Perci Health, an online platform offering supportive care for those with cancer, has raised £3.4 million in a seed round led by  Octopus Ventures.

Consortium bid to run the £480m FDP for the NHS has been unsuccessful, Voror Health Technologies has confirmed on its website.

System C Healthcare has bought OCC, an IT business specialising in integrated contracts and finance solutions for social care.

Healthcare jobs marketplace platform Nolea Health has raised £1 million in seed funding led by Frontline Ventures.

Llesiant Delta Wellbeing has signed a partnership contract with CGI to improve health and social care in West Wales.

Charac, a UK-based pharmacy-tech start-up, is seeking to raise £1 million in a seed round, HealthInvestor hears from founder and chief executive, Santosh Sahu.

London-headquartered Maven Clinic, a virtual clinic for women's and family health, has acquired the London-based digital health company Naytal.

Digital Health Rewired’s panel ‘In the Making: The Best of Digital Health Innovation’ earlier this week brought together an array of healthtech experts, to discuss the ‘recognised’ need for health innovation and the barriers to growth. How can we remove the unnecessary steps from the deployment process? Why is it difficult to sell to the NHS? Zina Fragkiadaki reports.

CN Bio has appointed Deepak Singh as vice-president of sales and marketing.

London-based digital doctor service Babylon Holdings has announced a 2022 loss of $221.4 million.

Healios, a digital provider of mental health, autism and ADHD services for children and young people, has appointed Robbie Allen as its new chair.

Aliter Capital, an investor focused on small to mid-sized UK support services businesses, has invested in FingerPrint Global.

Demand for legal advice on procurement and integration of digital solutions within health and social care is growing fast. We catch up with Clare Auty and Carly Caton, head of the commercial health team and partner in the commercial health  team at law firm Browne Jacobson respectively to find out more.

SafeAP has secured £250,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Jenson Funding Partners.

Esher, Surrey-based Spex Capital, an early-stage investor in healthtech today announced the launch of the Spex Venture HealthTech Fund.

Proximie, the health technology platform digitally connecting operating rooms, has partnered with the Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) to help reduce the global shortfall in surgeons.

DrDoctor, a London-based patient engagement platform, has raised a £10 million funding round led by YFM Equity Partners.

Whether asked to work out complex calculations, write a cover letter for your dream job, or even churn out program language code, ChatGPT has proved that it can deliver in a rapid, quick-fire, and well-structured manner. But how mature is it from a health and care perspective where safety is of utmost importance?

Florence, the London-based tech startup that connects vacant care home shifts to local nurses and carers, has expanded in Canada.

Digital health company Avegen is looking to raise its first institutional round at up to £4 million within this year.

Channel 3 Consulting, which advises health and care organisations on the use of technology, has recruited Leo Jones as a partner and head of delivery.

London based investment manager Omni has acquired medical equipment manufacturer Aesthetic Technology (ATL) which trades as Dermalux.

August Equity-backed Agilio Software has appointed Lee Slater as head of commercial at its dental division.

Neko Health, a medical scanning company, has been officially launched after four years of research and product development.

Doctify, a London-based platform for patient reviews of health and social care, has raised $10 million in a round led by transatlantic venture capital firm Beringea.

Digital care planning system Person Centred Software has acquired Oomph!, a wellbeing business for older adults.

Healthcare and agriculture company Bayer has acquired Blackford Analysis, a Scottish medical imaging AI platform.

home care management system CareLineLivehas raised £3 million in an investment round, led by investment group Oakglen.

Huma, a global digital health company, has acquired the Germany-headquardered digital clinical trials company Alcedis.

Ascension-Q has secured £250,000 in a pre-seed round led by early-stage focused venture capital firm Jenson Funding Partners.

At-home digital diagnostic technology provider Tachmed has appointed Mark Kessler as chief operating officer.

Norway-based quality assurance and risk management provider DNV has acquired MBI Healthcare Technologies from its three founders.

