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Top AgeTech Companies in the UK | 2026

Lily Ruaah,
 Updated:  8 April 2026

As the UK’s population ages — with over 12 million people now aged 65 or older — technology designed to support older adults and their carers is becoming increasingly important. Agetech companies are developing solutions ranging from remote monitoring devices and assistive hardware to digital care platforms and wellness apps. Investment in the sector hit a peak of £24.8m in 2021, and 2025 saw a further £14.6m raised, making it the second-strongest year on record.

We’ve ranked the top agetech companies by total equity raised (all data sourced from the Beauhurst platform).

What is agetech?

Agetech — short for ageing technology — refers to companies developing products and services designed to improve the quality of life, health, safety, and independence of older adults. This includes remote health monitoring devices, assistive living technology, digital care management platforms, wearables for elderly users, simplified device interfaces, and information resources for carers.

The UK currently has 63 agetech companies, having grown 186% over the past decade (from 22 in 2015). While small in absolute terms, the sector is gaining momentum as demographic shifts, NHS pressures, and the growth of home-based care create increasing demand for technology-led solutions.

Collectively, UK agetech companies have raised £93.6m in equity funding so far, with £69.4m — nearly three quarters of the total — secured since 2020 alone. This sharp recent acceleration underscores growing investor interest in the space. These companies employ an estimated 2,000 people and generate a combined turnover of £227m.

Key findings

  • Breezie, which developed ease-of-use software for mobile devices targeted at older people, tops the list with £5.1m raised — significantly ahead of the rest of the field. Alertacall, a home monitoring technology provider based in the North West, follows in second with £1.7m, and Canary Care, which develops wireless sensors for remotely monitoring elderly people at home, is third with £1.5m.
  • The top 10 have collectively raised £9.9m — a modest total compared to sectors like fintech or AdTech, but one that reflects the nascent stage of the AgeTech market. The majority of the top 10 are at Seed stage (five companies), with two at Growth stage, and one each at Venture, Established, and Exited. This heavy weighting towards early-stage companies highlights both the immaturity and the opportunity within the sector.
  • Regionally, the top 10 are more geographically dispersed than in most UK tech sectors. The North West leads with three companies, followed by the South East and Yorkshire with two each. Notably, London accounts for just one company — a sharp contrast to sectors like AdTech (71 of the top 100) and PropTech (64 of the top 100).
  • The overall sector stage breakdown mirrors this early-stage picture: of the 63 active AgeTech companies, 26 are at Seed stage and 12 at Venture, with just five at Growth and 10 Established. This suggests significant room for growth as the sector matures and more companies scale.

Methodology

To be included in this list of agetech companies, companies must be:

  • Headquartered in the UK
  • Operating in the ‘AgeTech’ Beauhurst industry classification
  • Listed as ‘Active’ on Companies House

We’ve then ranked these companies by total equity raised.

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All data for the analysis was taken from the Beauhurst platform, and is accurate as of 7 April 2026.

All data for the ranking list was taken from the Beauhurst platform, and is automatically updated weekly.

Top agetech companies in the UK

10.

Total amount raised: £185m
Total equity rounds: 5
Established: 2014
Location: Oxford

Oxa develops software designed to power driverless vehicles, with technology that uses features such as cameras and lasers in order to sense and navigate the surrounding environment. In 2023, the UK government announced that Oxa had been included in their Advanced Manufacturing Plan, setting out £150m of investment to supercharge the self-driving vehicle sector. They have received £185m to date through five rounds of fundraising, including £113m in December 2022, aimed at selling its software to a wider range of industries and growing worldwide.

9. Callsign

Total amount raised: £215m
Total equity rounds: 5
Established: 2010
Location: City of London

Focusing on creating smooth customer interactions, AI company Callsign has produced technology for passive authentication, fraud prevention, and intelligence. Its proprietary technology uses artificial intelligence to mimic how humans recognise each other. In October 2021, Visa choseCallsign as their preferred behavioural biometric and device intelligence identity partner across Europe. Callsign is the world’s fastest-growing behavioural authentication and intelligence company. It has raised a total of £215m in investment, across five funding rounds. The company’s main investors include JP Morgan, AllegisCyber, and NightDragon Security.

