Innovate UK

Innovate U.K. is a NPO that offers funding services to support science and technology innovations. The organization offers services and information on births, deaths, marriages, business, self-employed, childcare, parenting, citizenship, law, disabled persons, transportation, education, environment, housing, money, tax, travel, immigration, and jobs. Innovate U.K. is based in Swindon.

Mike Biddle

Programme Director of Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund

Will Drury

Executive Director, Digital and Technologies

Paul Gadd

Deputy Director

Dr. Tom Jenkins

Deputy Director

Scott James O'Brien

Director, Innovation Finance

Nigel Walker

Deputy Director, Lending and Investor Partnerships

Dave Wilkes

Director of Innovation Ecosystem

Past deals in Mental Health

Myogenes

Grant in 2024
Myogenes provides psychiatric tests, heredity cancer tests, and mental health mind maps.

Juniver

Grant in 2023
Juniver offers specialized care and support for individuals recovering from eating disorders through a neuroscience-based recovery program. The company provides an on-demand platform that includes practical tools and habit-formation principles, aimed at helping users manage cravings and urges. By fostering a supportive community, Juniver facilitates long-term recovery, addressing the complexities of disordered eating in a comprehensive manner.

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.

BERRI

Grant in 2023
BERRI is a digital toolkit that can identify, track, and support children's psychological needs, as well as provide personalized reports to their carers. It analyses children and young people's needs in areas such as behavior, emotional well-being, relationships, risk, and indicators of underlying disorders.

InsideOut

Grant in 2023
InsideOut is a London-based company focused on mental health care and well-being support. It has developed a therapy platform aimed at reducing social stigma surrounding mental health and facilitating open conversations about the subject. The platform provides users with continuous therapy support through an online application that employs an intelligent matching system to connect individuals with the appropriate therapist. This approach enhances users' ability to maintain positive mental well-being by ensuring they receive tailored support based on their specific needs.

XR Therapeutics

Grant in 2023
XR Therapeutics is a start-up company that originated from over a decade of academic research at Newcastle University. The company operates a healthcare services platform designed to assist individuals with anxiety and phobias through innovative therapies. XR Therapeutics offers a unique virtual reality treatment that integrates traditional Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with immersive virtual environments. This approach allows practitioners to create tailored scenes that meet the specific needs of patients, facilitating effective treatment for both adults and children experiencing mental health issues.

Syndi

Grant in 2023
Outcome-driven digital health support recommendation platform using machine learning and digital phenotyping - starting in mental health.

Fly Mama

Grant in 2023
Fly Mama is an online membership platform dedicated to supporting pre and postpartum well-being for mothers. It provides trauma-informed integrated healthcare solutions that address the mental, emotional, and physical needs of women during and after pregnancy. The platform offers professional support for various challenges, including fertility journeys, perinatal trauma, and loss. By empowering women, Fly Mama aims to enhance their confidence and happiness throughout their motherhood journey. Additionally, the company envisions launching an employee benefit program designed to assist women during and after pregnancy, further emphasizing its commitment to maternal well-being.

Co-Opts

Grant in 2022
Co-Opts is solving 3 interrelated problems in mental health; the productivity crisis, the lack of of consistent data and the poor progress on democratisation.

Paranimo

Venture Round in 2022
Paranimo is focused on enhancing workplace mental health by providing accessible and effective support solutions. The company employs advanced matching intelligence within its software-as-a-service (SaaS) and consulting offerings, aimed at helping HR managers improve employee well-being. By connecting clients with therapists across the United Kingdom, Paranimo's technology enables therapists to evaluate and rank mental health conditions they can address, thereby creating a percentage match with potential clients. This approach facilitates convenient access to therapy sessions, promoting increased mental health awareness and support in the workplace.

Paranimo

Grant in 2021
Paranimo is focused on enhancing workplace mental health by providing accessible and effective support solutions. The company employs advanced matching intelligence within its software-as-a-service (SaaS) and consulting offerings, aimed at helping HR managers improve employee well-being. By connecting clients with therapists across the United Kingdom, Paranimo's technology enables therapists to evaluate and rank mental health conditions they can address, thereby creating a percentage match with potential clients. This approach facilitates convenient access to therapy sessions, promoting increased mental health awareness and support in the workplace.

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.

Invatech Health

Grant in 2021
Invatech Health provides software as a service solution. It also develops several products to address unresolved issues in areas such as domiciliary care and mental health. It specializes in the healthcare and social care industries.

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
We are disrupting how healthcare is delivered, to help everyone enjoy better mental health. Digital technology provides us with enormous opportunities to improve our mental and physical health. Supported by Innovate UK, the Oxford Academic Health Science Network and the Eastern Academic Health Science Network, we are developing digital therapeutic programmes to bring services to market at scale.

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.

Discova Health

Grant in 2020
Discova is an anonymised, AI-powered mental health and resilience web application sold to corporations and the public sector. Within 5 minutes of sign up, Discova can provide personalised, evidence-based self-help interventions and action plans for the most common mental health problems facing our society. Unlike most solutions in the market that focus only on the problem, Discova predicts the most beneficial support and learning pathway for the individual by understanding the data-driven decisions that drive engagement, motivation, and behaviour change. Currently, there are over 1.9 million combinations that can be made into action plans from our knowledge networks. Through our recommendation engine and algorithms, we can provide the most relevant support for users, so that crisis can be avoided.

Ieso

Grant in 2018
Ieso Digital Health Ltd. is a United Kingdom-based company specializing in online evidence-based mental health therapy. Founded in 2000 and formerly known as PsychologyOnline.co.uk Limited, Ieso provides a platform for one-to-one therapy sessions, allowing patients to engage with accredited therapists in a virtual environment tailored to their schedules. The company addresses a variety of mental health conditions, including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and relationship issues, as well as chronic physical health problems and cognitive impairments. Utilizing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Ieso employs proprietary technology enhanced by natural language processing and artificial intelligence to facilitate real-time monitoring and improve therapeutic outcomes. Its services cater to a diverse clientele, including health providers, private individuals, and businesses, aiming to transform the landscape of mental healthcare through scalable digital products and therapeutics.

Cadscan

Grant in 2018
Cadscan Limited is a company specializing in the development of 3-dimensional (3D) products for the healthcare, dental, and industrial sectors. Founded in 2011 and based in Chester, United Kingdom, Cadscan integrates imaging, 3D printing, and 3D visualization technologies to create innovative products. Its offerings include 3D printed insoles, solutions for wound management, and robotic inspection systems. The company also develops a range of medical devices, such as custom orthotics, and employs advanced 3D scanning techniques for various applications. Cadscan Limited's focus on combining cutting-edge technology with practical healthcare solutions positions it as a key player in its industry.

BfB LABS

Grant in 2018
BFB Labs provides state of the art digital therapeutics for better youth mental health, creating a new way of building resilience in a whole generation. Our products fuse evidence-based therapeutic approaches with immersive and responsible gaming making them highly engaging, scientifically robust and cost-effective.

Kooth

Grant in 2018
Kooth plc is a digital mental health service provider based in London, UK, specializing in support for children and young people. Established in 2001, the company operates an online platform that offers a variety of therapeutic resources, including self-help tools, peer-to-peer support communities, and professional counseling services. As the largest digital mental health provider in the UK, Kooth aims to make mental health support accessible to all individuals, facilitating a personalized journey to well-being through evidence-based interventions. The services are available free of charge, funded by healthcare systems, insurers, businesses, or charities, and Kooth also extends its operations to the United States.
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