SPIPED Association

What SPIPED Association does

SPIPED Association (Associazione SPIPED, formerly Spiped Ticino) is a Swiss non-profit association founded in 2009 in Locarno, Canton of Ticino, that provides specialized pediatric home nursing care. It serves neonates, children, and adolescents with acute or chronic illnesses, disabilities, or palliative care needs across the Canton of Ticino and the Moesano region. Services are delivered in the patient's home by qualified pediatric nurses — many holding a DAS in maternal and pediatric health from SUPSI Manno — operating 7 days a week, with the clinical organization supported by a Comitato direttivo (Board of Directors) chaired by a pediatric physician (Buetti Luca). Administrative operations have been handled since 2019 through a partnership with ALVAD, while social-worker support is contributed by Fondazione Elisa.

The business model is a managed-services reimbursement model: every child receives nursing services under medical prescription, and costs are covered by Swiss mandatory health insurance (casse malati) or disability insurance (assicurazione invalidità). The go-to-market is direct-to-family, with demand generated through referrals from pediatric hospitals, pediatricians, and adult Spitex providers, supplemented by direct family requests via the organization's website and a downloadable activation/prescription form. The organization holds cantonal recognition (granted 2011) as a home care service and is a member of Kinderspitex Switzerland, giving it institutional standing within the Swiss pediatric home care network.

There is no proprietary technology, software platform, or AI/ML component underpinning the service. The single core product is pediatric home care (Cure Pediatriche a Domicilio); a downloadable medical prescription PDF is the only supplementary artifact. Revenue is not publicly disclosed, the headcount is small (7 pediatric nurses supplemented by 2 social operators, plus administrative and board roles), and there are no funding rounds, subsidiaries, M&A activity, or geographic expansion beyond the original Ticino/Moesano catchment — consistent with a regionally anchored, mission-driven non-profit rather than a scaling enterprise.

Name

SPIPED Association

Legal name

Associazione SPIPED

Website

https://spiped.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pediatric Home Healthcare Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Respite In-Home Care (Short-Term Relief) (HLADAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Respite Care for Families of Children with Disabilities (HSAAAIAL), Emergency / On-Demand Respite Care (HSABAGAD)

Keywords

• Pediatric home care
• Home nursing services
• Pediatric medical assistance
• Neonatal home care
• Specialized pediatric nursing

Headquarters

HQ city

Locarno

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services Reimbursement: Services covered by health insurance (casse malati) or disability insurance (assicurazione invalidità) based on medical prescription. Every child receives nursing services under medical prescription.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

SPIPED Association is a non-profit healthcare organization that provides specialized pediatric home nursing care services to neonates, children, and adolescents with acute or chronic illnesses or disabilities across the Canton of Ticino and Moesano regions of Switzerland. Services are delivered directly to families at their residences under medical prescription, are covered by Swiss health or disability insurance, and are operated 7 days a week by qualified pediatric nurses holding specialization in maternal and pediatric health.

Product overview

SPIPED Association operates as a single-service healthcare organization offering pediatric home care services in Ticino and Moesano regions of Switzerland. The organization provides a unified service focused on delivering nursing care to children at home rather than in hospital settings. The service operates under medical prescription and includes family counseling and care coordination. No modular product architecture, additional product tiers, or supplementary offerings are identified — the organization provides one primary service offering (pediatric home care) with an associated medical prescription form as the only distinct deliverable.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pediatric Home Care Services (Cure Pediatriche a Domicilio) Professional nursing care provided at home to neonates, children, and adolescents with acute or chronic illnesses or disabilities, under medical prescription, 7 days a week, with family support and coordination across the Ticino and Moesano regions.

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ALVAD (Associazione Locarnese e Valmaggese di Assistenza e Cura a Domicilio)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 2019, ALVAD provides administrative management for SPIPED Association, enabling the organization to focus on healthcare delivery.
• Kinderspitex SvizzeraminorOthersSPIPED is a member of Kinderspitex Switzerland, the national association for pediatric home care services.
• Spitex.chminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss home care association partner providing general Spitex services; SPIPED collaborates with adult Spitex services for comprehensive care.
• Paediatric Palliative Care NetworksminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on pediatric palliative care cases through the PPCN network in Switzerland.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Aveanna Healthcare: US-based home health platform with a sizable pediatric home care segment providing private-duty nursing, medical solutions, and adult home health. Closely mirrors SPIPED's combination of skilled nursing and family-centered care at home.
• BAYADA Home Health Care: Large US pediatric and adult home health provider delivering in-home nursing to children with acute, chronic, and complex conditions. Directly comparable to SPIPED in service model, patient population, and care delivery setting.
• BrightStar Care: Franchised home care network offering pediatric and adult private-duty nursing alongside personal care. Overlaps with SPIPED on in-home skilled nursing for children and on medically directed service delivery.
• Pediatric Home Service (PHS): Specialist US pediatric home care provider delivering in-home nursing, respiratory, and infusion therapy to children with complex medical needs. Comparable in scale and in exclusive focus on the pediatric home nursing niche.

Others

• Pro Infirmis: Swiss disability support organization listed as a SPIPED partner. Operates in an adjacent social services layer focused on persons with disabilities, sharing referral pathways and the same end-family population.
• Cerebral: Swiss association supporting children and adults with cerebral palsy and related disabilities. Functions as a referral partner and ecosystem peer in the pediatric disability care network serving Ticino.

Regional players

• ALVAD (Associazione Locarnese e Valmaggese di Assistenza e Cura a Domicilio): Cantonal Ticino home care association that has handled SPIPED's administration since 2019. Delivers overlapping adult in-home care services in the same geography and represents both a partner and a potential adjacent competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Spitex Schweiz: Umbrella association for Swiss home care (Spitex) providers. SPIPED collaborates with adult Spitex services through Spitex.ch and operates under the same regulatory frame, making Spitex Schweiz the natural broader-incumbent reference.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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