NHS England has extended its contract with tech firm Palantir for the national data platform introduced during the Covid-19.

GE has officially completed the separation of its healthcare business, launching GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.

Health Tech Enterprise has appointed Max Bardwell as head of business development and Ema Douksaite as health economist.

2022 witnessed a significant slowdown in investment amounts, largely, but also in deal count, compared to the post pandemic high that defined 2021. This, in turn, has translated into a tough year for start-ups, Filippo Falaschi, investor at Spex Capital tells HealthInvestor.

We interviewed Dr. Nadine Hachach-Haram, chief executive and founder of Proximie, the healthtech platform digitally connecting operating rooms. Find out how healthcare businesses will lean more on tech in the near future and why 2023 is healthtech’s moment in the sun.

CN Bio has appointed Dr Paul Brooks as chief executive.

Applications for funding are open for West Midlands-based SMEs developing digital solutions to meet health and care challenges.

Most of Log my Care’s new customers are coming from a ‘no technology’ environment, chief executive Sam Hussain, tells HealthInvestor.

Digital healthcare company Kry, operating as Livi in the UK and France, has appointed Lukas Didon as commercial and partnerships vice-president. 

Healthcare is a logical place to invest looking ahead, Paul Major, fund manager at Bellevue Healthcare Trust, tells HealthInvestor.

Australian no-code digital health platform Cogniss has appointed Dr Lloyd Humphreys as managing director.

Vanguard Healthcare Solution has appointed Chris Blackwell-Frost as its new chief executive, succeeding David Cole.

Microwave healthtech company Emblation has acquired Saorsa, a US distributor headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

Permira has appointed Andy Eckert as a senior advisor to its global technology team, focusing on healthcare technology investments.

Norwegian private healthcare provider Dr. Dropin has acquired London-based online dermatologist Skindoc.

London-listed healthtech company Induction Healthcare has reported a loss of £8.4 million for the year ending 31 March 2022,

Surgery Hero, formerly Sapien Health, has raised £2 million in seed investment from LifeArc Ventures.

London-based healthtech start-up Aide Health has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding led by Hambro Perks.

Andover-based health solutions provider, Simplyhealth, has launched Simplyhealth Ventures, a venture capital fund.

We look at several surveys and talk to Darryn Hale, health care and public law partner at DAC Beachcroft who says recent cyber-attacks on the NHS demonstrate it is not beyond malicious threats and that there can be no room for complacency that NHS organisations will not be targeted.

Healios has closed a £14 million funding round, with participation from existing investors AlbionVC and InHealth Ventures.

Log my Care has raised £3.25 m in a funding round led by Mercia, with Oxford Capital and angel investors participating.

CardioPrecision, a technology company focussed on less invasive treatment of structural heart disease and cardiothoracic interventions, has secured a six-figure investment.

London-listed healthtech company Induction Healthcare is actively seeking acquisitions to expand in other geographies.

Oxford Medical Simulation has raised a further £2.1 million in a funding round that included ACF Investors and angel investor Dr Nicolaus Henke.

Agilio Software, a provider of dental and primary care software, has acquired InterShift, a Dutch provider of scheduling software for GPs.

Shared care record and population health management provider Orion Health has appointed Brad Porter as chief executive.

Technology-enabled care platform Anthropos is in talks with investors ahead of two fundraising activities of up to £5 million, Health Investor can reveal.

MatOrtho, a designer and manufacturer of orthopaedic implant devices, has appointed Duncan Wilson as chief executive.

Leeds-based healthcare quality and compliance software company Radar Healthcare has appointed Professor Gillian Leng as a non-executive director.

Healthcare technology firm Agilio Software has appointed Neil Laycock as chief executive and Andy Sloan as dental managing director.

Advanced Oncotherapy, the developer of the Light proton therapy system for cancer treatment, has completed a £6 million equity fundraise.

Babylon has received its board’s authorised maximum of $80 million in total subscriptions from institutional and other accredited investors for its private investment in public equity.

