voize, a Berlin-based startup building AI tools specifically designed for nurses, has closed a $50 million Series A round led by Balderton Capital, with participation from HV Capital, Redalpine, Y Combinator, and HPI Ventures. The company says the funding will accelerate its expansion across Europe and support its entry into the United States.
Healthcare systems are confronting historic nursing shortages, with facilities across Europe and the U.S. struggling to hire and retain staff. Nurses are increasingly overwhelmed by administrative work, spending as much as 30% of each shift on documentation — an estimated 5.5 billion hours and $246 billion in labor costs annually across both regions. While hospitals have widely deployed digital tools for physicians, most workflows used by nurses have remained untouched.
voize aims to fill that gap. Its AI companion listens as nurses speak during care, interprets workflows, and completes documentation automatically, even when the device is offline. Developed with nurses over tens of thousands of hours, the platform is designed to integrate directly into real-world routines and reduce administrative time by up to 30% per shift. According to the company, more than 75,000 nurses across 1,100 care facilities already rely on voize and some employers now market the tool in job postings to attract staff.
With the new capital, voize plans to scale its footprint across Europe, launch in the U.S., expand its AI assistant capabilities, grow its team to support hospitals, long-term care, and home-care providers, and continue advancing its privacy-first, on-device AI technology for clinical environments.
voize’s founders say reducing administrative pressure is essential to keeping care systems operational. Their stated mission is to return time, joy, and human connection to nursing by removing unnecessary bureaucracy from everyday workflows.
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“With this new funding, we’ll make our AI Companion for nurses even stronger, deepening its integration into nurses workflows and we’re ready to scale across Europe and the US.”
Fabio Schmidberger, Co-Founder and CEO at voize
