Innovate UK

Founded in 2007, Innovate UK is a non-profit organization based in Swindon, UK. It supports businesses across various economic sectors by offering funding services to promote science and technology innovations.

Mike Biddle

Programme Director of Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund

Will Drury

Executive Director, Digital and Technologies

Sara El-Hanfy

Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Paul Gadd

Deputy Director

Lisa Hazelden

Chief Product Officer

Jon Hazell

Strategic Account Management

Dr. Tom Jenkins

Deputy Director

Ben Masheder

Access to Funding and Finance Manager

Scott James O'Brien

Director, Innovation Finance

Nigel Walker

Deputy Director, Lending and Investor Partnerships

Past deals in Wellness

SEQUENTIAL

Grant in 2025
Sequential Skin is a diagnostic platform focused on skin longevity and aging, leveraging expertise in genetics, epigenetics, and the skin microbiome. The company specializes in clinical microbiome testing for skin, scalp, and female health. Its primary offering is a skin health test that employs quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) technology to analyze specific markers within the skin microbiome. This analysis provides individuals with a detailed understanding of their skin profile, helping them identify their unique skincare needs. By delivering personalized insights, Sequential Skin empowers individuals to make informed decisions about their skincare routines.

Biovit

Grant in 2024
Biovit is a company that specializes in the development of fortified foods. It uses 100% organic plant extracts, naturally rich in vitamins and minerals, to enhance the nutritional value of its products. The company aims to address health and environmental issues such as obesity and malnutrition, while also reducing food waste. Biovit has clinically developed and tested organic micronutrient blends for use in various food and beverage products, as well as supplements, providing consumers with organically sourced, nutrient-dense options.

SleepCogni

Grant in 2024
SleepCogni is developing a sleep aid technology that delivers a wind-down process to promote sleep. The device provides cognitive-behavioral therapy through biofeedback delivered via visual, auditory, and tactile cues and is triggered manually. It monitors physiological and behavioral sleep-related measures, including heart rate, mental alertness, skin temperature, and movement using sensors on the index finger, to guide users toward sleep initiation and improve sleep quality, addressing insomnia.

Holly Health

Grant in 2023
Holly Health is a digital platform that translates health intentions into daily actions to support mental and physical wellbeing. The service delivers personalized habit coaching, chronic-condition support, and mental health resources through an AI-powered system designed to emulate a human health coach. It has been recognized by ORCHA as a top health app for weight management, stress reduction, wellness, and sleep. Since its international launch in summer 2021, Holly Health has pursued broad adoption and partnerships with primary care practices in the UK, numbering over 100 to date, with a mission to reach millions of users. The platform operates directly with individuals and through integration into primary care settings to help users sustain healthier behaviours and improve overall wellbeing.

Holly Health

Seed Round in 2023
At Holly Health, we are transforming the way individuals approach mental and physical well-being. Founded in 2020, we’ve developed an AI-powered digital health coach that empowers users to turn their health intentions into clear, actionable steps. Our personalized, compassionate service is designed to fit seamlessly into everyday life, supporting long-term, sustainable health changes. Using proprietary AI systems, Holly Health mimics the guidance of a human health coach, offering support in areas such as weight management, stress reduction, wellness, and sleep. We are proud to be ranked among the top 3 health apps by ORCHA, the world’s leading health app evaluation body, with a score of 89%. Since our international launch in 2021, Holly Health has been on a mission to improve the lives of 5 million people by 2025. We are rolling out partnerships with over 100 primary care practices in the UK, helping healthcare professionals support patients with preventative health measures and ongoing well-being. At Holly Health, we believe that health is not a destination but a journey. By offering tailored, science-backed coaching, we make it easier for people to prioritize their well-being every day. Join us as we revolutionize digital health coaching for the modern world.

