Entrepreneurship
An NHS anaesthetist is gaining global attention for her app-based startup formed during the pandemic to help UK healthcare professionals communicate with their patients. Rachael Grimaldi, who developed the CardMedic app during her maternity leave, has won the She Loves Tech prize, competing with 5,000 female entrepreneurs in 70 countries. She will now receive an investment [...]
Norman Niven on disrupting the system and shaping the future of health tech How did you become a CEO and start your successful career? I developed a pharmacy from scratch where I had to conjure up new ideas to get business coming to me. I was the first to have a delivery van in the [...]
Lucy Symons-Jones, director of sustainability at ETL, talks to Andrew Mernin about the role of health tech firms in decarbonising public health, while bolstering their own competitiveness. While health tech firms are embroiled in their own race to net zero, many are also playing a pivotal role in the decarbonisation of public health. Small and [...]
The Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) US Accelerator will welcome more companies into its programme, following a record number of applications for its 2022 cohort. Initially, ABHI had planned to accept 30 companies into the cohort but has expanded the intake to 40 places. It includes a diverse mix of medical device, diagnostics and [...]
In conversation with Statice CEO, Omar Ali Fdal. Statice is a data synthesization software that allows easy leverage and processing of existing or new personal data and ensures that no personal information is ever exposed. Using proprietary data synthesization algorithms, Statice preserves sensitive data privacy while providing unmatched statistical utility. Omar Ali Fdal will be [...]
MTIP seeks to capitalise on Europe’s rapidly expanding health tech landscape, providing up to €25m in funding to help promising scale-up companies become global leaders. MTIP, a Swiss health tech-focused private equity firm, has announced the closing of its MTIP Fund II, SCSp at USD $250m in capital commitments. The fund, which closed above its [...]
Alcidion, provider of the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) platform Miya Precision, has acquired Silverlink PCS Software Limited (Silverlink). The acquisition provides Alcidion with Patient Administration System (PAS) capabilities to complement its existing clinical capabilities in Miya Precision and represents a significant statement of intent in the EPR sector. The combination of the two products alongside [...]
Hays Technology and Empact Ventures have announced the ten Innovation Winners of the Super Connect for Good competition. The competition was set up in 2020 to uncover the best emerging tech start-ups and scale-ups creating a positive impact on people’s lives through technology. The 10 Innovation Winners were selected by 10 public sector and private [...]
The Mayor of London has launched an initiative to help tackle the underrepresentation of young Black men in London’s technology sector. A spokesperson for the Mayor's office said young Black men make up just five per cent of London’s growing, 589,730 strong technology workforce, in a sector which is worth £56bn to the economy. Across [...]
Wellness app Evergreen Life has announced the acquisition of Salvie Ltd, creators of the askmyGP online consultation and workflow system that connects patients with their GPs. Mark Hindle, COO of Evergreen Life, said it will work collaboratively with askmyGP on a new platform, Evergreen Connect, to strengthen relationships with GP providers, Clinical Commissioning Groups, health [...]
