The round was led by General Catalyst with backing from KHP Ventures and Bertelsmann Investments.
"As a young doctor working in hospitals in Sydney and London, the most frustrating thing was having to spend time on admin, at the expense of patient care. While there is much discussion of the potential use of AI for clinicians, there is a much more urgent need for AI in the back office – doing low-risk, manual, administrative tasks that will free clinicians up to spend more time caring for patients. AI in healthcare should be invisible – it should help behind the scenes to make healthcare more efficient and safe without getting in the way of doctors and nurses."
The Series A round was led by Accel and will fund platform development and team expansion.
"Our goal for Lottie is to become the trusted adviser to care seekers throughout the world – helping families best understand, find and fund later life care. Over 500,000 Britons now visit Lottie every month, and we’re incredibly excited to have Accel join General Catalyst and Kindred on our journey, helping to fuel our next stage of growth and continue in our mission to elevate later life for everybody."
The funding round involves participation from existing shareholders and new investors to provide employee liquidity.
"Over the last 12 years, current and former employees of Stripes have helped build foundational economic infrastructure for millions of businesses around the world, and this transaction gives them the opportunity to access the value they've helped create. But the internet economy is still young, and the opportunities of the next 12 years will dwarf those of the recent past. There's so much to discover and to create. For us, it's now back to work."
General Catalyst led the Series A round to support the development of virtual ward infrastructure.
"I’m very proud of our team in completing this successful financing round, marking a significant step in Doccla’s vision of making virtual wards a core part of modern healthcare systems. From the company’s beginnings in 2019, we have continued to grow and expand and have received contract extensions from all of our clients, proving the inherent value of Doccla to the healthcare sector. Combining new technology with a service layer and clinical capacity reduces work for the NHS. We look forward to using this new level of support to further build on our success by getting more hospitals on board and developing our technology and clinical capacity to help solve the hospital bed crisis and alleviate the immense pressures on the NHS and other healthcare systems."
The extension round values the eldercare marketplace at £45m and will support national expansion and product development.
"COVID-19 has supercharged the move of the later living industry from offline to online, from the initial search process and how care seekers engage with later living communities, through to the adoption of digital care plans and new operational technologies"
