Health supports Sana's digital transformation, innovation pipeline development, and strategic advisory across multiple years.
• Liva HealthcaremajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlying Health supported Liva Healthcare's market entry strategy and sales strategy for the German healthcare market, providing market analysis and decision-making guidance.
• HelloBettermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlying Health's expert matching connected HelloBetter with pharma partner Teva ratiopharm and introduced them to their lead investor. Flying Health also supported DiGA strategy development, resulting in two successfully launched DiGAs.
• Teva / ratiopharmmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTeva (via its Health Innovation Space) partnered with Flying Health for trend scouting and innovation strategy. Flying Health also facilitated the partnership between Teva ratiopharm and HelloBetter for DiGA chronic pain.
• AXA DeutschlandmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership for digital care pathways (Digitale Versorgungspfade), innovation management, and advisory on KHZG funding. AXA is a long-standing member of the Flying Health ecosystem.
• PVS Westfalen-Nord GmbHminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlying Health supported the development of a new digital health business model through a two-scenario proposal and business plan (Business Plan 2.0) for the German health insurance market.
• OncobitminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlying Health provided market entry guidance and positioned Oncobit within the German GKV landscape, enabling connections with health insurers and setting the foundation for market placement.
• Fraunhofer IKScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlying Health co-organized AI Innovation Days with Fraunhofer IKS, bringing together healthcare stakeholders to develop AI solutions. Projects include predictive AI-based workforce management for hospitals.
• medatixx GmbH & Co. KGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing strategic partner; Flying Health supported market analysis, decision-making, and the founding of a dedicated future topics division within medatixx. Flying Health also facilitates integration of digital solutions into medatixx's practice software.
• vfa (Verband forschender Arzneimittelhersteller)majorGTM or Marketing PartnerFlying Health provides the customized DiGA Watchlist for vfa members, keeping them informed on digital health application developments and their relevance for the pharma market.
• Schwester Euthymia FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlying Health supported the development of an innovative and sustainable IT strategy for hospital grant applications related to the Hospital Future Act (KHZG).
• Tuotempo (a docplanner company)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlying Health supported market analysis and decision-making for Tuotempo's international expansion into the German healthcare market.
• GreenTec Capital (GreenTec Dialysis)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGreenTec Capital / GreenTec Dialysis, a green health startup, joined the ecosystem for direct access to new contacts and partnerships, enabling relationship building with established companies and startups.
• imito AGminorStrategic or Co-development Partnerimito AG uses the Flying Health Job Newsletter and Job Board to reach the right digital health talent audience, gaining additional visibility for their vacancies in the healthcare sector.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• HIMSS: Global not-for-profit organization focused on health information and technology, with extensive thought leadership, events, and ecosystem programs. Overlaps with Flying Health as a broader healthcare digitalization ecosystem and knowledge platform.
• McKinsey & Company (Healthcare Practice): Global management consultancy with one of the deepest healthcare practices, serving pharma, payers, and providers on digital transformation. Flying Health competes for some of the same digital health advisory mandates — particularly with pharma and insurance clients — but at a meaningfully different scale.
• Roland Berger: Munich-headquartered strategy consultancy with a strong healthcare practice active across pharma, MedTech, and digital health. Direct geographic and segment overlap with Flying Health for German and European healthcare strategy work.
• EIT Health: Pan-European public-private partnership backed by the EU that builds a healthcare innovation network across academia, industry, and startups across Germany and broader Europe. Comparable as a healthcare innovation ecosystem operator, though with a public-sector mandate.
• BCG (Boston Consulting Group) Healthcare: Global strategy consultancy with one of the largest healthcare practices, including active digital health, biopharma, and payer advisory. Overlaps with Flying Health in strategy and innovation advisory for pharma and insurers.
• Bain & Company (Healthcare): Top-tier global consultancy with dedicated healthcare and digital health practices serving pharma, payers, and providers. Comparable in healthcare strategy, M&A, and digital transformation advisory mandates.

Direct peers

• StartUp Health: Global digital health-focused ecosystem and community that connects startups, investors, and industry partners through membership and curated programs. The most direct international analog to Flying Health's mission-built digital health ecosystem model.
• Plug and Play Tech Centers (Health Vertical): Innovation platform running corporate-partner programs including a health vertical that connects enterprise healthcare partners (pharma, payers, providers) with curated digital health startups. Directly comparable on the curated-startup-database and corporate-introduction value proposition.
• Startupbootcamp Digital Health: Global accelerator program specifically targeting digital health startups, with a Berlin presence and corporate partner network. Directly comparable on the digital-health-startup-focused ecosystem and corporate-matching model.

Regional players

• Health Innovation Hub (hih): Germany-based healthcare innovation hub established by the German Federal Ministry of Health to drive digital health transformation by connecting startups with the healthcare system. Closest German public-sector analog to Flying Health's bridge-between-startups-and-system mandate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments2 records

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