Munich Startup: What does your startup do? What problem do you solve?
Adrian Kochsiek, CEO of Onvy: Onvy is your pocket-sized AI health coach – powered by real-time biometric data and personalized prevention. We transform wearable data into real life changes: concrete recommendations for more energy, better sleep, performance, and long-term health.
The fundamental problem we solve: Most people have wearables, but no idea what to do with all that data. We bring structure to the healthcare chaos – intelligently, individually, and effectively.
At the same time, we develop scalable technological solutions for companies to systematically integrate preventive health promotion into existing infrastructures. This means that Onvy can be embedded into digital health platforms, corporate health programs, or wearable ecosystems – with modular technology, scientific depth, and a data protection-compliant architecture. This way, we create real added value in the healthcare of tomorrow, not only for individuals but also for organizations.
More than just tracking
Munich Startup: But that's been around for a long time!
Adrian Kochsiek: Is there? Not really. Most solutions track—we, on the other hand, translate individual health data into highly personalized recommendations for action.
People are empowered to manage their health holistically and proactively. Companies are dramatically improving their most important KPIs in terms of engagement, retention, and user experience – through true personalization in the health sector. Others tell you how many steps you've taken. Onvy shows you why your energy level is at 73 percent today – and what you can do to get it to 90 percent. Based on your sleep data, your stress levels, your diet, your hormonal cycle, data from your environment – and much more.
Onvy thinks about health proactively and holistically: from precise regeneration and mental fitness to real-time adjustment of exercise and nutrition – tailored to your individual lifestyle. This isn't tracking. This is precision health – enabled by hundreds of data integrations and the targeted use of AI to translate this data into personalized prevention and predictive health management.
Munich Startup: What is your founding story?
Adrian Kochsiek: I'd have to go into a lot of detail for that. The short version: After being diagnosed with cancer at a young age, I realized early on how fundamental it is to rethink health—not as a reaction to illness, but as active, highly personalized, and preventative self-management.
After five formative years at UnternehmerTUM – Europe's leading center for tech innovation and startup development – I built my first company in the healthcare sector. We combined diagnostics with personalized micronutrient supplements and, within three years, built a seven- to eight-figure business with a strong interdisciplinary team. Despite my success, it was clear to me: the next big lever for global impact lies not in products, but in technology, especially AI. I followed market movements, technological breakthroughs, and societal changes very closely – waiting until AI was no longer just a buzzword but could create real, everyday added value for people.
Once I reached this sweet spot, I founded Onvy – with the clear goal of building the world's first true AI health coach. Long before the big tech companies entered this field, we set out with Onvy to write a new chapter in personalized healthcare.
“We are on a course of expansion”
Munich Startup: What have been your biggest challenges so far?
Adrian Kochsiek: Healthcare is a highly regulated, highly sensitive market. It's often a delicate balancing act between data protection, scientific responsibility, and technical complexity. Our biggest challenge was developing a product that is both scientifically sound and user-centric. Setting up data protection according to the highest EU guidelines was a mammoth project.
A key challenge was finding investors who could provide not only capital, but also a deep understanding of healthtech and the macro trends in this area, and market access for our highly innovative segment. Our model lies at the intersection of B2C and B2B – this often requires a bit of explanation, but holds enormous potential. A concrete aha moment was when we realized that the greatest innovation often lies not in a new feature, but in how easily it can be integrated into users' lives. To achieve this, we had to dig deeper, test more, and work even more closely with users.
Munich Startup: Where would you like to be in one year, where in five years?
Adrian Kochsiek: In one year we have successfully gained a foothold internationally. After the Entry of a major US investor and our first enterprise customers in North America, we are on a course of expansion. At the same time, we are systematically driving forward the expansion of our B2B division – with a focus on deeper product integrations, intelligent API usage, and new application scenarios. We will be able to announce major breakthroughs in this area before the end of this year.
In five years, Onvy will be a key technology deeply embedded in the everyday lives of millions of people around the world. Our greatest leverage lies in empowering our enterprise customers – through the seamless integration of our healthcare AI into existing products, platforms, and service ecosystems. Five years is a huge window of opportunity in the world of AI – we will use it to shape a new global understanding of healthcare: proactive, predictive, and hyper-personalized.
“Munich could be bolder”
Munich Startup: How have you experienced Munich as a startup location so far?
Adrian Kochsiek: Munich is a strong location for deep tech – with excellent universities, solid infrastructure, and an increasingly vibrant ecosystem. Here, technological depth meets a growing awareness of innovation. At the same time, however, we also sense that the location could be bolder. What I would like to see is a scene that supports unconventional ideas early on – instead of waiting until other markets like the US or Asia have already done so. Visionary ideas require not only capital, but above all trust, speed, and a willingness to take risks.
Especially at the intersection of artificial intelligence and healthcare technology, regulatory hurdles are high in Europe – while in other regions, implementation is faster because the mindset is more agile and future-oriented. Nevertheless, Munich is my home. And I'm grateful for what we've been able to build here. The location has provided us with everything we needed to get Onvy to where we are today – including the launch pad for our internationalization.
Munich Startup: Public transport or bicycle?
Adrian Kochsiek: Cycling – with a wearable on my wrist and the good feeling of having already completed a workout in my Onvy app. It saves time, brings in fresh air, and natural sunlight.
Onvy not only tracks my movement, but also environmental factors such as light, air quality, and temperature – and shows me how they affect my energy level and well-being. It's precisely these everyday moments that demonstrate how smart health management can work: simple, integrated, and effective.
