Qualud

What Qualud does

Qualud (legally QUALUD S.L.) is a Barcelona-based digital health company founded in 2020 by four co-founders and headquartered in Sant Cugat del Vallès. The firm specializes exclusively in the healthcare sector, providing end-to-end digital health consulting and product development: research, design, development under agile methodology, and regulatory-aware delivery. Its core technical capabilities center on HL7-based interoperability with hospital information systems (HIS) and clinical information systems (HCIS), complemented by custom backoffice platforms, patient-portal mobile and web applications (iOS and Android), and clinical decision support tools. The company maintains a formal security policy (Ed 01 dated September 2025) covering GDPR compliance and a strategic partnership with CMG MedDev for EU MDR medical-device software compliance.

The business model is hybrid. The largest revenue stream is project-based professional services delivered to hospitals and healthcare institutions in Spain — closed projects, hourly packages, or a long-term Venture Builder partnership arrangement. Named engagements include the Campus Pacient rehabilitation platform for MútuaTerrassa (HCIS-integrated), OpenDoors for Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol (HIS-integrated psychiatry unit management), Tonifycat for Hospital Vall d'Hebron (bariatric pre-surgery), the Clínicas Mi Tres Torres 360 patient portal (with sensor integration), and the Dental Help WebApp for Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. Complementing the services line, Qualud has built and co-owns three proprietary consumer digital health products targeting underserved women's and youth mental health needs: Laia (Laia Contigo) for perinatal anxiety/depression monitoring, Kala for menopause wellness, and Tara for school-based adolescent mental health — distributed via app stores with potential B2B licensing to healthcare providers.

Qualud's go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting Spanish hospitals, healthcare institutions, clinics, and health tech companies, augmented by event-driven demand generation (health conferences, Barcelona Health Hub), content marketing via an active blog, and partnerships with health-innovation ecosystems (CataloniaBio & HealthTech, CatSalut, Cluster de Salut Mental de Catalunya, Bioval).

Name

Qualud

Legal name

QUALUD S.L.

Website

https://qualud.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Qualud is a Barcelona-based digital health consulting firm that designs, develops, and integrates custom digital health platforms (HL7-connected patient portals, rehabilitation tools, and clinical decision support) for Spanish hospitals and healthcare institutions, and co-owns three mental health and women's health consumer apps (Laia, Kala, Tara).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Virtual Visit & Video Conferencing APIs/SDKs (HIPAA-compliant) (HLALAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Virtual Behavioral Health Integration Platforms (HLALABAE), Sexual & Pelvic Health Telehealth (STI care, pelvic pain, endometriosis/PCOS support) (HLALAHAJ), Telehealth & Digital Wellness Services (EDALAFAM)

Keywords

• Digital health consulting
• Healthcare software development
• Patient engagement platforms
• Digital therapeutics apps
• Health technology services

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Project-based Professional Services: Bespoke digital health project engagements delivered end-to-end (research, design, development, consulting) for healthcare clients. Priced as closed projects or hourly packages, with long-term partnership (Venture Builder) arrangements for ongoing digital transformation support.
2. Product Development (Own Platforms): Development and co-ownership of proprietary digital health products targeting mental health and women's health (Laia, Kala, Tara), potentially generating recurring revenue through subscriptions or B2B licensing to healthcare providers.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Qualud is a Barcelona-based digital health consultancy that designs, develops, and operates custom digital health solutions for hospitals, clinics, and medical device companies. The firm delivers end-to-end digital health projects spanning research, UX/UI design, software development, integration, and post-launch support, complemented by a portfolio of proprietary mental and women's health mobile applications (Laia, Kala, Tara) and clinical platforms (Campus Pacient, OpenDoors, Tonifycat, Dental Help).

