Celsius Healthcare

What Celsius Healthcare does

Celsius Healthcare (OÜ Celsius Healthcare) is an Estonian medical communication and information company founded in 2003, headquartered in Tallinn with an editorial office in Tartu. The company operates the Med24 web platform, described as the No. 1 medical web publication in Estonia by visitor count, and publishes five specialized medical journals — Eesti Arst (for doctors), Perearst (for general practitioners), Lege Artis (for specialists), Apteeker (for pharmacists), and Pereõde (for nurses) — each with editorial staff drawn from the relevant medical specialty. Celsius Healthcare is also Estonia's most experienced medical conference and training organizer, having run more than 30 large medical conferences including several international ones and training more than 4,000 people annually.

The company's core technology consists of a digital healthcare media platform that integrates news, training calendars, advance copies of medical journals, e-training modules, and clinical databases into a single web experience. In 2023 the company began funded development of two adjacent digital tools: a clinical decision support system for medicinal products (funded by Enterprise Estonia) and an e-service prototype for dosing medicinal products with algorithm development (funded under the Archimedes Smart Specialisation measure). It also received Norway-Estonia Green ICT and EU/EIS digitalisation roadmap grants. The company is a member of the Connected Health health-technology cluster.

Celsius Healthcare's revenue model combines professional services (medical conference and training organization), recurring subscriptions and advertising across its journal and digital platform portfolio, and advertising/marketing solutions sold to healthcare industry buyers reaching Estonian doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and decision-makers. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The company has no disclosed parent, external venture or private-equity backing, and remains a privately held Estonian private limited company with 1-10 employees.

Name

Celsius Healthcare

Legal name

OÜ Celsius Healthcare

Website

https://celsius.ee

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Celsius Healthcare is an Estonian medical communication company operating the Med24 web platform, five specialized medical journals, and medical conferences and trainings for doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and healthcare decision-makers in Estonia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Communications and Publishing

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Health Information Management (EHR) & Medical Office Administration (EDAOAJAF)

Keywords

• Medical publishing
• Healthcare communications
• Medical conferences
• Clinical training services
• Medical journals

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallinn

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Medical Conferences and Training: Organizing medical conferences and training sessions with comprehensive solutions including program preparation, technical organization, and media coverage
2. Medical Publications: Publishing medical journals directed at healthcare professionals including Eesti Arst, Perearst, Lege Artis, Apteeker, and Pereõde
3. Digital Media Platform: Med24 web platform providing news, e-training, and clinical databases for healthcare professionals
4. Advertising and Marketing Solutions: Marketing solutions for reaching Estonian healthcare professionals including doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and decision makers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Celsius Healthcare is an Estonian medical information company that publishes a portfolio of specialized medical journals (Eesti Arst, Perearst, Lege Artis, Apteeker, Pereõde), operates the Med24 web platform serving as the No. 1 medical web publication in Estonia for doctors, pharmacists, and nurses, and organizes medical conferences and training sessions for healthcare professionals. The company offers healthcare companies comprehensive marketing and communication solutions to reach Estonian healthcare professional audiences.

Product overview

Celsius Healthcare is a leading medical information company in Estonia offering a portfolio of digital and print products for healthcare professionals. The core offering consists of Med24 (the No. 1 medical web publication), multiple specialized medical journals (Eesti Arst, Perearst, Lege Artis, Apteeker, Pereõde), and medical conference/training services. The Med24 web platform serves as the central hub integrating news, training calendars, e-journals, e-training, and clinical databases for doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and healthcare decision-makers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Med24: No. 1 web publication in Estonian medicine for doctors, pharmacists and nurses with news, training calendar, medical journal preprints, e-training and clinical databases
• Eesti Arst
• Perearst
• Lege Artis
• Apteeker
• Pereõde

