Aepsy buys Kinastic to become a one-stop workplace health platform
What's the deal? Zurich-based digital health startup AepsyDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has acquired KinasticDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, the Swiss market leader in corporate health promotion. The move adds prevention services to Aepsy's platform, bringing its reach to over 150 partner companies in Switzerland. Financial terms were not disclosed.
What do they do? Aepsy, founded in 2020, connects users to more than 400 listed psychologists for mental health support both privately and at work. Kinastic, founded in Zurich in 2016, serves around 100 corporate clients with an app and an HR planning tool covering movement, nutrition, and mental fitness.
What's the endgame? Aepsy wants to become a central health platform for companies and their employees, combining prevention and intervention. The Kinastic offering will be integrated into Aepsy's platform over the coming months and continue under the Aepsy brand.
Why it fits: The two companies are both rooted in Zurich and have known each other since Kinastic was one of Aepsy's first platform partners. Kinastic's roughly staff will join Aepsy's 35-person team.
What they're saying: "With Kinastic, the Swiss market leader for corporate health promotion joins Aepsy, and we set the standard for a holistic health offering in the workplace," said Nicolas Egger, chief executive officer and founder of Aepsy (translated from German).
Michael Kubli, chief executive officer and founder of Kinastic, called the deal both "a successful exit" and "a continuation of the mission" (translated from German).
The signal: The tie-up reflects growing demand for bundled workplace wellbeing services, where prevention and clinical support sit under one roof. Aepsy, already embedded with insurers such as HelsanaDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and employers including Kantonsspital GraubündenDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and SchindlerDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, is betting that companies want a single provider spanning the full health spectrum.
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