Saluspot is a Spanish startup operating an online community where colegiado (licensed) doctors advise and answer anonymous, free user consultations. The platform hosts thousands of registered medical professionals across Spain and Chile and has become a leading Spanish‑language medical community. Saluspot’s core product is the interactive portal that matches users’ health questions with certified physicians. Leadership is listed as Gonzalo Castellano and Philipp Hasskamp. Telefónica’s strategic investment is intended to accelerate growth and support expansion into Latin America. The deal also positions Saluspot within Telefónica’s broader eHealth service portfolio. Saluspot is a Madrid-based web interactive health community where doctors provide healthcare advice to patients. The platform aims to streamline physician-user and physician-physician relationships by offering a place where each actor can find what they need. Founded by Gonzalo Castellano, Saluspot currently features 500 doctors on its platform. The company raised €1m in funding to support growth. It intends to use the capital to increase the number of doctors and expand in Spain and other countries. Saluspot is hiring to support these expansion efforts. Saluspot is an interactive health community designed to streamline doctor–user and doctor–doctor interactions via a single platform where participants can find their needs in one place. The service aims to make medical Q&A and professional connections more efficient for patients and clinicians. It is led by entrepreneurs Gonzalo Castellano and Philipp Hasskamp, who previously founded Citydeal and sold it to Groupon in May 2010. The company was at an early stage at the time of the article and had entered an initial FFF (Family, Friends and Fools) funding round. No operating metrics or financing totals are reported in the article. The founders’ prior exit underpins investor confidence in the team’s ability to execute the model.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Feb 2013