Berlin-based AI startup Voize has raised $9 million in seed funding to revolutionize medical documentation through AI-powered speech recognition. Giving care workers a faster, smarter way to handle time-consuming administrative tasks. The round was led by HV Capital, with support from Y Combinator, redalpine, and HPI Ventures.
Founded in 2020 by Fabio and Marcel Schmidberger and Erik Ziegler. Voize is on a mission to reduce the documentation burden in healthcare. The idea sparked when the Schmidberger brothers witnessed firsthand how their grandfather’s move into a nursing home exposed major inefficiencies. They saw caregivers spending excessive time on paperwork—time that should have gone toward patient care.
“We saw this problem up close, and we wanted to fix it,” said Fabio Schmidberger, co-founder and CEO. “Now, tens of thousands of caregivers are using Voize to dictate reports and reclaim time for what really matters: caring for patients.”
Traditionally, caregivers spend a large portion of their shift manually filling out reports—vital signs, medication logs, care notes. This not only leads to burnout and job dissatisfaction but also impacts the quality of care. Voize offers a compelling solution: an AI voice assistant that allows caregivers to dictate documentation directly into their smartphones.
The app’s AI processes and structures speech input, automatically generating accurate and secure entries for patient records. According to a study with Charité University Hospital in Berlin, Voize users save an average of 39 minutes per shift, boosting both efficiency and morale.
Currently used in over 600 care facilities, Voize’s technology has become a valuable tool for non-physician healthcare professionals, a segment often overlooked by competitors focused primarily on doctors.
Voize’s strength lies in its proprietary AI technology designed for domain-specific speech recognition. Unlike general-purpose tools, its system understands the nuances of healthcare documentation. It integrates directly with existing electronic health records (EHRs), ensuring seamless implementation without disrupting workflows.
The company sets itself apart from solutions like Nuance (Microsoft), MModal (3M), and DeepScribe, which primarily target physicians. Voize focuses on nursing homes and care workers, offering a mobile-first experience tailored to the people actually handling day-to-day patient care.
Caregivers can use the app to dictate notes, access historical records, view vital signs, medications, and wound documentation—on the go, from their phones. The system ensures data privacy and regulatory compliance, two non-negotiables in healthcare tech.
Voize’s vision goes beyond nursing homes. With the new capital, the company plans to expand into hospitals and explore industrial use cases, such as inspections and field service documentation—sectors facing similar paperwork bottlenecks.
“Voize combines all the ingredients for a European tech success,” said Felix Klühr, General Partner at HV Capital. “They’re creating real impact in healthcare, solving labor challenges, and building a scalable AI business with clear industry applications.”
The team brings deep technical roots, having launched the company while studying systems engineering at Germany’s Hasso Plattner Institute. Their academic background and personal motivation have resulted in a solution that’s both technically advanced and deeply practical.
As healthcare systems worldwide grapple with labor shortages and rising administrative demands, Voize is shaping the future of medical documentation—freeing up time, improving care, and setting a new standard for how AI can empower frontline workers.