Holly Health

Seed Round in 2023
Holly Health is a digital platform that translates health intentions into daily actions to support mental and physical wellbeing. The service delivers personalized habit coaching, chronic-condition support, and mental health resources through an AI-powered system designed to emulate a human health coach. It has been recognized by ORCHA as a top health app for weight management, stress reduction, wellness, and sleep. Since its international launch in summer 2021, Holly Health has pursued broad adoption and partnerships with primary care practices in the UK, numbering over 100 to date, with a mission to reach millions of users. The platform operates directly with individuals and through integration into primary care settings to help users sustain healthier behaviours and improve overall wellbeing.

BelleVie

Grant in 2023
BelleVie is a provider of personal care services designed to support individuals in their daily lives while allowing them to maintain their independence. The company offers a range of services, including personal care, meal preparation, home assistance, social engagement, and specialized care. Its operating model is inspired by the Buurtzorg approach, emphasizing self-managing teams that foster meaningful relationships within the care ecosystem. BelleVie aims to create a society where every individual is valued and supported, promoting fulfilling careers within the care sector. To enhance its operations, the company utilizes a custom Wellbeing OS technology platform, which is underpinned by a subscription-based funding model.

ZiO Health

Grant in 2023
ZiO Health is a biotechnology company that develops pocket-sized devices featuring proprietary biosensor technology and machine learning algorithms. These devices enable real-time laboratory testing at the point-of-care, enhancing patient care by combining immediate results with individual patient profiles.

CalmBrain

Grant in 2023
CalmBrain is a digital platform that provides psychological intervention for schools to assist students in managing their mental health, including anxiety, stress, and trauma.

Cricketqube

Grant in 2023
Cricketqube is a cricket-focused organization headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. It runs cricket activities and tournaments, including indoor and backyard formats, and promotes inclusive participation by offering weekly sessions that accommodate players of all skill levels, genders, sexual orientations, and time constraints.

InsideOut

Grant in 2023
InsideOut specializes in mental health care and well-being support and is based in London. The company develops a health therapy platform delivered through an online application that uses an intelligent matching system to connect users with therapists, with the aim of breaking down social stigma and facilitating ongoing mental health care and positive well-being.

Cocoon Wellbeing

Grant in 2023
Cocoon Wellbeing offer a range of luxurious treatments using premium products for great results.

FLY Mama

Grant in 2023
FLY Mama is an online, trauma-informed integrated healthcare solution for pre- and postpartum well-being. The platform provides mental, emotional, and physical health support through an online membership, offering professional care across fertility journeys, pregnancy, and the postpartum period, including care for perinatal trauma and loss. It aims to function as an employee benefit program to support women during and after pregnancy, empowering them to navigate motherhood with greater confidence and well-being.

BelleVie

Grant in 2022
BelleVie is a provider of personal care services designed to support individuals in their daily lives while allowing them to maintain their independence. The company offers a range of services, including personal care, meal preparation, home assistance, social engagement, and specialized care. Its operating model is inspired by the Buurtzorg approach, emphasizing self-managing teams that foster meaningful relationships within the care ecosystem. BelleVie aims to create a society where every individual is valued and supported, promoting fulfilling careers within the care sector. To enhance its operations, the company utilizes a custom Wellbeing OS technology platform, which is underpinned by a subscription-based funding model.

Healthera

Debt Financing in 2022
Healthera Ltd., established in 2015 and headquartered in Cambridge, UK, specializes in developing digital health solutions. Its flagship product, Healthera, is a pharmacy-integrated medication management app that offers automatic prescription reminders, smart labelling, scheduling, health condition tracking, and professional advice from pharmacists. Additionally, Healthera operates a healthcare marketplace that connects patients with local pharmacies and GPs, enabling faster medicine delivery and personalized care. The company partners with over 1000 pharmacies and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) across the UK, reaching over 20 million people. Healthera's technology is accredited by NHS Digital and aims to improve prescribing efficiency, patient experience, and reduce wastage within the NHS.

eMoodie

Grant in 2022
eMoodie is a technology company that has developed an app designed for ecological momentary assessment research, focusing on mental health, emotions, and socialization patterns in children and adolescents. The app, designed as a research tool, examines symptoms, feelings, and health aspects, including sleep, in older kids, teenagers, and adults. It also enables parents to monitor and mitigate the digital mental impact on their children.

