Alumni

We are proud to have supported a wide range of HealthTech and EdTech ventures that are reshaping the landscape with evidence-based, sustainable and socially impactful solutions.

From revolutionising mental health support to pioneering data-driven healthcare, and from digital patient care to cutting-edge VR-based D&I training, these visionary entrepreneurs are driving positive change. To find out more about the mission and journey of each venture and their founders, visit the UCL CDI startbook page.

Cohort 1

	Affiniti AI  Generative Conversational AI for Mental Health – Transforming the way people experience mental health support. *also in Cohort 3
	Ethera Health A digital platform supporting health and recovery – the HALO-X platform is built to support patient care in the comfort of their own home.
	Helsa  EmpathyVR by Helsa helps – Reducing stigma and discrimination by increasing empathy through engaging and emotion evoking workplace training courses in soft-skills and equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
	Psyrin Introducing the AI-enabled era of clinical assessment for serious mental illness. Psyrin leverages machine learning to objectively detect impending psychosis from speech samples collected using just a smartphone (also in Cohort 3).

Cohort 2

	Storegene One test. Infinite insights. Integrating our Genome into clinical decision support for prevention, diagnostics and treatment for a patient’s lifetime. *also in Cohort 3
	Meganexus  Public services, reimagined. We support organisations in delivering public services to improve lives through innovative software solutions. Meganexus, grounded in criminal justice insight, propels change through user empowerment and caseworker efficiency, allaying financial pressures while fostering lasting transformation.
	chronostics Revolutionising medtech through data-driven healthcare, with a key focus on unravelling the heterogeneity of age-related chronic conditions (also in Cohort 3).
	Neurospeech AI  Clinically approved iTalkBetter app by Neurospeech AI enables patients to recover lost language function following stroke and brain injury (also in Cohort 3).

Cohort 3

All cohort 3 members were alumni of cohorts 1 and 2

Cohort 4

	Graffinity Leveraging machine learning to create searchable mind maps and accelerate comprehension for learners disadvantaged by large volumes of text.
	iSpeak Revolutionising EFL education by utilising advanced speech detection and artificial intelligence to help teachers provide personalised feedback on students' voice recordings.
	CLEO Systems Transforming urgent, emergency and outpatient services with digital solutions. Their software helps provide life-saving frontline healthcare services to patients that need it most.
	Tycho MedLink  Tycho MedLink uses Augmented Reality (AR) in their easy-to-use app to deliver clinically proven, personalised digital therapy for cognitive rehabilitation.
	OctoPath  AI-powered solutions to assist pathologists in performing their daily tasks - accelerating diagnosis workflows so that clinicians can focus on improving patient outcomes and care.

Cohort 5

	abYcloud abYcloud introduces the Axiom platform, an AI-powered tool designed to revolutionise the developing process of antibody drugs.
	Ai8 Through exploring an array of problems at the human:machine interface - from task orchestration, to governance, audit and oracalised control of agents - we enable the formation, testing and distribution of advanced 'hybrid' teams at scale.
	neoSCB neoSCB are developing an app that allows midwives to screen for jaundice during home visits using only their smartphone camera.
	Phenopolis Phenopolis is developing TrialSense, a groundbreaking solution enabling clinical trials to effortlessly merge diverse data into a unified, modular, and fully integrated platform, all while maintaining rigorous auditing standards.
	Shift Partner A digital platform for healthcare staffing which applies innovative technology to identify the right person for every shift.