Product overview

Qualud is a digital health company specializing in end-to-end digital health projects with a focus on technology transfer. The company offers a portfolio of own products targeting mental health (Laia for maternal mental health, Kala for menopause wellness, Tara for adolescent school-based mental health) and provides custom project/platform development for healthcare clients including hospital patient portals, rehabilitation platforms, clinical decision support tools, and specialized care applications. Services span research, design, development with interoperability standards, and regulatory consulting & validation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Laia: Digital platform for monitoring symptoms related to anxiety and depression in women during maternity.
• Kala
• Tara

Products and services

• Laia

Quantifiable outcome

• Rehabilitation platforms have reduced waitlists and enabled continuous home-based care
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 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

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Barcelona Health HubflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Barcelona Health Hub is a digital health innovation hub promoting transformation in the health sector. Qualud has been a member since 2021 and collaborates on developing the hub's graphic identity. Qualud leverages the hub's network of 350+ collaborators including hospitals, startups, corporations, and investors for business development and partnership opportunities.
• CMG MedDevcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCMG MedDev is a regulatory consultancy for medical devices providing Qualud with regulatory guidance to ensure products are developed in compliance with EU MDR (Regulation (UE) 2017/745). CMG MedDev supports Qualud in achieving compliant-by-design development for medical device software, CE marking processes, and quality management — a critical partnership for operating in the regulated health tech space.
• DyCarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDyCare is a digital rehabilitation company specializing in AI-powered remote rehabilitation. Qualud collaborates with DyCare to develop a comprehensive telerehabilitation management platform that integrates DyCare's treatment technology with Qualud's hospital management and scheduling systems. The joint product addresses hospital appointment management, waitlist optimization, and remote patient monitoring.
• Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQualud developed the Dental Help WebApp for UIC researchers — a clinical decision support system for dental professionals. The project was sponsored by Dentsply Sirona and conceptualized by four UIC researchers (Fernando Durán-Sindreu, Marc García, José A. González, Sergio Irazustra). Qualud provided full-stack development from design through deployment.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Sngular: Spanish technology consultancy with a healthcare vertical that builds custom digital products and platforms for enterprises, including health sector clients. Comparable in custom development services orientation, multi-disciplinary delivery teams, and Spanish market presence, though significantly larger in scale.

Broad incumbents

• Accenture Health Spain: Global consultancy with a sizeable Spanish health practice delivering strategy, technology, and digital transformation to hospitals and pharma. Comparable as a custom digital health consulting and systems integration competitor competing for the same Spanish hospital transformation budgets, though serving far larger enterprise mandates.
• Doctoralia (Docplanner Group): Barcelona-originated global health platform (now part of Docplanner) connecting patients with healthcare professionals and offering practice management SaaS. Comparable as a Catalonia-based digital health incumbent serving Spanish providers with software, but at substantially greater scale and product breadth.
• NTT Data Healthcare Spain: Global IT services provider with a substantial Spanish healthcare practice delivering EHR integration, telehealth platforms, and digital transformation for public and private health systems. Comparable in the systems integration and HIS interoperability services it provides, but with vastly greater delivery capacity.
• Telefónica Health (Telyon): Spanish telecommunications incumbent operating digital health services targeting hospitals, insurers, and public health systems. Comparable as a large provider of hospital-facing digital health platforms in Spain with capabilities spanning telehealth infrastructure and EHR integration, but operating across a much broader portfolio.

Emerging players

• Savana: Spanish clinical AI company processing real-world data from hospital EHRs for pharma and provider clients. Comparable as a Spanish hospital-software vendor with proprietary technology and B2B licensing to providers, operating in adjacent data/interoperability territory.
• Mediktor: Barcelona-based AI-driven symptom checker and triage platform serving health insurers, hospitals, and telemedicine providers. Comparable as a Spanish digital health venture that has commercialized proprietary products in the provider channel and pursues B2B licensing.
• HumanITcare: Barcelona-based remote patient monitoring platform combining hardware and software for chronic disease management. Comparable as a Spanish digital health company building provider-facing platforms, with similar interoperability requirements and presence in the Barcelona Health Hub ecosystem.
• IOMED: Barcelona-based health data platform using NLP to structure electronic health records for hospitals and clinical research. Comparable as a Spanish digital health company building hospital-facing software with data integration capabilities, anchored in Catalonia's health innovation ecosystem.

Others

• Dentsply Sirona (digital/dental software): Global dental equipment and digital solutions company that sponsored the Dental Help WebApp Qualud built for UIC. Comparable as a stakeholder in the dental digital health space that engages external digital health developers for clinical decision support, illustrating the type of partner/customer profile Qualud's custom development services can attract.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Qualud_Health
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/qualud

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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