SEQUENTIAL

Grant in 2022
Sequential Skin is a diagnostic platform focused on skin longevity and aging, leveraging expertise in genetics, epigenetics, and the skin microbiome. The company specializes in clinical microbiome testing for skin, scalp, and female health. Its primary offering is a skin health test that employs quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) technology to analyze specific markers within the skin microbiome. This analysis provides individuals with a detailed understanding of their skin profile, helping them identify their unique skincare needs. By delivering personalized insights, Sequential Skin empowers individuals to make informed decisions about their skincare routines.

BioStress

Grant in 2022
BioStress specializes in stress management solutions. It has developed an innovative algorithm that accurately measures stress using common biometric devices. The company uses this technology to objectively monitor workplace stress, aiming to enhance employee wellbeing and productivity.

SleepCogni

Debt Financing in 2021
SleepCogni is developing a sleep aid technology that delivers a wind-down process to promote sleep. The device provides cognitive-behavioral therapy through biofeedback delivered via visual, auditory, and tactile cues and is triggered manually. It monitors physiological and behavioral sleep-related measures, including heart rate, mental alertness, skin temperature, and movement using sensors on the index finger, to guide users toward sleep initiation and improve sleep quality, addressing insomnia.

People Matter

Debt Financing in 2021
People Matter is a software development company focused on enhancing mental health through innovative technology. It specializes in creating applications that monitor and analyze human behavior using machine learning and artificial intelligence. By leveraging a scientific understanding of psychology and data science, the company offers a proprietary measurement scale, known as PEBB, to help users identify the balance between their internal resources and external demands. This approach enables individuals to recognize what energizes them, ultimately facilitating lasting changes for improved well-being. People Matter aims to support those affected by stress, promoting healthier lifestyles and enhanced mental resilience.

BelleVie

Grant in 2021
BelleVie is a provider of personal care services designed to support individuals in their daily lives while allowing them to maintain their independence. The company offers a range of services, including personal care, meal preparation, home assistance, social engagement, and specialized care. Its operating model is inspired by the Buurtzorg approach, emphasizing self-managing teams that foster meaningful relationships within the care ecosystem. BelleVie aims to create a society where every individual is valued and supported, promoting fulfilling careers within the care sector. To enhance its operations, the company utilizes a custom Wellbeing OS technology platform, which is underpinned by a subscription-based funding model.

People Matter

Grant in 2021
People Matter is a software development company focused on enhancing mental health through innovative technology. It specializes in creating applications that monitor and analyze human behavior using machine learning and artificial intelligence. By leveraging a scientific understanding of psychology and data science, the company offers a proprietary measurement scale, known as PEBB, to help users identify the balance between their internal resources and external demands. This approach enables individuals to recognize what energizes them, ultimately facilitating lasting changes for improved well-being. People Matter aims to support those affected by stress, promoting healthier lifestyles and enhanced mental resilience.

Unforged

Grant in 2020
Unforged is a software-enabled mobile app, designed to provide timely, easily accessible wellness and personal development support and coaching to empower young people to understand, manage and improve their mental and emotional health and chances of success in life, develop self-esteem, self-identity and self-efficacy, mental and emotional regulation, optimism, ambition, resilience and coping skills.

Lumino

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Lumino is focused on enhancing mental health outcomes through the development of digital therapeutic programs. These programs specifically address various mental health concerns and incorporate techniques such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help individuals manage their symptoms effectively. Supported by Innovate UK and the Oxford Academic Health Science Network, Lumino aims to leverage digital technology to deliver scalable mental health services, ultimately promoting healthier and happier lives for users.

FitXR

Debt Financing in 2020
FitXR is an immersive fitness platform that utilizes augmented and virtual reality technology to enhance the workout experience. The company focuses on making fitness enjoyable and accessible through its virtual fitness studio, which replicates the energy and camaraderie of group workouts in a home setting. FitXR offers a range of total body workouts designed by fitness experts, emphasizing fun and social interaction to motivate users. By combining engaging content with effective training, FitXR aims to create a movement that encourages individuals to stay active and healthy.

