Ditto raised €7.6M to clarify healthcare journeys for you and your loved ones

A few years ago I walked into an oncology appointment with a close friend. He'd just been diagnosed with stage 4 bile duct cancer. We walked out an hour later, looked at each other in the parking lot, and realised we'd heard two completely different stories. The next morning, his wife called: "Hey Tobias, John said the doctor said…", a third version entirely.

That's the moment that sparked Ditto.

Today I'm proud to share that we've raised €7.6M to bring this to more patients, in more countries. The round is led by Heal Capital, one of Europe's leading healthtech investors, together with Rubio Impact Ventures. A combination of deep clinical credibility and a real impact mandate. Because the people who suffer most from medical miscommunication aren't the well-informed; they're the ones the system already overlooks. We're also grateful for the continued belief of Chris Oomen (Optiverder), who backed our mission from the very beginning, and for every angel and friend who took a bet on us early.

We build AI for the patient, not for the doctor

Almost every AI company in healthcare today is building for doctors. Better notes, faster charts, smarter triage. All useful. But nobody is building for the person on the other side of the desk: the one who actually has to live with the diagnosis, remember the instructions, and explain it to their family that evening.

Patients remember 20 to 40% of what's said in a consultation. That's not about intelligence, it's emotion. You hear what you can bear to hear, and as soon as you walk out of the room, even that fades.

We can't give every patient a personal doctor to walk home with them. But we can give them Ditto: a clear, trustworthy summary of what was actually said, in a form they can revisit, understand, and share with the people they love.

And that's where the leverage is. The system keeps looking for answers in more staff and more hours. Necessary, but not sufficient. The biggest untapped lever in healthcare is the patient. Better-informed patients ask better questions, follow plans more reliably, and make better decisions. The strongest medicine isn't a drug. It's a patient who knows what's going on.

Starting in the Netherlands, scaling to Europe

When we launched, plenty of doctors told us patients wouldn't want this. A few told us: ask the patient. So we did. With the support of the national Patient Federation, we aimed for 10,000 downloads in six months. You downloaded Ditto 10,000 times in a week and a half. We're now approaching 100,000 users in the Netherlands, with a 4.7-star rating on both App Store and Google Play.

The problem spreads across borders. A patient in Rotterdam, Berlin, Madrid or Manchester walks out of the same consultation with the same fragments of the story. This round takes us to Germany, the UK and Spain this year.

Free for the patient, sustainable through partners

Ditto is free for patients. It's paid for by the people who already have a stake in patient outcomes, insurers, patient organisations, and healthcare institutions, because the same recording that empowers a patient also unburdens the clinician. Fewer follow-up calls, less re-explaining, fewer misunderstandings that turn into missed appointments.

What's next

Beyond geography, we're going deeper into the patient journey. Not just clarifying the last appointment, but helping prepare the next one. Personalised, grounded in your actual conversation, with a clear view of what might lie ahead.

Thank you

To the Ditto team: every one of you joined because of you have a personal connection to Ditto’s mission. That's what makes this work. Hard work. But winning the Healthcare Innovation Awards certainly worth it!

To my cofounders Bart Voorn and Merlijn van Breugel: there is no Ditto without you. You said yes when this was nothing more than a story, but trusted on your instinct and our joint commitment to make this work.

And foremost, to our users, their loved ones. And our partners: patient organisations, from GPs to specialised cancer institutes: thank you for trusting us with some of the hardest moments of your lives.

One last thing. At my own last appointment, I forgot to turn on Ditto. So if even the founder forgets, the rule is simple: make sure you spread the word about Ditto. If you charge your phone, we’ll take care of the summary.

We're just getting started.

Tobias