YFM Equity Partners led a £10m investment into healthtech company DrDoctor to scale its patient engagement platform.
"If personalised care is to become an NHS-wide reality, there needs to be a fundamental shift in the way we approach healthcare. We see this latest support from our investors as confirmation of our role as a key enabler for these necessary changes. We’ve already proven how a digital-first approach can have a profound effect on productivity, evidenced by our substantial footprint in the NHS. Thanks to this latest investment, we are moving forward with some incredibly exciting projects, accelerating our journey to delivering truly modern healthcare."
The financing round was led by Pembroke VCT and Downing Healthcare Ventures to support the company in scaling its AI surgical technology.
"Cydar Medical is at a key inflection point and we are working to leverage our novel world-class platform and capabilities to rapidly scale our intelligent surgical maps offering through increasing the number of end-users and launching additional value-add capabilities on the platform."
Act Venture Capital led the €5m funding round to support product development and team expansion.
"We are thrilled to have the support of ACT and our other investors as we continue to grow and expand our innovative mental health, wellbeing and digital health offerings"
The Liverpool technology company closed its seed round early after exceeding its target with backing from angels and industry figures.
"We’ve grown rapidly over the past 12 months and have significantly increased the numbers of veterinary practices and pet owners who are using VidiVet. Winning the Tech Nation award, after competing against such a wide range of local technology businesses that are all doing impressive things, is a huge achievement for our whole team and incredibly humbling."
The oversubscribed round drew backing from Remus Capital, Plug and Play, and Innovate UK alongside notable angel investors.
"We are very excited by the research and commercial potential of the Syndi Health platform. It will help us understand how better to support the mental health needs of our people and offer them the personalised digital support they need at the earliest opportunity, which is invaluable."
