Berlin's voize Raises $50M for Nursing AI
The numbers paint a stark picture. The WHO predicts a global shortage of 4.5 million nurses by 2030, while nurses currently lose 30% of their shift time to paperwork, costing $246 billion annually across the US and Europe. Many tech companies have built AI tools for doctors, but nurses have been largely overlooked, despite being the backbone of healthcare systems.
Twin brothers Fabio and Marcel Schmidberger founded voize in 2020 alongside Erik Ziegler after witnessing their grandfather's experience in a nursing home. They saw nurses scribbling notes on scraps of paper between patient visits and recognized an opportunity to help.
voize works like a smart assistant that listens while nurses work. As nurses speak during their rounds, the AI captures what they say, understands their notes, and automatically handles documentation and scheduling. The system integrates seamlessly with Electronic Health Records, so nurses can focus on patients instead of computers. What makes voize special is its AI, built specifically for nursing care. It understands complex medical terminology, regional accents, and supports non-native speakers. The technology runs locally on smartphones without requiring constant internet connectivity, ensuring data protection and reliability even when wifi fails.
The impact speaks for itself: 1,100 care facilities across Germany and Austria now use voize, with 75,000 nurses saving up to 30% of their shift time. Care homes have even started featuring voize in job advertisements, turning the tool into a recruitment advantage. Daniel Waterhouse from Balderton notes that some care homes are using voize as a recruitment tool, demonstrating its transformative impact on nursing work.
With this funding, voize aims to bring its AI companion to nurses worldwide, restoring what healthcare should be about: human connection and care.
