Ditto has raised €7.6m to expand across Europe with its free app that translates complex medical information into plain language.
The Rotterdam-based health tech startup has developed an app designed to help patients and their families make sense of what was said in a medical consultation.
Ditto was founded in 2024 by Tobias Polak, Bart Voorn and Merlijn van Breugel.
Polak said: “No patient should have to guess what was just said.
“We are fundamentally turning the thinking in healthcare around: starting not with the institution, but with the patient.
“Our ambition is for all Europeans to better understand their care journey at the most vulnerable moments in life.
“It should be as easy as opening Google Maps today, where you once struggled with a paper map held upside down on your lap.”
The funding round was led by Heal Capital, with participation from Optiverder and Rubio Impact Ventures.
With the new funding, Ditto plans to invest in European expansion and new features to support patients and those around them.
Planned tools include help with the right questions to ask before a consultation and a visual care journey that guides both patient and family.
Dr Lucas Mittelmeier of Heal Capital said: “Hundreds of startups build AI that help doctors document and manage their work.
“Ditto builds the equivalent for patients, and its traction proves they have hit a nerve.
“We believe this will become the European platform for how people navigate their care.”
The company says nearly 100,000 people have downloaded the app since its launch last summer.
The Dutch Patients’ Federation has adopted the initiative, while Menzis, a health insurer, is the first to recommend Ditto to all its policyholders, according to the company.
Ditto also recently won the 2026 Dutch National Healthcare Innovation Award, an initiative by Zorginnovatie.nl sponsored by ING.
