Medispa srl

What Medispa srl does

Medispa srl is an Italian private limited company founded in 2008 and headquartered in Milan, operating an IoT-based wellness management platform branded as iCare and the adjacent Prevention Suite. The platform interfaces with 70+ certified medical devices to deliver 30+ checkup types across four categories (Nutrition & fitness, Prevention, Skin, Posture), processing 150,000+ to 200,000+ checkups annually and generating 100,000+ cumulative wellness records. Technology components include a proprietary Device Manager for IoT device orchestration, algorithm-driven checkup pipelines (including computer-vision pattern recognition for skin/scalp analysis), an open-source architecture with API interoperability, and blockchain-secured data handling within the Prevention Suite.

The company's commercial model is a B2B hardware-plus-software offering sold primarily to community pharmacies in Italy, Spain, and Portugal, with secondary segments in retail and corporate welfare programs. Revenue is generated through one-time hardware sales across six configurations (Totem, Box, Tablet, Laptop, Desktop, Horizontal/Vertical Totem variants), bundled recurring platform access with monthly checkup updates, and professional services for prevention days organized by a coordinated network of ~800 specialized operators. iCare obtained CE Class I medical certification in January 2018 (with CE Class II certified devices) and operates under GDPR-compliant end-to-end encryption.

The company is founder-led (Alessandro Nizardo Chailly) with 1-10 direct employees and no disclosed institutional capital beyond a 2016 regional grant from Regione Autonoma della Sardegna. Distribution runs through direct enterprise sales and a channel of 1,000+ pharmacy partners, supported by a consumer-facing mobile app (PreventIt) for booking, video consulting, and ongoing wellness monitoring.

Name

Medispa srl

Legal name

Medispa srl

Website

https://my-icare.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Medispa srl is an Italian IoT wellness platform (iCare) that integrates 70+ medical devices to deliver 30+ preventive health checkups across 1,000+ pharmacy, retail, and corporate wellness customers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IoT Wellness Management Platform

NAICS

Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Connected Medical Devices & Wearables (Sensors, Patches, Implantables) (HLACAPAB)

Keywords

• Iot wellness platform
• Preventive health monitoring
• Pharmacy health checkups
• Corporate wellness programs
• Medical device integration

Headquarters

HQ city

Milan

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales: Sale of iCare totem hardware configurations including I-Care Box, Tablet, Laptop, Desktop, Totem Horizontal, and Totem Vertical. Hardware is configured with integrated medical devices and software platform.
2. Software/Platform Services: Monthly updates to the platform including integration of new checkups. Platform access for booking, training, and promotional materials included with hardware purchase.
3. Professional Services - Prevention Days: Medispa coordinates specialized operators for planning and executing prevention days at partner locations, pharmacies, companies, and events where all analyses are conducted by trained staff.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Medispa srl sells the iCare IoT wellness management platform — an open-source software system delivered with hardware configurations (totems, tablets, laptops, desktops, boxes) that connects 70+ certified medical devices to perform 30+ health checkups across Nutrition & fitness, Prevention, Skin, and Posture categories. The offering is sold to pharmacies, retailers, and corporate welfare programs across Italy, Spain, and Portugal, and includes the PreventIt mobile app, the Blockchain-secured Prevention Suite, and professional prevention-day services executed by coordinated operators.

Product overview

Medispa srl offers the iCare Platform as a unified IoT wellness management ecosystem, comprising the core iCare Platform software with 30+ integrated health checkups, the Prevention Suite for integrated wellness and prevention services, and the PreventIt mobile app for ongoing monitoring. The system supports multiple hardware configurations including Totem (interactive kiosk), Box, Tablet, Laptop, Desktop, and both Horizontal and Vertical Totem variants. The platform integrates with over 70 certified medical devices to deliver personalized wellness assessments across Nutrition & fitness, Prevention, Skin, and Posture categories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PreventIt: Mobile application integrated with iCare platform for monitoring wellness, booking services, video consulting, promotions, and store locator functionality.
• iCare
• Prevention Suite

