A diagnostic imaging platform dedicated to improving accessibility of technology in healthcare has secured a £2.2M funding round.
Scan.com, which is known for speeding up the booking process for medical imaging scans, has just closed the funding round – which was led by Triple Point Ventures, with participation from StartUp Health and Plug and Play Ventures.
The news follows previous 2M funding from a seed round, led by YZR Capital last year.
Fighting scan waiting lists
The company says funding couldn’t have been more timely, with a quarter of NHS patients being forced to wait more than 6 weeks for scans, and the NHS currently struggling to cope with generally long waiting lists.
They will develop the platform, which features a booking portal and proprietary API, through which consultants, clinicians and digital health providers can easily refer their patients for imaging.
Co-founder and CEO Charlie Bullock said: “We’re incredibly excited to use this latest round of funding to empower even more people to take their healthcare into their own hands, by making diagnostic imaging accessible to everyone, everywhere.
“For too long, the diagnostic imaging world has been difficult and expensive to access, and we’re here to fix that.
“As well as allowing patients to book scans in an easy and affordable manner, Scan.com is now working closely with imaging centres in the USA, UK and Germany to help them transition to the post-COVID-19 digital world.”
After the funding round – what now?
Going forward, the firm now plans to use the funds to expand its diagnostics-as-a-service proposition in the USA and Germany, as well as rapidly scale its B2B platform in the UK – by introducing new products for medicolegal, health insurance and telehealth providers.
Scan.com was founded by clinicians Jasper Nissim and Khalid Latief, alongside serial entrepreneur Charlie Bullock (CEO) and ex-Managing Director of online cleaning platform Helpling Oliver Knight (COO).
Jamie Tomalin, Investment Associate at Triple Point Ventures, said: “Scan.com has rapidly emerged as the UK’s leading private medical imaging platform, now integrating supply from over 200 imaging centres.
“Diagnostic infrastructure layer” for digital health
“These integrations uniquely position Scan.com to become the diagnostic infrastructure layer for digital health, enabling better supply visibility, pricing transparency, and streamlining antiquated workflows.
“Having recently launched in the US and Germany at the request of existing suppliers, Triple Point Ventures is excited to be backing Charlie, Oliver and Jasper to realise their global vision.”
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