Products and services

• Med24 Comprehensive web platform for healthcare professionals in Estonia offering medical news, training calendar, advance copies of medical journals, e-training, and clinical databases. It is the most visited medical web publication in Estonia for doctors, pharmacists, and nurses.
• Eesti Arst Medical journal targeted at doctors in Estonia, part of Celsius Healthcare's specialized medical publications portfolio. The journal's editorial staff includes specialists from the medical field.
• Perearst Medical journal for general practitioners in Estonia, part of the Med24 portfolio of publications.
• Lege Artis Medical journal for medical specialists in Estonia, part of the Med24 portfolio of publications.
• Apteeker Medical journal for pharmacists in Estonia, part of the Med24 portfolio of publications.
• Pereõde Medical journal for nurses and family nurses in Estonia, part of the Med24 portfolio of publications.
• Medical Conferences and Training End-to-end medical conference and training organization service for healthcare professionals in Estonia. Celsius Healthcare is the most experienced medical conference organizer in Estonia, offering comprehensive solutions from program preparation through technical organization to media coverage of the event.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 30 large medical conferences organized including international conferences
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Connected HealthminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCelsius Healthcare is a member of the Connected Health healthcare technology cluster, which is a network of health technology companies and organizations in Estonia focused on digital health innovation and collaboration.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Springer Healthcare (Springer Nature): Springer Healthcare delivers medical communications, medical journals, continuing medical education, and conference support targeting physicians and pharma. Celsius Healthcare's combination of specialty medical journals, conference organization, and HCP training mirrors Springer Healthcare's vertically integrated medical communications offering at much smaller geographic scale.
• Doximity: Doximity is a digital platform exclusively for medical professionals offering news, clinical references, continuing education, and recruitment marketing revenue from pharma/healthcare advertisers. Comparable to Celsius Healthcare because both monetize an HCP-only audience via owned digital channels, sponsored content, and educational content — Doximity is the scaled US version of Celsius' Med24 + e-training proposition.
• M3 Inc. M3 operates medical professional media, marketing, and clinical research platforms (e.g., M3.com in Japan, MDLinx in the US) reaching physicians with content, surveys, and sponsored education. It is a direct peer because Celsius Healthcare sells HCP audience access, medical journals, and pharma-marketing solutions across owned channels — essentially a smaller Estonian analogue of M3's physician-marketing business model.

Broad incumbents

• Wolters Kluwer Health: Wolters Kluwer Health is a major medical publisher of journals, clinical decision support (UpToDate), and drug information references. Celsius Healthcare's peer-set overlap is in specialty medical journals (Eesti Arst, Perearst, Lege Artis, Apteeker, Pereõde) plus its clinical decision support and dosing e-service prototypes — Wolters Kluwer represents the scaled, global version of these content and CDS businesses.
• Elsevier Health (ClinicalKey / The Lancet): Elsevier publishes clinical journals, drug references, and decision-support tools used by physicians and pharmacists worldwide. Comparable to Celsius Healthcare because both monetize trusted, specialist medical content for HCPs and are exploring/executing clinical decision support products — Elsevier operates the global scale version of Celsius' local-journal-plus-CDS portfolio.
• Medscape: Medscape is the largest global HCP web publication, providing news, CME, clinical decision tools, and conference coverage targeted at physicians and pharmacists. It is comparable to Celsius' Med24 platform as a physician-pharmacist-nurse-facing web publication and a destination for sponsor/clinical content, though Medscope operates globally while Med24 is Estonia-only.
• Informa Health (Informa Markets / Exhibitions): Informa runs large medical conferences, exhibitions, and journals across healthcare and life sciences globally. Comparable to Celsius Healthcare because Informa is the scaled version of Celsius' "comprehensive medical conference organizer + journal publisher" model, with end-to-end services from program design to media coverage that mirrors Celsius' full-service conference offering.

Emerging players

• Sermo: Sermo is a physician-only social and insights platform with sponsored content, market research, and HCP community engagement. Comparable to Celsius Healthcare as a niche, audience-targeted HCP media property monetizing via pharma buyers, but Sermo focuses on community-driven peer discussions while Celsius focuses on journals, conferences, and clinical training content.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/celsiustervisekool
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/celsius-healthcare

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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