What Medlanes does

Medlanes GmbH was a Berlin/Hamburg-headquartered private healthcare service founded in 2013 (Erik Stoffregen, co-founder) that operated a privatärztlicher Bereitschaftsdienst — a curated on-call doctor network offering same-day home, workplace, and hotel medical visits across up to 14-20 major German cities, including Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfurt am Main, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Leipzig, Dresden, Bremen, Nuremberg, Dortmund, Essen, and Wiesbaden. The platform aggregated physicians from the top 5% of German doctor-rating portals (Jameda, doctena.de, arztbuchen24.de, arzttermine.de) and routed them through a phone line, a free iOS/Android app, and website contact forms for 24/7 booking.

The business monetized house-call visits via the GOÄ (Gebührenordnung für Ärzte) fee schedule at roughly EUR 152-200 per visit, fully reimbursed by private insurers and paid out-of-pocket by statutory-insured self-payers and certain travel-insurance patients. Distribution was supported by a content-marketing arm, the Medlanes Magazin (292+ articles across weight loss, reproductive health, allergies, pediatrics, and general medicine) optimized for SEO and amplified through Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. After being acquired by European telemedicine provider Zava in January 2021, Medlanes discontinued its house-call service on December 6, 2022, and now operates primarily as a health-information content property feeding Zava's remote consultation offering.

Funding history reflects four disclosed rounds between 2014 and 2018, including seed participation by Born2Grow, Microsoft Accelerator Berlin, Rheingau Founders, and seed + speed Ventures; a 2016 round led by AVP alongside Mountain Partners, Pinto Ventures, and Rheingau Founders; a 2017 round from Ringier Digital Ventures; and a 2018 Series 2 from Heartbeat Labs. Headcount is reported at 11-50 employees. The legal entity is Medlanes GmbH, a private limited company domiciled in Hamburg, Germany.

Name

Medlanes

Legal name

Medlanes GmbH

Website

https://medlanes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Medlanes GmbH is a German digital healthcare service that aggregated a curated network of top-rated on-call physicians to deliver same-day private house-call visits across major German cities. Acquired by Zava in January 2021, its house-call operations were discontinued in December 2022, and the brand now operates as a health-information content site feeding Zava's telemedicine platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Telemedicine & Home Healthcare Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111), Offices of Physicians (62111), Offices of Physicians (6211)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Primary Care & General Medicine Virtual Care (HLALAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Private Duty 24/7 Nursing (RN/LPN) In-Home Care (HSABAHAJ)

Keywords

• House call doctors
• Private medical on-call
• Telemedicine services
• Online health information
• Doctor house visits

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. House Call Service Fees: Medlanes organizes privatärztliche (private doctor) house call services. The company charges for organizing medical house visits, with billing based on the Gebührenordnung für Ärzte (GOÄ) fee schedule. Private insurance typically covers 100% of costs. Statutory insurance patients pay out-of-pocket as self-payers, with average prices around 152-200 EUR per visit.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Medlanes operated a privatärztlicher Bereitschaftsdienst (private medical on-call service) that organized house calls from a curated network of on-call doctors across major German cities, available 24/7 including weekends and holidays. Today the company runs an online health magazine (Medlanes Online-Gesundheitsmagazin) providing evidence-based medical information, and is part of telemedicine provider Zava.

Product overview

Medlanes operates as a German online health magazine (Online-Gesundheitsmagazin) providing evidence-based health information across diverse topics including weight loss, men's and women's health, allergies, and general medicine. The company previously operated a private medical on-call service (Hausbesuchsservice) that organized house calls from a network of on-call doctors available 24/7 in German cities, which was discontinued on December 6, 2022. Medlanes is now part of Zava, a telemedicine provider, with plans to combine online services with on-site care. The company also offers a free mobile app for iOS and Android for booking appointments and contacting doctors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medlanes Online-Gesundheitsmagazin German online health magazine (Online-Gesundheitsmagazin) providing high-quality, independent health and medical information covering diseases, symptoms, medications, pregnancy, family, sports, nutrition, and current health news, with content authored by medical editors and specialist doctors. Targeted at consumers seeking evidence-based health information.
• Medlanes-App Free mobile application available on iOS and Android allowing patients to book doctor house calls, contact doctors after treatment for follow-up questions, and manage appointments. Targeted at patients in Germany seeking convenient access to private medical house call services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Doctors available around the clock, 7 days a week including weekends and holidays
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ZavacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Since January 2021, Medlanes is part of Zava, one of the leading providers of telemedicine services in Germany and Europe. Zava is an online doctor's office offering medical diagnosis and treatment remotely 7 days a week. The long-term plan is to combine Zava's online offering with Medlanes' on-site care to provide patients with both from a single source. Zava has conducted over 5 million treatments since 2011 (as of January 2021).

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Doctolib: Dominant European healthcare booking and telehealth platform. Overlaps with Medlanes' appointment booking function and increasingly offers telehealth, but operates at much broader scale across multiple verticals.

Emerging players

• Jameda: Germany's leading doctor rating and appointment booking platform, which Medlanes itself used to source quality-rated physicians. Comparable in the doctor-discovery and booking layer.
• Mayd: Berlin-based on-demand healthcare delivery service. Comparable in D2C German-market convenience positioning and Berlin-based digital health footprint.
• Doctena: European online doctor appointment booking platform active in Germany and other countries. Comparable in the doctor-discovery and booking layer that Medlanes tapped into.

Direct peers

• TeleClinic: One of Germany's leading telemedicine platforms, offering video consultations and online prescriptions. Directly competes with the online care arm Medlanes was meant to integrate into under Zava.
• DoktorABC: German/European D2C telehealth platform for prescriptions, online consultations, and home delivery. Comparable D2C model, German regulatory environment, and cross-border European reach.
• Zava: Parent company and direct competitor in the D2C telehealth space. Zava operates an online doctor's office offering remote medical diagnosis and treatment across Germany and Europe, overlapping directly with Medlanes' pre-discontinuation value proposition.
• patientus: German telehealth platform offering online video consultations with doctors. Directly comparable D2C, German-market, doctor-on-demand positioning.
• Kry (Livi): Major European telehealth operator offering video GP appointments across multiple markets. Comparable D2C virtual primary care model with pan-European ambitions similar to Zava's.

Regional players

• Min Doktor: Nordic telehealth provider offering app-based doctor consultations. Comparable in D2C virtual care model but operates primarily in Sweden/Nordics rather than Germany.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/1385770338356711
• Xx.com/Medlanes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/medlanes

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors9 records

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M&A

Investments

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