Unforged

Grant in 2020
Unforged is a software-enabled mobile app, designed to provide timely, easily accessible wellness and personal development support and coaching to empower young people to understand, manage and improve their mental and emotional health and chances of success in life, develop self-esteem, self-identity and self-efficacy, mental and emotional regulation, optimism, ambition, resilience and coping skills.

Go Jauntly

Grant in 2020
Go Jauntly is a health and wellness company that promotes walking for leisure, active travel, and nature connection through its award-winning, community-based platform. The app offers curated walking tours, green routes, and nature notes, helping users discover new locations and enhancing their well-being.

Healum

Grant in 2019
Healum develops AI-powered collaborative software that empowers individuals with long-term conditions to monitor and understand their physical and mental health. The platform uses data-driven insights and evidence-backed interventions to support patients and facilitate personalized care.

COHESION Medical

Grant in 2019
COHESION Medical Ltd. is a Connected Citizen Health company building the safest, smartest and most streamlined health system in the world, improving global population health and wellness. COHESION.OS is making citizens more empowered, services more efficient and sciences more innovative.

COHESION Medical

Grant in 2018
COHESION Medical Ltd. is a Connected Citizen Health company building the safest, smartest and most streamlined health system in the world, improving global population health and wellness. COHESION.OS is making citizens more empowered, services more efficient and sciences more innovative.

Go Jauntly

Grant in 2018
Go Jauntly is a health and wellness company that promotes walking for leisure, active travel, and nature connection through its award-winning, community-based platform. The app offers curated walking tours, green routes, and nature notes, helping users discover new locations and enhancing their well-being.

Pactster

Grant in 2018
Pactster is a social fitness platform offering channels of fitness videos for health specific needs along with motivational and community features to help people use exercise for both preventative and restorative health.

MyWay Digital Health

Grant in 2017
MyWay Digital Health is a global digital platform empowering individuals with long-term conditions, particularly diabetes, to self-manage their health. It offers personalized advice, educational resources, and access to health records via its user-friendly interface. Clinicians benefit from population analytics tools for improved decision support.

SleepCogni

Grant in 2017
SleepCogni is developing a sleep aid technology that delivers a wind-down process to promote sleep. The device provides cognitive-behavioral therapy through biofeedback delivered via visual, auditory, and tactile cues and is triggered manually. It monitors physiological and behavioral sleep-related measures, including heart rate, mental alertness, skin temperature, and movement using sensors on the index finger, to guide users toward sleep initiation and improve sleep quality, addressing insomnia.

Current Health

Grant in 2017
Current Health Limited is a healthcare technology company based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, that specializes in wearable devices for monitoring patient vitals. Founded in 2014 and originally known as Snap40 Limited, the company rebranded in December 2018. Current Health's devices are designed to measure critical health indicators such as oxygen saturation, respiration rate, pulse rate, temperature, motion, activity, and posture, enabling early identification of potential health issues. Their patient monitoring platform facilitates the management of patients at home by collecting and analyzing data to detect and predict health deterioration. This allows patients to share daily activities, report symptoms, and complete structured questionnaires, ultimately helping healthcare providers reduce risks and costs associated with patient care.

Oxehealth

Grant in 2014
Oxehealth Ltd. is a technology company based in Oxford, United Kingdom, that specializes in non-contact vital signs monitoring. Founded in 2012, it has developed the Oxecam software, which allows for the remote measurement of heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood oxygenation using digital video cameras. This innovative approach is particularly beneficial in medical settings, where it can enhance care for elderly and vulnerable individuals in environments where staff presence is limited. The system generates alerts for risky activities and provides objective data on patient vitals, enabling informed care planning. Oxehealth's technology combines proprietary algorithms that leverage deep learning, computer vision, and signal processing, making it suitable for various sectors, including healthcare, security, and retail. Its Digital Care Assistant supports clinicians and caregivers in mental health facilities, prisons, and home care, facilitating proactive interventions based on real-time data. Oxehealth is recognized for achieving the world’s first medical device certification for its software, demonstrating its commitment to enhancing patient care through innovative technology.
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