Press release

Yazen, Europe’s leading digital healthcare provider in obesity care, has been ranked as the second fastest-growing startup in Europe by the Sifted 250: Startup Europe Leaderboard 2025.

Yazen named the fastest-growing startup in the Nordics and Benelux in the Sifted 100 Leaderboard

Yazen partners with Withings to go beyond BMI for better health insights.

Yazen expands in Scandinavia through the acquisition of Danish company Medstart, which is established in Denmark and Norway. Together, they enhance care for people with obesity.

Yazen Health has successfully closed an oversubscribed €19.5 million series A funding round to fuel its international expansion. This investment enables Yazen to enhance its pioneering obesity treatment model, combining modern weight loss medication with comprehensive lifestyle support.

The obesity epidemic is one of the greatest health challenges of our time. Globally, it is estimated that 1.9 billion people will suffer from morbid obesity by 2035, which represents one in four adults. Among children, obesity is expected to increase by 100 percent between 2020 and 2035. The cost to society is projected to be 4 trillion dollars.

Patients at the digital healthcare provider Yazen have now collectively shed 60 tonnes