8. Lendable

Total amount raised: £216m
Total equity rounds: 7
Established: 2014
Location: Hackney

Lendable is a fintech company developing a peer-to-peer lending platform for consumer finance. The company’s AI software matches users with appropriate investors, leveraging artificial intelligence and automated underwriting to quickly approve loans. Lendable also offers loans to those with lower credit scores to provide a fairer borrowing solution. Lendable has raised £216m, across seven funding rounds, since 2014. It’s expanded to offices in New York, Nairobi, and Singapore, and has featured in several high growth lists: 2022’s FT 1000, the Deloitte Fast 50 in both 2019 and 2020, and the Fast Tech Track 100, also in 2019 and 2020. Additionally, in 2018, Lendable participated in Addleshaw Goddard’s AG Elevate accelerator programme for scaling fintech startups.

7. Huma

Total amount raised: £236m
Total equity rounds: 10
Established: 2011
Location: Westminster

​​Huma (previously Medopad) is developing a web-based portal for hospitals and healthcare professionals to contain, manage, and collect health records. This data is then accessible to patients through a mobile app. Alongside its main goal of managing healthcare data, Huma also works on digital health insights and has developed wearable technology to detect digital biomarkers and assess health in real-time. Huma has been working with many organisations around the world, including the NHS, to monitor COVID-19 patients remotely. The AI company has secured £236m in fundraisings, from investors including Healthbox, Nexus Investments, Bayer, and NWS Holdings. In 2020, the company acquired two businesses: stress and productivity biometric startup BioBeats, and Tarilian, an optoelectronic sensor company that makes technology for measuring blood pressure and heart monitoring. They have since acquired Alcedis, developers of a platform for the digitisation of clinical trials that can be integrated with third-party systems, and iPLATO, developers of an app that improves patients’ access to GP practices through an online booking system, and provides a platform for healthcare campaigns.

6. Patsnap

Total amount raised: £251m
Total equity rounds: 4
Established: 2007
Location: Southwark

Patsnap has created a web-based platform to help clients assess intellectual property patents, with access to patent expiry dates, licensing, renewal, and legal information for tech companies. The lawtech company’s platform is powered by artificial intelligence algorithms and natural language processing, to parse patents and IP, as well as extract and cross-match critical information. It can even analyse more complex documents, like clinical trials, chemical structures patents, and litigation records. Patsnap has over 10k customers in over 50 countries, including big names like Tesla, Dyson, and NASA. So far, the company has secured £251m in investment, across four funding rounds.

5. Quantexa

Total amount raised: £286m
Total equity rounds: 6
Established: 2016
Location: Lambeth

Quantexa is a cybersecurity firm that develops AI technology to secure organisations’ data and flag illegal activity. It works closely with industries that handle large datasets (such as banking, e-commerce, and the public sector), to create analytical models that uncover data risk, reveal opportunities, and enhance decision making. The company is backed by AlbionVC, Dawn Capital, HSBC Enterprise Fund, and Accenture, among others. In its latest funding round, Quantexa raised £104m in investment. This took the company’s total fundraisings to £286m. Quantexa has attended both the Microsoft ScaleUp accelerator and Tech Nation’s Future Fifty accelerator. It has also appeared on several high-growth lists, including The Telegraph’s Tech Hot 100, Fast Track’s Tech Track 100, InsurTech 100, and the 2021 edition of The Regtech 100.

