What Catchup Applications does

Catchup Applications KG is a Hamburg-based, founder-owned limited partnership founded in 2015 that builds digital indoor-and-outdoor wayfinding infrastructure for hospitals. Its core offering combines a GPS-based Outdoor Navigation module with two Indoor Navigation modes — a tracking-free Step-by-Step web/QR option that can be deployed in weeks, and a Live Indoor Navigation option using BLE beacons or existing Wi-Fi access points for real-time positioning and voice guidance — plus a Multimedia Navigation System that exposes the same routing data via a custom-branded hospital app, web browser (including offline), entrance terminals and printed maps. The platform is operated through a self-service backend that lets hospital staff update routes, block sections during construction, manage facility moves, and generate QR codes with predefined endpoints, with multilingual support across German, English, Spanish, and French.

The company monetizes through a mix of one-time implementation licenses, time-limited SaaS rental, recurring maintenance and update contracts (subject to price adjustment after 12 months), and T&M consulting for IT project support. Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales into hospital management and IT, anchored by live on-site demonstrations, free initial consultations, multilingual SEO, customer case studies, peer referrals, and healthcare-industry events; named customers include Charité Berlin, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Tirol Kliniken, Ordensklinikum Linz, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, HDZ NRW and Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, with a stated footprint of 130+ hospitals across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg. Ownership rests with three personally liable partners (Fiona Hackmann, Michael Hackmann, Patrick Zenker), with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or subsidiaries.

Name

Catchup Applications

Legal name

Catchup Applications KG

Website

https://catchup-apps.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Catchup Applications KG is a Hamburg-based software provider of indoor-outdoor digital wayfinding solutions for hospitals, combining GPS outdoor navigation, tracking-free and BLE/Wi-Fi-based indoor navigation, and a multi-channel hospital app across DACH and Luxembourg.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospital Navigation Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Omnichannel Patient Communications & Contact Center (Voice/SMS/Email/Chat) (HLACAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Consumer Navigation & Turn-by-Turn Apps (BPAMANAA)

Keywords

• Hospital navigation software
• Indoor wayfinding
• Healthcare mobile apps
• Digital patient orientation
• Hospital wayfinding systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Mobile Application Development: Creation and marketing of mobile applications for use over networks and the internet, specifically hospital navigation apps customized to each client's corporate identity.
2. Maintenance Contracts: Ongoing maintenance contracts for deployed applications with price adjustment clauses after initial 12-month period.
3. Update Services: Software update services as part of service contracts.
4. Rental of Mobile Applications: Rental of mobile applications as a SaaS model with time-limited software licensing.
5. Consulting and IT Project Support: Advisory and support services for IT projects, billed on a time and materials basis according to their service price list. Travel costs and travel time are billed additionally.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Catchup Applications develops and sells digital navigation and wayfinding software for hospitals, combining GPS-based outdoor navigation, tracking-free step-by-step indoor navigation, live indoor positioning via BLE beacons or Wi-Fi, and a multimedia wayfinding system accessible via smartphone app, web browser, entrance terminals, and print. The offering is delivered as customized, corporate-identity-branded hospital apps together with a self-service backend for hospitals to manage routes and floor plans. Maintenance, software updates, app rental, and IT consulting are sold alongside the core software.

Product overview

Catchup Applications provides a modular digital navigation ecosystem for hospitals, combining Outdoor-Navigation, Step-by-Step Indoor-Navigation, Live Indoor-Navigation, and a Multimedia Navigation System (Multimediales Wegeleitsystem), all accessible through a custom Hospital App (Krankenhaus-App). The platform offers tracking-free step-by-step navigation via web browser and QR codes as a low-barrier entry option, alongside real-time indoor navigation using BLE beacons or Wi-Fi access points for advanced positioning with voice guidance. The products share a common backend system for managing navigation data, enabling hospitals to update routes, block sections during construction, and handle facility relocations. The offering is completed by the hospital app with news, events, push notifications, and Instagram integration. The UKSH-App demonstrates the full implementation scope across a major university hospital.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Outdoor Navigation

Quantifiable outcome

• 130+ hospitals across Europe use Catchup navigation solutions
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• UKSH IT Service GesellschaftcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with UKSH (Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein) IT Service Gesellschaft for the development and deployment of the UKSH app with multimedia outdoor and indoor navigation. UKSH is one of the largest university hospitals in Europe with approximately 440,000 patients per year.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• LogicJunction: LogicJunction provides indoor wayfinding and interactive digital signage solutions for hospitals and healthcare systems in the US. Direct overlap with Catchup's multimedia wayfinding and indoor navigation offerings.
• Phunware: Phunware offers a mobile engagement platform with healthcare wayfinding capabilities, including indoor positioning for hospitals. Comparable to Catchup in mobile-app-centric indoor navigation for healthcare.
• Mappedin: Mappedin provides indoor mapping and wayfinding software used by malls, hospitals, and venues. Overlaps with Catchup on the indoor navigation and digital map management layer.
• Connexient: Connexient (now part of Hospital IQ) specializes in indoor GPS and digital wayfinding for hospitals and healthcare facilities, directly competing with Catchup's indoor navigation products in the US market.
• Gozio Health: Gozio Health provides hospital wayfinding and patient engagement mobile platforms for health systems in North America. It is the most direct global comparable to Catchup in combining indoor/outdoor navigation with hospital app features.
• MapsPeople: MapsPeople is a Danish indoor mapping platform offering wayfinding solutions for offices, airports, and hospitals. Comparable in indoor navigation technology stack and European origin, though broader in vertical focus.

Emerging players

• Pointr: Pointr provides indoor positioning and wayfinding technology using BLE beacons and cloud-based maps, with deployments in healthcare and retail. Comparable to Catchup's live indoor navigation capabilities.
• IndoorAtlas: IndoorAtlas provides geomagnetic indoor positioning technology that can be integrated into hospital wayfinding apps. Comparable on the underlying positioning technology powering live indoor navigation.

Broad incumbents

• HERE Technologies: HERE Technologies offers a broad mapping and location platform with indoor mapping capabilities serving multiple industries. A broad incumbent that competes at the underlying map and location platform layer rather than hospital-specialized UX.
• Cisco DNA Spaces: Cisco DNA Spaces provides indoor location services leveraging enterprise Wi-Fi infrastructure for venue analytics and wayfinding. A broad incumbent that could leverage existing Wi-Fi footprint in hospitals to compete with Catchup's BLE/Wi-Fi-based indoor positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/catchupapps
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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