The SmiLe company Yazen Health raises 37 million SEK
Yazen Health founders, from left: Fredrik Meurling, Otto Bretz, Magnus Nylén and Martin Carlsson.
Lund, Sweden – The digital obesity clinic Yazen treats obesity by combining weight loss medication and lifestyle changes. With the capital from the rights issue, 37 million Swedish kronor, the company plans to develop its product and continue expanding in Europe.
The investment round is led by Luminar Ventures, with participation from existing shareholders and key executives. Yazen Health has been part of the SmiLes incubator program since 2021.
Yazen Health started its operations two years ago with the vision of helping individuals overcome overweight and obesity. With a team consisting of doctors, dietitian, psychologist, and personal trainer, patients are treated with a combination of medication and lifestyle changes through a digital platform. The company now has 45 employees and significant financial growth per month.
The team includes founders of other successful digital healthcare providers such as MinDoktor and Blodtrycksdoktorn. The founders of Yazen Health are Magnus Nyhlén, a physician and entrepreneur, Otto Bretz, CTO, Fredrik Meurling, CEO, and Martin Carlsson, docent, and specialist physician in endocrinology.
Read the full press release from Yazen Health at Cision: https://news.cision.com/se/yazen/r/yazen-tar-in-37-mkr-for-expansion,c3826339
For more information, please contact: Christina Waller Sterner, Marketing Directir at Yazen Health, phone +46 767- 669067
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About SmiLe Incubator SmiLe Incubator is a life science business incubator based in Medicon Village in Lund, Sweden. SmiLe offers business coaching, a broad international industry and investor network and a unique laboratory infrastructure with state-of-the art instrumentation. Since the start, SmiLe has helped 100+ entrepreneurs commercialize their business ideas. Currently there are some 30 companies in SmiLe incubator which, together with alumni companies, have attracted more than EUR 717 million in venture capital since 2014. To date, 21 of SmiLe´s companies have launched an IPO and these listed companies have a market capitalization of more than EUR 500 million (Q4 2022). SmiLe is a non-profit organization and receives basic funding from Region Skåne, Lund Municipality, Lund University and Medicon Village. SmiLe´s sponsors are Agilent, Sparbanken Skåne, Awa, Høiberg, Magle Chemoswed, Merck, Prevas, Setterwalls, Zacco, Phase Holographic Imaging and ChemoMetec. www.smileincubator.life
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