Rotterdam’s Ditto Secures €7.6 Million to Expand AI-Powered Patient Support Across Europe
Rotterdam-based healthtech startup Ditto has secured €7.6 million in fresh funding to accelerate its European expansion and further refine its AI-driven patient communication platform. The investment round was led by Heal Capital, with additional participation from Rubio Impact Ventures and Optiverder.
The capital injection comes as the company seeks to solve a systemic gap in healthcare communication: the tendency for patients to leave medical consultations without a full understanding or memory of the discussion. This issue is often exacerbated during the delivery of difficult news, which the company notes can cause a cognitive shutdown, leaving patients unable to explain their diagnosis at home and family members unsure of how to provide support.
To address this, Ditto has developed a free application that allows patients to record consultations or upload photographs of medical correspondence. The platform utilizes artificial intelligence to generate summaries that can be revisited and translated into simplified language. To ensure accessibility for diverse populations, the tool supports multiple languages, including Arabic, Turkish and English.
The funding highlights a growing investor appetite for AI applications that prioritize patient-centric care and reduce administrative burdens within overstressed healthcare systems.
“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,” said Tobias Polak, co-founder of Ditto.
Founded in 2024 by Tobias Polak, Bart Voorn, and Merlijn van Breugel, Ditto launched its app in the summer of 2025. Since then, the platform has seen rapid adoption, with nearly 100,000 downloads via the App Store, Google Play, and ditto.care. To maintain privacy, the company stated that no data is stored centrally, and users can securely share their summaries with family members.
Beyond the patient experience, the company aims to improve operational efficiency for medical providers. By providing patients with a clear, AI-generated record of their care journey, the platform is designed to reduce the volume of repetitive follow-up questions and lower the administrative pressure on healthcare professionals.
Reflecting on the company’s broader mission, Polak added: “We are trying to shift healthcare thinking away from institutions and towards the patient experience. Our ambition is to help people better understand their care journey during some of the most vulnerable moments in life.”
