CODE_n Alumni | Catching up with ... Connected-Health.Eu!

When entering the CODE_n CONTEST in 2015, the Hamburg-based startup Connected-Health.Eu had exactly one goal: to improve the connection between doctors and patients. The young company based around Johannes Jacubeit (Ph.D.) has come a long way since then, constantly improving the idea behind their product: finding a modern way to transfer a patient’s health data (medical records, radiographs, …) into the doctor’s office – via smartphone – securely and conveniently. For our CODE_n Alumni catch-up series, we had a quick chat with Gabriel Adorf, Designer at Connected-Health.Eu about the latest developments.

Following on from your time as a CODE_n Finalist, what have been Connected-Health.Eu’s greatest achievements?

Gabriel: We have succeeded in building a running beta version of our hardware and are testing it in 20 doctor’s offices in Hamburg. Corresponding to that we have successfully launched an iOS and an Android App. We have raised a seven digit seed investment in 12/2015 from High-Tech-Gründerfonds, Innovationsstarter Fonds of the city of Hamburg, and a group of private investors. (Editors note: You can find all the information in the respective press release.)

What lessons have you learned or failures you’ve experienced and how have you coped with them?

Gabriel: We talked to an investor too long, that eventually just jumped the ship after three months of negotiations. We should have canceled the deal way earlier. We coped with it by having better investors now who really believe in the product as well as the team.

What were your biggest takeaways from your time at CODE_n?

Gabriel: We learned how important it is to get everybody from the team out of the office from time to time to speak to customers and to people who never heard a thing about the product. It helps you in every position in the company to know how to explain everything in a few sentences and to know all the common questions about the product.

What advice would you give to startups looking to enter CODE_n?

Gabriel: Do it! It’s one of the best organized startup event we have experienced so far. You have the chance to meet a lot of investors, cooperation partners and customers at CODE_n.

We appreciate the compliments, Gabriel! Thanks for taking the time to talk to us – it’s always great to hear a success story of an Alumnus. We’re very proud!