Paris, January 28, 2025

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• Co-founded by Victoire Bach and Matthias Lesage, Hopia has raised €3.5 million in a funding round co-led by IRIS and Kurma Partners, alongside a group of business angels specializing in tech and healthcare.
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• Founded four years ago, Hopia aims to sustainably transform patient pathways and the organization of healthcare and social care facilities through explainable and transparent AI algorithms.
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• With over 1,700 users and 80 client teams in institutions such as CHU de Brest, Groupe Hospitalier St. Joseph, and groups like Vivalto Santé and Elsan, Hopia is now a key player in enhancing hospital and paramedical efficiency.
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Transforming the Lives of Caregivers and Patients Through Medical Scheduling
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Hopia offers a solution based on an explainable AI algorithm, replacing Excel-based planning methods. Scheduling for medical and paramedical teams is a major challenge, consuming up to 80% of the time of health managers and department heads and often leading to care delays. Hopia assists health managers in resource management, facilitating team coordination and prioritization of care, while promoting work-life balance for caregivers.
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"At Hopia, our mission is clear: to put people back at the heart of healthcare. Schedules should no longer be a source of stress or inefficiency but a tool to improve working conditions for caregivers and the quality of care for patients. This funding will help us accelerate our impact and contribute to a more humane, equitable, and efficient healthcare system," explains Victoire Bach, co-founder of Hopia.
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"Behind every optimized schedule are caregivers who gain back time and equity, patients who receive better care, and facilities that can meet more needs. Hopia was designed to profoundly transform resource management in healthcare institutions by delivering innovative technological solutions for teams and patients," adds Matthias Lesage, co-founder of Hopia.
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A Proven Impact in Four Years
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In just four years, Hopia has established itself as a key player in hospital efficiency. With more than 1,700 users across 20+ institutions, Hopia supports facilities like CHU de Brest, Groupe Hospitalier Saint Joseph, Vivalto Santé, and Elsan. Its results are remarkable:
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• Enhanced patient care capacity through optimal resource allocation, resulting in a 3-7% increase in activity without additional resources and a significant reduction in temporary staffing, representing up to 10% of staff.
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• 50-90% reduction in scheduling management time, freeing managers for strategic, high-value tasks.
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• Improved work-life quality with schedules designed to be more stable, equitable, and predictable, reducing turnover and increasing facility attractiveness.
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Scaling to Meet National Needs
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After four years of daily work in hospitals to develop its unique methodology, Hopia is raising funds to expand its tool across France. The goal: strengthen its presence in new segments, such as nursing homes, radiology centers, and facilities for individuals with disabilities. The funding will also support the addition of a capacity dimension to the solution, enabling resource adaptation and care prioritization based on actual patient or resident needs.
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Currently a team of 19, Hopia plans to double its workforce by the end of the year, seeking commercial talents and technical and operational engineers to support its rapid growth.
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With the development of its next product, Hopia Parcours, the company aims to further optimize patient care. This new solution will tackle challenges related to care pathway planning, helping to optimize patient care in line with available resources and democratize access to healthcare.
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"The positioning of Hopia is particularly relevant due to the team's unique work in codifying the complex, often implicit rules of medical scheduling within a resource-constrained context. Beyond medical staff, this involves creating an entirely new methodology to optimize patient pathways, which today remain unfortunately inconsistent," says Anaïs Monlong, Principal at IRIS.
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"We were impressed by the vision and maturity of the founders, Victoire and Matthias. The exceptional client feedback, emphasizing the value generated by the solution, was a key factor in our decision to support the company," adds Benjamin Belot, Partner at Kurma Partners.

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