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UrbanFisio has closed an investment round, raising 1 million euros and incorporating Grupo IMA as a new partner. The company, with its own team of physiotherapists, is thus getting closer to its goal of being a world leader in the paradigm shift in home health.
Madrid, February 8, 2024.- UrbanFisio, the leading health center in Spain in home physiotherapy, has raised 1 million euros in its latest investment round, bringing in the IMA Group (French insurance group, also known as Inter Mutuelles Assistance), through its investment fund IMA Participations, and new strategic individual investors, and which will be mainly aimed at organic growth, innovation in the standard of working in physiotherapy, and the development of its expansion plans in digital health.Founded in 2016 by Miguel de Santiago and Irma Gutiérrez, UrbanFisio was born with the purpose of creating a profound and lasting change in society, bringing closer and making quality personalized physiotherapy accessible at home, with the vision of being a world reference in the paradigm shift in home health. The entry into the capital of the IMA Group will allow UrbanFisio to improve its healthcare capillarity throughout the national territory. It marks an important stage that positions UrbanFisio as a leading player in home health. The round has been completed with the participation of ENISA and will be allocated, first of all, to organic growth, consolidating its position as a leader in home physiotherapy care. . Part of the investment will also be allocated to developing expansion plans, improving technology aimed at innovation in integrated care and continuous patient monitoring, and strengthening the people and commercial area, where the figure of the Patient Advisor is created. , to ensure an excellent experience and care. "Receiving social and health care at home is a national priority," highlights De Santiago, CEO and co-founder. "The shortage of beds in hospitals and places in residences, together with the desire of more people to spend as much time as possible with the best quality of life at home, makes the home the new center of care. UrbanFisio covers this social need combining technology and personalized care, responding to two of the most important challenges that society currently faces: the sustainability of the health care model and the accelerated aging of the population." For her part, Gutiérrez, Health Director and co-founder , points out that "we are transforming health care at home, using technology, having our own health professionals, with stable contracts and professional development, valuing the physiotherapist profession and fighting against the precariousness that exists in the sector. In addition, Having our own team of physiotherapists provides complete control of the quality of care and having direct responsibility for the entire process." Finally, De Santiago highlights that "health is a good of special protection and being regulated as a health center allows us to work jointly with the public health system and local governments in tenders for active aging and home care services that are beginning to incorporate health care."UrbanFisio, in its seven years of experience, has cared for more than 30,000 patients in their homes, with more than 150,000 physiotherapy sessions carried out. Issuer: UrbanFisio
Contact Contact name: Eva Pascual Contact description: CMO at UrbanFisio Contact phone: 911238934
