Heuristik

heuristik.com ↗ ·Bilbao ·Pre-seed

Heuristik is a Bilbao-based health technology company that develops AI-powered biometric patient identification for hospitals and healthcare providers. Its Heuristik Health ID platform combines fingerprint recognition with artificial intelligence to identify patients in about three seconds, even when fingerprints are wet, dirty or bloodstained. The system integrates with electronic health record systems and is used for patient admission, avoiding duplicate medical records, making sure the right patient gets the right treatment, and tracking patients within the hospital. Founded in 2018 by Antxon Caballero and Nerea Fontecha, the company reports adoption by around 20 hospital groups across Europe, the United States and Mexico, including Portugal's second-largest hospital group, and has published a clinical study with the University of Chicago. Heuristik closed a €2.1 million pre-seed round combining private investment and grants, with backing from SETT, Fundalogy, Lemon Ventures, Startupxplore and Venturade, and has raised about €3.2 million in total from venture capital and research grants.

Founded

2018

Founders

Total funds raised

€2.1M

SectorsHealthtech, Biometrics, Artificial Intelligence, Patient Safety Start-up MapHealthtech & Bio › Clinical software & health data

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Founders

Antxon Caballero

Co-Founder & CEO

Nerea Fontecha

Co-Founder

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Fundalogy

www.fundalogy.com

Led Pre-seed 2025 Spain

SETT

sett.gob.es

Led Pre-seed 2025 Spain

Startupxplore

startupxplore.com

Led Pre-seed 2025 Spain

Venturade

venturade.com

Led Pre-seed 2025 Spain

Lemon Ventures

Led Pre-seed 2025 India

Xavier Castells

Pre-seed 2025 Spain

Funding rounds 2

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Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2025-12-11	Pre-seed	€1.4M	SETT, Fundalogy, Lemon Ventures, Startupxplore, Venturade +1 more
2023-04-21	Pre-seed	€750K	Lead not disclosed

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2025-12-11	Grant	€700K	Lead unknown
2022-02-16	Grant	€325K	Lead not disclosed +1 more

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2026-10-23	Nanogrow gana el VDS 2026 con sus medicamentos basados en nanoanticuerpos ↗ Emprendedores 2026-10-23
2026-06-08	Heuristik targets healthcare biometrics with AI built for clinical conditions ↗ Biometric Update 2026-06-08
2026-01-07	Fundalogy respalda a la startup de identificación y gestión inteligente de pacientes Heuristik ↗ Teleprensa 2026-01-07
2025-12-11	SETT is investing in Heuristik's technology, which identifies patients by combining fingerprints and artificial intelligence ↗ Capital-Riesgo.es 2025-12-11
2025-11-24	Heuristik: "Queremos convertirnos en el estándar mundial de identificación de pacientes" ↗ SPRI 2025-11-24
2025-06-17	La startup que combina IA y biometría dactilar para zanjar (por fin) la identificación errónea de los pacientes ↗ El Español / Invertia 2025-06-17
2025-06-05	Heuristik, a startup that identifies patients with AI and fingerprint biometrics, opens round at Startupxplore ↗ Capital-Riesgo.es 2025-06-05