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Eka Ventures has closed its €91.5m Fund II to back UK startups in health, wellbeing and sustainability. According to Eka, the raise establishes it as the UK’s largest early-stage impact VC, investing in companies that deliver both commercial and societal benefits in health, wellbeing and sustainability. The oversubscribed fund has been backed by leading limited [...]
Researchers have developed a digital tool designed to promote bladder health in adults aged 50 and over. A team from the University of Manchester, Lithuanian Sports University and the University of Vic in Spain developed the tool, called KOKU Bladder. The initiative brings together evidence-based education, pelvic floor muscle training, behaviour change techniques and gamification [...]
By Gil Bashe, FINN Partners Chair Global Health and Purpose, and a Health Tech World Correspondent. Bashe is the author of Healing the Sick Care System: Why People Matter At the HIMSS Global Health Conference, the conversation around artificial intelligence felt different this year. Not quieter, but more grounded. The industry is moving beyond fascination [...]
AI sleep technology company,Sleep Cycle and global fintech company Revolut, have signed a partnership agreement valid to June 2027. This renewed collaboration strengthens a long-term commitment, where Sleep Cycle continues to be part of Revolut’s exclusive partnership offerings, reaching millions of eligible Revolut users. Erik Jivmark, CEO at Sleep Cycle, said: “Revolut has been a [...]
A new cancer trial aimed at training the immune systems of children and young people to fight the disease offers “a real sense of hope”, according to the chief executive of one of its funders. Up to 60 patients with difficult-to-treat solid tumours will be recruited in the UK and the US for the study, [...]
Trust boards need to adopt a dual-track funding strategy: protecting essential services while ring-fencing investment in digital capabilities that enable new models of care, says Richard Oswald, NHS Client Director at Exponential-e As the NHS starts its 2026/27 financial year, senior leaders across trusts and integrated care systems (ICSs) face one of the most delicate [...]
From saving surgeons’ precious time, to reducing surprises and clinical risks in theatre, cutting MDT time in half, and informing decisions before procedures, surgical teams in the SWASH+ consortium of NHS trusts are embracing a ’game changer’ in orthopaedic planning technology with Sectra. David Howard, orthopaedic surgical practitioner at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, gives [...]
By Colin Neale, principal business development manager, Wireless Logic As Europe’s digital health market is set to more than double by 2030, the shift to connected care is accelerating rapidly. Healthcare’s digital deployments are scaling, as is its dependence on IoT connectivity. In IoT deployments, cost is often misunderstood and connectivity is frequently treated as [...]
The MHRA has secured £3.6m to expand AI Airlock, the UK’s first regulatory sandbox for AI medical devices. Following a successful second phase, the Department of Health and Social Care has allocated £1.2m a year for the next three years, from 2026 to 2029, to the programme. The newly approved multi-year funding will allow the [...]
Thousands of patients in Warrington are set to receive daily AI-powered health support as local GP practices introduce a new system to help manage long-term conditions and reduce pressure on NHS services. Warrington Innovation Network (WIN) Primary Care Network (PCN), which covers six surgeries and around 55,000 patients, has partnered with digital health provider Aide [...]