Products and services

• iCare Platform Open-source IoT wellness management platform that interfaces with 70+ certified medical devices to perform 30+ health checkups across Nutrition & fitness, Prevention, Skin, and Posture, generating personalized wellness reports via proprietary algorithms; sold to pharmacies, retailers, and corporate welfare programs.
• Prevention Suite Integrated ecosystem for wellness and prevention offering remote healthcare consulting, portable-device measurements and monitoring, booking, surveys, data elaboration, and training, with data secured via Blockchain technology and GDPR-compliant end-to-end encryption.
• PreventIt Mobile App Mobile application integrated with the iCare platform, providing a single access point for wellness monitoring, booking services, video consulting, promotions, and store locator; available on Google Play and the Apple App Store.
• iCare Hardware Configurations (Totem, Box, Tablet, Laptop, Desktop, Vertical/Horizontal Totem) Configurable hardware form factors that connect certified medical devices to the iCare platform, including interactive totems (vertical and horizontal), an I-Care Box that connects IoT devices to any PC, tablet, laptop, and desktop configurations, all with graphical customization options for retail or pharmacy environments.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration14 records

AI capability5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Medical Device Partners/SupplierscoreTechnology or IntegrationThe platform integrates with certified medical devices from various suppliers including Vitalograph, LipidPro, MiniAge, MiniSat, Lux, Labgeo, Agedio, Mic-fi Italeco, Sonost 3000, FreeMed, and GaitScan. These devices provide automated measurements that are processed through proprietary algorithms. A team of bioengineers, medical consultants, medical device partners/suppliers and multidisciplinary researchers contributed to developing and testing the algorithms.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Doctoralia: Spanish health platform for booking and patient engagement owned by DocPlanner, with strong pharmacy and provider networks in Southern Europe. Comparable as a Southern European health-services platform with pharmacy-channel reach.
• Newel Health: Italy-based connected-health company developing digital therapeutics and patient-monitoring solutions. Comparable as an Italian health-tech player targeting prevention and monitoring, with overlap in regional channels and EU regulatory positioning.

Emerging players

• Preventicus: European developer of smartphone-based screening algorithms (e.g., atrial fibrillation, sleep, vital signs). Adjacent on the algorithm/data side of preventive screening that powers iCare's checkups, but focused on the smartphone as the screening device rather than pharmacy totems.
• Mediktor: AI-based symptom-assessment and triage platform used by health systems, insurers and pharmacies. Comparable on the algorithm-driven preventive-screening layer of iCare, though Mediktor is software-only and focused on pre-visit triage.

Direct peers

• Luscii: European remote patient monitoring and connected-care platform with integrations to consumer medical devices. Comparable in device-integration architecture and B2B health-monitoring go-to-market, with a stronger chronic-care rather than retail-wellness focus.
• Bodyo: Provider of self-service health and wellness screening kiosks integrated with multiple medical devices. Directly comparable as a plug-and-play preventive-care point-of-care platform sold to retail and pharmacy operators.
• H4D: French provider of connected telehealth consultation booths deployed in pharmacies and remote sites across Europe. Closely comparable as a hardware-plus-software preventive/telehealth station sold B2B to pharmacy and corporate channels.

Broad incumbents

• Withings: Established consumer and prosumer connected-health device maker (scales, BPM, sleep, body comp) that also sells into B2B health programs. Overlaps with iCare in device ecosystem and preventive health but as a broader incumbent rather than a pharmacy-station specialist.
• Doctolib: Dominant European digital health platform spanning booking, telehealth and patient management across multiple markets. Comparable as a broader European health platform touching pharmacies and providers, but not focused on in-store wellness checkup hardware.

Others

• Wingesfar: Pharmacy loyalty and local-awareness software partner already integrated with iCare. Listed as an ecosystem partner rather than a competitor, illustrating the platform's open-API partner model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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