A.P. Møller family office invests in Oviva’s €200M Series D round

Oviva, a Swiss-based provider of digital, reimbursed care for weight-related and chronic conditions, has raised €200 million in Series D funding, comprising a mix of primary and secondary capital. The round was led by Swedish investment company Kinnevik with a €100 million investment, making it Oviva’s largest shareholder. Participating investors include the Maersk family’s A.P. Moller Holding, EGS Beteiligungen AG (the investment arm of Switzerland’s Ernst Göhner Stiftung), Planet First Partners, Lunate (Abu Dhabi), Norrsken VC, and existing backer Sofina. This represents one of the largest Series D rounds in the European digital health sector. Founded in 2014 by Kai Eberhardt (CEO) and Manuel Baumann (CTO), Oviva provides AI-enabled digital therapy programs for obesity and chronic conditions that are fully reimbursed by public health systems in Germany (as a certified DiGA), the United Kingdom (through NHS partnerships), and Switzerland. The platform combines a medical-device-certified app with multidisciplinary clinical teams including dietitians and specialists to deliver evidence-based lifestyle interventions at scale. To date, Oviva has supported more than one million patients across Europe, tripled new patient intake over the past two years, and achieved cash-flow profitability in 2025. The effectiveness of its programs is supported by over 90 peer-reviewed studies. The funding will enable expansion into additional chronic indications including hypertension and type 2 diabetes to help prevent and manage costly comorbidities.

About A.P. Moller Holding and the Maersk family: Danish shipping dynasty

A.P. Moller Holding is the investment company and parent of the A.P. Moller Group, established in 2013 as the investment arm of the A.P. Moller Foundation. The foundation and holding company are controlled by the Mærsk Møller family, whose fortune is estimated at approximately $21 billion. The family’s business legacy traces back to 1886 when Captain Peter Mærsk Møller acquired the steamship ‘Laura’ after a career sailing ships. His son Arnold Peter (A.P.) Møller founded the Steamship Company Svendborg in 1904, which would become A.P. Moller – Maersk, today one of the world’s largest shipping and logistics companies operating in 130 countries with over 100,000 employees and 2024 revenues of $55.5 billion. The third generation, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1913–2012), transformed the company into a global conglomerate with interests in container transport, oil and gas, and established the family foundation in 1953 to ensure long-term stable ownership. Today, his daughter Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla chairs both the A.P. Moller Foundation and A.P. Moller Holding, while her son Robert Maersk Uggla serves as CEO of A.P. Moller Holding and Chairman of A.P. Moller – Maersk. Headquartered in Copenhagen, A.P. Moller Holding manages approximately $32 billion and invests specifically in four areas: Global Trade, Energy Transition, Circularity/Water & Waste Recovery, and Demographic & Societal Change. Its portfolio includes significant stakes in Danske Bank (20%), Unilabs, Faerch, KK Wind Solutions, Maersk Tankers, and Svitzer, among others. EGS Beteiligungen AG, also participating in this round, is the wholly-owned investment subsidiary of the Ernst Göhner Stiftung, one of Switzerland’s largest foundations. Ernst Göhner (1900–1971), a Zurich entrepreneur who developed from a carpenter into one of Switzerland’s leading general contractors and industrialists, established the foundation in 1957 and bequeathed his entire fortune to it upon his death without direct heirs. The foundation has since supported over 18,000 charitable projects with more than CHF 300 million and holds significant corporate participations managed through EGS Beteiligungen.

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