Founder & CEO (PreSeed Health-tech) Hospital Discharge Readiness Engine

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About The Venture

Delayed hospital discharge costs OECD healthcare systems an estimated $120 billion per year. In Germany alone, the problem adds ~€2–3B in unnecessary costs — and with 75% of hospitals in deficit, every wasted bed-day hits the bottom line.

The discharge process is chaotic. When a patient is clinically ready to leave, a cascade of manual steps begins: handwritten task lists, phone calls to care facilities, fax-based GP notifications, 45–90 minute discharge letters drafted across multiple screens, and a pharmacy that only starts preparing medication after everything else is done. There is no shared view of who is ready to go, what is blocking them, or what each team member needs to do.

The result: internal delays of 2–3 days are common. Beds stay blocked. Revenue stays uncollected — RBK targets €5M/week in billing, and every incomplete discharge letter stalls it. 55% of German hospitals use no dedicated discharge software at all.

We are building the missing orchestration layer: a live discharge readiness dashboard that maps every task on the critical path, tracks completion in real time, surfaces blockers, and pushes actions to the right staff member — before the morning ward round discovers them. Auto-draft discharge letters. One-click GP notifications. Pharmacy pre-alerts. From reactive discharge to planned, same-day execution.

Germany's KHVVG reform (April 2026) creates a funded procurement window: hospitals must prove "time in hospital" reductions to unlock the €13B digitalisation fund. With 1,893 German hospitals and no dominant discharge workflow vendor, the beachhead is wide open. The global patient flow management market is $1.89B today, growing to $4.84B by 2030.

Our Offer

We don't just fund ideas — we co-build them. Join as Founder & CEO and get access to a full-stack venture studio offering designed to give you the best possible start:

• €275k of spin out capital plus a founder stipend + studio budget to build, validate, and launch
• Expert Team: Hands-on support across product, growth, fundraising, AI/ML, design, legal, hiring, and more
• MVP Build: Full-time venture builder(s) to help ship your first product
• Accelerator: 6 months of deep operational support post-launch
• Strategic Network: Intros to top-tier investors and corporate partners
• Validation: A vetted concept, domain insight, and a head start in a massive market
  
  

Jobs to be Done

As Founder & CEO, you will be responsible for turning a strong thesis into a scaled, defensible business.

• Define the wedge. Decide whether v1 focuses on the discharge checklist, the auto-draft letter, the ward cockpit, or all three — and which clinical specialty proves ROI fastest.
• Turn a thesis into a product. Build the first working discharge readiness dashboard that integrates with German KIS systems (Dedalus ORBIS, SAP IS-H, CGM) via HL7 FHIR.
• Win the first pilot. Deploy at RBK and prove measurable reduction in discharge delays within 10–12 weeks.
• Compress the sales cycle. Design a gain-share pilot model that proves ROI in 3 months and converts to SaaS — bypassing 12–24 month German hospital procurement.
• Build the platform vision. Evolve from discharge engine to ward flow orchestrator to hospital digital twin
• Build the company. Hire the initial team, raise capital, and establish the venture as the category leader for discharge intelligence in DACH.
  
  

Your Ideal Experience

We are not looking for a traditional healthcare executive or a pure AI researcher. The ideal candidate sits at the intersection.

• Experienced founder or builder capable of operating from zero to one in a complex, multi-stakeholder healthcare environment.
• Unique market insight or a "top 1%" advantage in hospital operations, health-tech SaaS, or German healthcare IT.
• Proven ability to sell into risk-averse hospital procurement and navigate long enterprise sales cycles.
• Strong product and technical instincts: you can reason about KIS integration, FHIR APIs, and clinical workflow automation.
• High IQ and EQ — comfortable speaking with hospital CFOs, ward nurses, and IT directors in the same week.
• Deep understanding of the German healthcare market. German language skills (fluency) are essential.
• Experience in digital health, hospital IT, or clinical workflow is a significant plus.
  
  

Most importantly, you are motivated by building the system that shows, for every patient, how close they are to going home — and what each team needs to do today to get them there.