Teleclinic Founder Katharina Jünger Quits

She had sold the portal in 2020. Now she is leaving her former company.

After the exit comes the farewell: The founder of Teleclinic, Katharina Jünger, had sold her portal to the Swiss Zur Rose Group in the summer of 2020. The group operates mail-order pharmacies such as Docmorris and paid 43 million euros for Teleclinic. Now Jünger, who has continued to serve as CEO, is quitting the company, the news portal Gründerszene reports.

Accordingly, the Zur Rose Group announced that Jünger is leaving the company at her own request "in order to take on new professional challenges after her parental leave." Together with Patrick Palacín and Reinhard Meier, she had launched the company in 2015. The two co-founders left in 2019, Max Mülle took over their posts, became COO. Now he will also take over Jünger's post.

Through Teleclinic's technology, doctors can make remote diagnoses via video call. They can also even issue sick notes and prescriptions. It had taken 20 months for Teleclinic to be fully integrated into its buyer's operation. The founder accompanied the process. In the meantime, the portal has been integrated into Docmorris. Especially in Corona times, the market for video consultations had boomed.