Healthcare technology firm secures up

Digital health and AI business

Medwise.ai has secured a £1m investment from Finance Yorkshire and other investors.

Medwise.ai is a search platform for medical professionals and healthcare organisations which significantly reduces the time clinicians spend looking up information during consultations, enabling them to see more patients and improve care quality.

With a growing NHS vacancy list and reports of clinician burn-out, there is an urgent need to support healthcare professionals and improve productivity.

Founded in 2019, Medwise.ai has seven employees and is headquartered in Leeds, from where it plans to strengthen its operations in the Yorkshire region.

Finance Yorkshire is investing £400,000 from its Seedcorn Fund and led the overall funding round of more than

£1m, with participation from health-tech investors StartUp Health and CalmStorm VC and deep-tech accelerator and venture capital fund Deeptech Labs.

Stephen Cardwell, of Finance Yorkshire, will join the Medwise.ai board.

The Medwise.ai search platform uses natural language processing and artificial intelligence technology to help clinicians quickly find concise and actionable answers at the point of care. It aggregates results and integrates with information sources such as national guidance websites and local guidelines documents.

Medwise.ai also has the backing of clinician investors Dr Michelle Tempest at Candesic and Dr Chris Kelly at Google Health. SFC Capital has made a followon investment after leading a previous round of funding for Medwise.ai.

The company will use the investment to scale up operations and strengthen its sales and marketing activities in the UK.

Dr Keith Tsui, chief executive and co-founder said: “I am thrilled to have secured our seed funding and excited to accelerate our mission to empower clinicians with AI and search technologies.

“Our product provides clinicians with one search for clinical knowledge and local guidelines. Instead of Googling or going through outdated local websites or intranets, Medwise.ai enables clinicians to find the information they need to make decisions for patients rapidly at the point of care.”