4. Gousto

Total amount raised: £321m
Total equity rounds: 14
Established: 2012
Location: Shepherds Bush

Gousto is a meal kit delivery service that provides exact ingredients and portions to customers with instructions on how to prepare the dish. The food tech unicorn, backed by celebrity fitness coach, Joe Wicks, and Japanese investment giant SoftBank, is powered by AI, a technology used since its founding. They have received £321m in funding to date, through 14 rounds of funding. The most recent of these was in February 2023, which saw £50m invested to support them during times of economic uncertainty. Their post-money valuation was listed as £239m. They have been named on a number of high-growth lists, including the FT 1000, Fast Track Tech Track 100, and Top 100 – Britain’s Fastest Growing Businesses. They also attended the Future Fifty accelerator in 2017.

3. Cera

Total amount raised: £366m
Total equity rounds: 9
Established: 2015
Location: Islington

Cera provides homecare, telehealth consultations, and prescription services, which can be managed through a mobile app, which also allows users to book appointments with nurses on demand. To date, they have secured £366m through nine rounds of fundraising. In August 2022, they raised £81.3m to invest in increasing their capacity to help more patients, a project that was invested into by 8090 Partners, Evolve Healthcare Partners, Guinness Ventures, and Jane Street, amongst others. They have attended DigitalHealth.London Accelerator, PwC Scale Programmes, and Govstart.

2. Thought Machine

Total amount raised: £392m
Total equity rounds: 8
Established: 2011
Location: Islington

Thought Machine develops fintech software Vault, which enables banks and financial services providers to centrally manage a range of products. Its core banking platforms can be used to run day-to-day operations, improving the cost, speed, and adaptability of legacy systems. Thought Machine’s software is accessed through an API and has a large artificial intelligence component. The AI company has raised £398m in growth capital so far, across seven funding rounds, with the likes of Molten Ventures (previously Draper Esprit), IQ Capital, Playfair Capital, and British Patient Capital. Its most recent fundraising, secured in July 2020, saw the company valued at £221m pre-money. Alongside new investors ING Ventures, JP Morgan Chase Strategic Investments, and Standard Charter Investments, this latest raise also saw Thought Machine reach unicorn status.

1. Graphcore

Total amount raised: £528m
Total equity rounds: 9
Established: 2016
Location: City of Bristol

Graphcore operates in the semiconductor processing chip industry, developing and manufacturing chips made specifically to accelerate artificial intelligence and machine learning tasks. Graphcore’s chips use Intelligence Process Unit (IPU) technology, housing 1,472 separate IPU-Cores, capable of executing 8,832 separate parallel computing threads. The Bristol-based AI startup has grown from strength to strength since 2016, with a total of nine funding rounds under its belt, which saw it reach unicorn status after just four years of trading. Graphcore has raised more than half a billion pounds in investment, and is partnered with large tech companies such as Microsoft and Dell Technologies. The company has offices in London, Cambridge, Oslo, Beijing, Seoul, and across the US.
Last Updated: 15 April 2026
# Company Region Stage Employees Total Raised
1 Elder London Growth 100-249 £20,984,759

Elder

Elder is developing an online service that allows users such as younger relatives to pay for and organise care services for the elderly either on a regular basis or at short notice for a specific task.

https://www.elder.org/
Industries Application software Homecare (domiciliary care)
2 Person Centred Software South East Growth 100-249 £20,070,995

Person Centred Software

Person Centred Software develops a range of software for care providers.

https://personcentredsoftware.com/
Industries Application software Care homes
3 Kneu Health London Venture 10-24 £8,809,583

Kneu Health

Kneu Health develops an app-based platform which can be used to monitor symptoms and progression of neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease and dementia.

https://kneu.com/
Industries Application software Clinical diagnostics Data provision and analysis Medical doctors
4 Breezie South East Exited 10-24 £5,099,372

Breezie

Breezie has developed ease-of-use software for mobile devices that is targeted at older people. Users can either purchase the software independently or purchase a device pre-loaded with the software.

https://www.breezie.com/
Industries Application software
5 Easology North East Growth 5-9 £3,779,505

Easology

Easology develops accessible, easy to use smartphones aimed at the elderly and the visually impaired.

