Epicura, the digital outpatient clinic for social and healthcare assistance, already operating in 9 cities, with 600 healthcare professionals and over 5,500 services provided, has started with an equity crowdfunding campaign on Mamacrowd.
Epicura is thus launching a new €800,000 round and, of the amount, €450,000 has already been subscribed to date by Club degli Investitori, LVenture Group, Club Acceleratori, the investment vehicle, financed by SiamoSoci, Compagnia di San Paolo and Fondazione CRC, strongly backed by I3P in collaboration with the most important accelerators active in Italy, and Boost Heroes.
The capital increase operation is active through the Italian platform Mamacrowd, which also gives private individuals the opportunity to become members from a minimum investment of €500.
Already operating in 9 Italian cities
Launched in 2017, EpiCura's service is now running in 9 Italian cities (Turin, Milan, Rome, Bologna, Florence, Brescia, Genoa, Catania and Naples) and has already served more than 1,200 patients, delivering 6,000 procedures thanks to the more than 600 professionals registered on the platform. In just over 18 months, it has generated bookings of over €200,000 with volumes growing by 30% per month since January 2018.
The new capital will be used to expand the range of services offered, complete the development of the technological platform, and extend the service to other Italian cities.
The service is active 7 days a week and can be booked online 24 hours a day or by telephone, calling the operations centre that answers 7 days a week, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. All services are guaranteed within 24/48 hours: among the services offered to date, there are Physiotherapy, Nursing, Day and Night Home Assistance and Osteopathy.