Ahead Health, a Zurich-based preventive healthcare company, announced that it has raised $6 million in funding. The round was led by RTP Global, with participation from Tiny.VC, Pareto 20, and entrepreneurs including Kai Eberhardt (Oviva), Stef van Grieken (Cradle), Sara Hürlimann (Zahnarztzentrum), Thomas Wolf (Hugging Face), Michiel Bakker (MIT, DeepMind), and Cody Gakpo (Liverpool FC).
Early detection remains rare in modern healthcare systems that are reactive, fragmented and expensive. That’s a huge missed opportunity, given modern advances in AI enable more precise than ever pinpointing of potential signs of disease or abnormalities from MRI and blood data.
Founded in 2024 by ex-Google executives, medical doctors, and healthtech builders, Ahead Health combines preventive check-ups such as MRI scans, advanced blood tests, and CT-scans into a single AI-powered platform to democratise access to sophisticated preventative healthcare.
It translates complex biomarkers (naturally occurring indicators in the body which can indicate disease) into personalised, actionable insights. This can lead to detection of conditions like cancer, brain disease, endometriosis, and cardiovascular issues years earlier than traditional healthcare. Crucially, Ahead Health’s full-body MRI scan and blood tests take just 30 minutes, result in a personalised health plan, and the entire process is digital and seamless.
Nick Lenten, CEO and co-founder at Ahead Health, said, “Well-analysed data for preventative health purposes is already making a massive difference, with 25% of those who have used our services discovering a medical issue that was previously unknown to them. Next to that, we also uncover more longevity-focused insights – for instance when our MRI analysis pinpointed the root cause of my own nagging lower back pain, which then allowed me to treat the issue. We’re thrilled to welcome new investment as we enter a new stage of growth and many more people will experience such relief as a result. We all want to be able to lift our grandkids when we’re 70, and early detection is the key.”
As a licensed medical practice, Ahead Health operates through partnerships with clinics across Switzerland and Germany, combining medically rigorous testing with an AI platform that continuously learns from both research and individual health patterns. Having built relationships with the largest clinical brands in these markets, Ahead Health is now growing its European footprint and evolving its platform to become the continent’s personal health operating system.
The new investment will enable Ahead Health to scale its European expansion by signing up more partner clinics across Germany, the Netherlands and Austria, enhance its platform, introduce new testing modalities and grow its engineering team.
Vinsensius Vega, CTO and Co-founder at Ahead Health, said, “Proprietary, hard-to-get data is where we believe the AI-puck is going. We want to help people securely and safely build that data set, and help make sense of it – embedded in the local healthcare system they’re part of.”
Jelmer de Jong, Partner at RTP Global, said, “There’s enormous untapped potential in the preventative health space, which is quickly emerging as one of the most exciting applications of AI in healthcare. Nick and team combine operator experience with healthcare expertise to keep building on their success and serve the growing number of consumers placing a priority on proactive health management. We’re very proud to back them on their journey.”