https://easology.net/
Industries Accessories for tech devices Application software Electronics hardware Mobile, internet and wireless hardware Online retailing
6 miiCARE London Venture 10-24 £3,753,085

miiCARE

miiCARE develops the miiCUBE, which aims to provide monitoring services for elderly and vulnerable individuals.

https://www.miicare.co.uk/
Industries Application software Electronics hardware Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids
7 KareHero London Seed 25-49 £3,599,923

KareHero

KareHero develops a mobile app that aims to help company employees fund care for elderly relatives.

https://www.karehero.com/
Industries Application software Assistants, secretaries and administrative support Care homes Homecare (domiciliary care) Human resources Rewards, loyalty schemes and vouchers Tutoring, training, coaching and skills development
8 MySense London Venture 10-24 £3,491,079

MySense

MySense develops software that aims to use artificial intelligence to compare an individual's behaviour and needs in order to help carers identify changing health or care needs.

https://www.mysense.ai/
Industries Application software Electronics hardware Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Homecare (domiciliary care) Sensors
9 Howz North West Venture 10-24 £2,593,973

Howz

Howz has developed monitoring devices measuring the daily activity of the elderly and feeding this information into an app for their relatives.

https://www.howz.com/
Industries Application software Electronics hardware Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Sensors
10 Punto Health London Seed 5-9 £2,575,817

Punto Health

Punto Health develops AI software that connects dementia patients and carers with healthcare professionals, providing healthcare plans and support, diagnosis using digital biomarkers and a personalised chatbot assistant.

https://puntohealth.com/
Industries Application software Clinical diagnostics Data provision and analysis Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Homecare (domiciliary care) Mental well-being

The future of agetech in the UK

The UK’s ageing population is one of the most significant demographic trends of the coming decades, and the demand for technology that supports independent living and reduces pressure on care services is only going to increase. New company formations have remained steady at around four to five per year, and while the sector is still small, the funding trajectory is encouraging — the £14.6m raised in 2025 was nearly double 2024’s £6.8m.

Several trends are likely to accelerate growth. The shift towards home-based care — driven by both patient preference and NHS capacity constraints — is creating demand for remote monitoring and assistive technology. AI is beginning to play a role in predictive health monitoring and personalised care recommendations. And as the consumer technology market increasingly recognises the spending power of older adults, there is growing interest in products designed with accessibility and simplicity at their core.

With the UK government focused on social care reform and the integration of health and care services, agetech companies are well positioned to benefit from both public and private sector demand in the years ahead.

FAQ

The top agetech companies in the UK is a ranking of UK-based ageing technology businesses, ordered by the total equity funding they have raised. It highlights companies developing remote monitoring devices, assistive living technology, digital care platforms, and wellness tools for older adults.

Companies are ranked by total equity raised, using data from the Beauhurst platform. This provides a consistent, objective measure of investor confidence and growth potential.

UK agetech companies have raised £93.6m in equity funding to date, with £69.4m of that secured since 2020. The peak year for investment was 2021, when £24.8m was raised.

Agetech — ageing technology — refers to products and services designed to improve the quality of life, health, safety, and independence of older adults. This includes remote health monitoring, assistive living devices, digital care management, simplified technology interfaces, and information platforms for carers.

Agetech companies are more geographically dispersed than most UK tech sectors. The North West leads the top 10 with three companies. London accounts for just one company in the ranking — a notable contrast to other sectors where London typically dominates.

Yes. The number of active agetech companies has grown 186% over the past decade to 63. Funding is also accelerating, with £14.6m raised in 2025 — nearly double the £6.8m raised in 2024.

UK agetech companies span a range of activities, including remote health monitoring devices and wearables, home sensor systems for elderly care, digital care management platforms, simplified mobile device software, stairlift and assistive hardware manufacturers, and information resources for carers.

The ranking table is automatically updated weekly using data from the Beauhurst platform.

All data is sourced from the Beauhurst platform, which tracks equity investment, company financials, and growth signals for UK companies.

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