Consulting for innovation in medicine

Understand medicine. Shape technology. Deliver innovation.

Innovation in medicine that actually makes a difference.

We are a partner at the intersection of medicine, healthcare software, regulation and value creation – for hospitals, academia, companies and investors.

Who advises you

Medical, technological and entrepreneurial – from first-hand responsibility

Innovade Consulting is led by PD Dr. med. Tobias Schäfer, M.Sc. He founded, built and, as CEO, led a private-equity-backed healthcare software group – and as a nephrologist and habilitated physician knows patient care first-hand.

  • 15+years building and leading healthcare software companies
  • 400+employees under previous leadership responsibility
  • CEOof a private-equity-backed software group
  • MDNephrologist, habilitated physician

Figures refer to the managing director's previous personal professional experience, not to Innovade Consulting GmbH.

More about us →
01

Medicine

First-hand clinical experience

Almost two decades in clinical care and research at a university hospital. We know how care works – and why good solutions fail in everyday practice.

02

Software & organisation

Technology and leadership experience

From founder to CEO: built products and teams, merged companies and led them through growth and integration.

03

Delivery

From strategy to market entry

Regulation, product, funding and organisation from a single source. We stay on board until a project works in practice.

Who we work with

We advise organisations in the medical field that want to make a difference – from research institutes to investors.

  • University hospitals
  • Hospitals
  • Medical practices
  • Academic institutions
  • Initiatives & organisations
  • Start-ups
  • Scale-ups
  • Companies
  • Funds & investors
Everyone claims to be innovative today. What matters is what actually reaches people.

Let's talk

Facing a complex medical, technological or business decision? Let's work out together what the sensible next step is.

PD Dr. med. Tobias Schäfer, M.Sc.Managing director

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