Piavita

Piavita AG is a Zurich-based veterinary medtech startup founded in 2016 by Dr. Dorina Thiess and Sascha Bührle with the aim of revolutionizing equine veterinary medicine. The company develops a wireless, wearable vital signs monitoring system that enables veterinarians to track a horse's health indicators continuously and remotely without direct skin contact, providing objective, uninfluenced medical insights over extended periods. The Piavita Vet System records multiple vital parameters and organizes each horse's digital patient file in a centralized platform, saving hours of daily manual monitoring and enabling veterinary professionals to monitor animals from anywhere. Piavita owns the world's largest raw dataset tied to uninfluenced animal health signals and raised a $5.5 million Series A round from True Ventures, investiere, FyrFly Venture Partners, and Zurich Cantonal Bank. The company targets the multi-billion veterinary diagnostics market across the US and Europe, where combined horse populations exceed 15 million animals.