# Guido Hegener

> Guido Hegener is a Series A investor at Digital Health Ventures backing Health Care and Apps. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Digital Health Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-health-ventures)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guidohegener
- Website: https://x.com/ghegener

Guido Hegener is a Series A investor at Digital Health Ventures in Berlin focused on Health Care and Apps. Guido Hegener is Managing Partner at Digital Health Ventures (DHV), a sector-focused Venture Capital fund based in Berlin. After retiring as a short track ice speed skater (German champion on the 1,000m distance in 2003), he worked as both tech entrepreneur and investor.Guido gathered his first experience as entrepreneur founding Doktus (soldin 2008), one of the first startups initiated by Rocket Internet. Afterwards, Guido co-founded VC-backed startup dealvertise and led the company as CEO. Since 2013, he is active as an early-stage investor specialized in Digital Health. Guido studied in Vallendar, Oslo and Seoul. He obtained B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Business Administration from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management and is a startup mentor for Deutsche Telekom’s incubator hub:raum and the Microsoft Ventures Accelerator Berlin.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 67% |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Fitness | 1 | 33% |
| mHealth | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 67% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 1 | 33% |
| Denmark | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wefight | Wefight is an open door for patients treated outside clinical settings. It makes it possible to offer services and facilitates the collect of data in real life. Our goal: to secure patients at home and save time for care teams. | $11.8M | Series A | Sep 14, 2021 |  |
| Liva Healthcare | Liva Healthcare is an innovative digital health coaching platform for scalable lifestyle and disease management.Winner of 'Health IT Firm of the Year' at the HealthInvestor Awards 2018 and 'Healthtech Innovators of the Year - Europe' at the Global Health & Pharma Awards 2018, Liva Healthcare is used by public healthcare,private insurance and pharma companies including NHS England and AXA PPP Healthcare.Liva Healthcare’s platform facilitates ongoing personalized health coaching through an intuitive app, building a strong bond between coach, GP, and patient. Its focus lies on tackling chronic illnesses, such as Type 2 diabetes, obesity, and heart disease by driving behavior change.The app is multilingual across several languages, proven to work efficiently across all socio-economic backgrounds, and is capable of engaging groups normally hard to reach. It is based upon nine to 18 months of continuous patient engagement to make new habits and behaviors stick. One coach can manage 500 patients per year simultaneously without the loss of patient outcomes.Implementation time from the get-go is normally within weeks and the platform is available as a white-label SaaS platform or as a turn-key solution, dependent on client specifications.Liva Healthcare has offices in Copenhagen, Denmark, and London, UK. | $30.2M | Series B | Jan 06, 2021 |  |
| Liva Healthcare | Liva Healthcare is an innovative digital health coaching platform for scalable lifestyle and disease management.Winner of 'Health IT Firm of the Year' at the HealthInvestor Awards 2018 and 'Healthtech Innovators of the Year - Europe' at the Global Health & Pharma Awards 2018, Liva Healthcare is used by public healthcare,private insurance and pharma companies including NHS England and AXA PPP Healthcare.Liva Healthcare’s platform facilitates ongoing personalized health coaching through an intuitive app, building a strong bond between coach, GP, and patient. Its focus lies on tackling chronic illnesses, such as Type 2 diabetes, obesity, and heart disease by driving behavior change.The app is multilingual across several languages, proven to work efficiently across all socio-economic backgrounds, and is capable of engaging groups normally hard to reach. It is based upon nine to 18 months of continuous patient engagement to make new habits and behaviors stick. One coach can manage 500 patients per year simultaneously without the loss of patient outcomes.Implementation time from the get-go is normally within weeks and the platform is available as a white-label SaaS platform or as a turn-key solution, dependent on client specifications.Liva Healthcare has offices in Copenhagen, Denmark, and London, UK. | $9M | Series A | Mar 14, 2019 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MIG Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mig-ag) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Verlinvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verlinvest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Impactivist](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investir) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Santo Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/santo-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Digital Health Ventures

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

Digital Health Ventures (DHV) is a sector-focused Venture Capital Fund based in Berlin. They are experienced early-stage investors with a track record that includes several strong European healthcare innovators. Our mission is to build a sustainable Digital Health ecosystem. They actively support portfolio entrepreneurs and leverage our networks intech and healthcare. They work together closely and find joint solutions. They invest in startups which will play a significant role in healthcare and that want a strong partner during this journey.

5 contacts available at Digital Health Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Guido Hegener | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guido-hegener |
| Laura Jänicke | Public Relations / Team-Assistant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laura-janicke |
| Min-Sung Sean Kim | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/min-sung-sean-kim |
| Ulli Jendrik Koop | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ulli-koop |
| Joon Kang | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joon-kang-b76b |

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## FAQ

### What does Guido Hegener invest in?

Guido Hegener invests primarily in Health Care, Apps and Fitness startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Guido Hegener last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Guido Hegener closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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