Digital health continues to evolve rapidly, shaped by both long-term healthcare transformation and external global forces. The transformation of healthcare is no longer optional, as health systems face mounting pressure from demographic shifts, lack of healthcare professionals, financial constraints, and rising expectations from patients and professionals alike.
We see four fundamental trends reshaping healthcare delivery:
- From analogue to digital
- From hospital to community
- From provider focused to patient centred
- From treatment to prevention
These shifts are driving demand for digital infrastructure that enables coordination, access, automation, and informed clinical decisions across the care continuum.
Through building a digital health portfolio with solutions that improve patient safety and assure a secure and efficient digital transformation, DNV is empowering healthcare providers to tackle rising costs, staff shortages and demand for care.
We invest in and acquire companies addressing fundamental challenges related to healthcare IT and digital transformation of healthcare. These can include companies addressing:
- Secure data-sharing within and across institutions and systems
- Integrity of data running through healthcare providers’ digital systems
- Operational assurance and hospital workflow management
- Interoperability layers enabling a more efficient care delivery, research, etc.
Typically, we target companies with a turnover of more than EUR 20 million and operating in Europe, but we are open to consider less mature opportunities demonstrating strong growth potential.
Investments in strategically relevant start-ups are made in collaboration with DNV Ventures.
2700
+
hospitals and healthcare providers
certified or accredited worldwide to international, national and DNV Standards
40000000
patient pathways
managed every day across the UK’s National Health Service, and growing
42000
+
healthcare professionals
using our solutions to collaborate for more efficient and seamless patient journey
1000
+
hospitals in the US
accredited to DNV standards (deemed by US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
1
dedicated research unit
conducting strategic research around AI validation, assurance and regulatory frameworks.
Could DNV accelerate the growth of your digital health business?
We have an active M&A strategy in digital health. Our team of digital health experts supports our portfolio companies with range of key issues from strategy to commercial growth, technology development and governance.
Our advantages as a global, purpose-driven owner:
- Owned by an independent foundation with a long-term investment horizon
- Global brand profile known for safeguarding life, property and the environment
- Significant network of existing healthcare provider customers
- Long-term focus, with a growth-driven network of businesses
- Strong local healthcare footprint in UK, Nordics, EU, Australasia, Brazil, China and US
- Broad offering of assurance services with focus on safety, quality, and privacy.
Our value as an active investor:
- We provide access to resources, our extensive network and our global corporate infrastructure to support portfolio companies’ management teams in their growth journey
- We enhance portfolio companies’ sales and marketing, financial management, strategic planning, brand development, and security and compliance – through support from experts and functional teams, together with methodologies and frameworks
- We position DNV and its portfolio companies as thought leaders within digital health.
Download our pack “DNV in Digital Health” to find out more.
Companies in our digital health portfolio
Healthcare
DNV Imatis
Healthcare
MBI Health
Digital health companies in DNV Ventures portfolio