Florence has officially announced its expansion into France. The expansion plans were revealed by Health Investor in June.

With the NHS increasingly introducing virtual wards in people’s homes and providers of patient monitoring technology seeing significant growth, we speak to Dr Peter Bonis, chief medical officer, at Wolters Kluwer Health to find out more.

Silveray, an X-ray technology spin-out from the University of Surrey, has raised £2.2 million in a seed funding round led by the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund.

Manchester-based mid-market private equity firm Palatine has invested in Chorley-headquartered Redmoor Health.

Healthcode, an online products and services provider for the private healthcare sector, recently unveiled its investment in a transformation programme,

Healthtech start-up Doccla has raised £15 million in a Series A funding round led by General Catalyst.

OneTouch has secured an investment from mid-market private equity firm August Equity.

Ben Long, partner at mid-market private equity firm Inflexion, on M&A opportunities, why healthcare is a sweet spot for PE at the moment and his outlook for the sector as a whole.

Acurable, a wearable medical devices company, has raised €11 million in a Series A funding round led by Kibo Ventures.

Santander UK has provided digital healthcare and wellbeing company Physitrack with a £5 million revolving credit facility.

Signum Surgical, a Galway-based medical technology company developing solutions to treat colorectal diseases, has raised €2.9 million.

Babylon and Bupa have extended their partnership agreement for a further three years to deliver digital health services to 2.3 million Bupa UK health insurance customers.

Optellum, which provides an artificial intelligence platform to diagnose and treat early-stage lung cancer, has raised $14 million.

Scottish-based medical equipment provider Emblation plans to expand to 27 markets by May 2023, HealthInvestor hears from the team.

London-based diagnostic imaging provider Scan.com has closed a £2.2m fundraise, led by Triple Point Ventures.

London-based radiology start-up Hexarad has raised £2.2 million in a round led by Foresight Group.

Cardiff-based VR start-up Virtus Tech has secured £300,000 in pre-seed funding from SFC Capital, as well as angel investors.

Lottie has acquired care home occupancy and customer relationship software company Found for £1.5 million.

Medefer is in talks to raise a Series B round with a target of £25 million, HealthInvestor hears from credible market sources.

DCC Healthcare is acquiring Rohrdorf, Germany-headquartered Medi-Globe Technologies, an international medical devices business focused on minimally invasive procedures.

London-based ClearCourse, a group of technology brands providing software solutions and an integrated payments platform, has acquired Blue Zinc.

Cambridge-headquartered healthcare analytics company C2-Ai has appointed Dr Mike Roberts as its new medical director international.

Investment manager Downing has invested £1.3 million in surgical augmented intelligence company Cydar Medical, through its healthcare ventures team.

Channel 3 Consulting, which helps health and care organisations to use technology, has recruited Andy Haywood.

HealthInvestor catches up with Max Parmentier, founder and chief executive of healthcare software provider Birdie to find out more about home care in the UK and the company’s plans after its recent $30 million Series B round.

London-based neurological rehabilitation platform Neurofenix has raised $7 million in Series A funding, led by AlbionVC.

Private infrastructure investment manager DWS Infrastructure has acquired medical equipment and managed services provider Althea UK.

HealthHero's Ranjan Singh shares his view on healthtech trends and the company's pathway to building a sustainable and seamless solution for healthcare

This week HealthInvestor speaks to AlbionVC to find out more about the key trends in early stage healthtech investment.

Freising, Germany-based medtech start-up PreciPoint Group has closed a €10 million Series A funding round.

London-headquartered virtual care platform Suvera has closed a £5 million seed extension financing round led by Morningside Ventures, a Boston-based private equity and venture capital firm.

Lottie, a comparison website for residential care and independent living, has raised £6.125 million from US venture capital firm General Catalyst.

CVC Capital Partners VIII has invested in Gloucester-based medical device company Spectrum Medical Group, valuing the company at up to £1billion.