Follow the Gradient Scaling Without Breaking: Hard Lessons from Kai Eberhardt, CEO & Co-founder of Healthtech Oviva
Scaling a startup is hard. Scaling it in healthcare, where regulation slows everything down, is even harder.
Kai Eberhardt, CEO & Co-founder of Oviva, knows this first-hand. Since 2014, he has built one of Europe’s leading virtual clinics for obesity and diabetes, treating over 800,000 patients and raising $120 million. But behind those numbers are the real challenges of growth—navigating reimbursement, expanding across markets, hiring the right people, and staying ahead as a leader.
In this episode, Kai shares:
- Why healthtech founders must build for reimbursement, not just product
- The toughest lessons from scaling across multiple European markets
- How to keep speed, decision-making, and culture intact beyond 1,000 employees
- What breaks first when a startup scales—and how to fix it
- How to evolve as a CEO so the company doesn’t outgrow you
- Balancing a high-growth startup with your own health, family, young kids and long-term sustainability
Tune in now to learn from one of Europe’s most successful healthtech founders.
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