Top 50 Assistivetech Companies in the UK | 2026

Lily Ruaah,
 21 May 2026

UK assistivetech companies raised £38.4m across 24 deals in 2024 — the sector’s all-time peak — followed by a still-strong £23.0m in 2025 across 23 deals. The peak arrived later than in almost every other sector we’ve analysed, where 2021 or 2022 typically marked the high water mark. In total, assistivetech companies in the UK have raised £169m across all equity fundraisings tracked by Beauhurst, with 78% of that total arriving since the start of 2020.

We’ve ranked the top 50 assistivetech companies by total equity raised (all data sourced from the Beauhurst platform).

An overview of the assistivetech sector

Assistivetech covers companies developing technology and products that help people with disabilities, chronic conditions, neurodivergence, or age-related impairments live more independently. UK assistivetech companies span wearable medical devices for neurological conditions, accessibility software for websites and live communication, mobility products (wheelchairs, stairlifts, prosthetics, walking aids), independent living platforms for older adults, sensory aids for vision and hearing, neurodiversity tools for ADHD and dyslexia, and care coordination apps.

Beauhurst tracks 224 active assistivetech companies in the UK, up from 128 in the final quarter of 2015 — a 75% increase over the decade and one of the slower growth rates in our sector series. Together, these companies generated £1.44b in turnover according to latest financials and support an estimated 9,596 employees across the UK. Across all time, assistivetech companies have raised £169m in equity funding tracked on the platform, with 2024 (£38.4m) marking the sector’s peak and 2025 (£23.0m) its second-strongest year.

Key findings

  • Charco Neurotech tops the ranking with £16.3m raised. The East of England-based company develops a wearable device that aims to reduce the physical symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, and accounts for 9.6% of all UK assistivetech equity raised to date.
  • Recite Me (£9.75m, North East) takes second place in website accessibility software, followed by Ingenion Medical (£7.82m, London) in urological devices, Grid Smarter Cities (£7.06m, North East), and GyroGear (£5.72m, London). The top five account for 28% of sector equity.
  • London hosts 14 of the top 50 — the lowest London share of any top 50 we’ve measured. The North East comes second with six, and the top 50 spans 13 UK regions including all four nations, making assistivetech the most distributed digital top 50 in the series.
  • The top 50 collectively raised £106m — 63% of the sector’s total, the lowest top 50 share we’ve measured. Seven of the 50 are zombie or dead, the highest troubled rate in the series, pointing to a difficult commercialisation environment for niche assistive products.

Methodology

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

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

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

If you’re a Beauhurst subscriber, you can view this list directly in the platform and apply additional filters to refine the results.

Analysis accurate as of 19 May 2026. The table below is updated weekly to reflect the most recent data from the Beauhurst platform.

Top 50 assistivetech 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: 12 June 2026
# Company Region Stage Employees Total Raised
1 Charco Neurotech East of England Venture 50-99 £16,268,006

Charco Neurotech

Charco Neurotech develops a wearable device which aims to reduce the physical symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

https://charconeurotech.com/
Industries Biotechnology Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Medical devices and instruments
2 Recite Me North East Growth 50-99 £9,748,797

Recite Me

Recite Me develops software products which aim to increase websites' accessibility and disability regulation compliance, and provides an accessibility training course.

https://reciteme.com/
Industries Application software Assistants, secretaries and administrative support Data provision and analysis Human resources Marketing, branding and advertising Recruitment, headhunting and talent management Risk and compliance Tutoring, training, coaching and skills development
3 Ingenion Medical London Venture 10-24 £7,824,203

Ingenion Medical

Ingenion Medical develops medical urological medical devices for men and women.

https://ingenionmedical.co.uk/
Industries Medical devices and instruments
4 Grid Smarter Cities North East Growth 10-24 £7,060,949

Grid Smarter Cities

Grid Smarter Cities develops a range of software products designed to improve how citizens interact with and navigate cities. Its products include Activ8 which enables its customers to book kerb space for freight unloading and assist-Mi which is a mobile app that serves as an assistant tool for people who have disabilities.

https://gridsmartercities.com/
Industries Application software Civil engineering Embedded systems Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Management and strategy consultancy
5 GyroGear London Zombie 10-24 £5,716,667

GyroGear

GyroGear develops devices that minimise the symptoms suffered by patients with Parkinson's disease. Their first product, GyroGlove, reduces hand tremors.

https://gyrogear.co/
Industries Medical devices and instruments
6 Brain in Hand South West Growth 100-249 £4,984,931

Brain in Hand

Brain in Hand has developed a mobile app that enables people suffering from neurological diseases and impaired functions to manage their day and plan responses to situations that pose personal difficulty. The app links vulnerable individuals with carers and professional organisations that support them.

https://braininhand.co.uk/
Industries Application software Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids
7 Rayner South East Established 500-999 £4,912,011

Rayner

Rayner manufactures intraocular lenses used for treatment of eye infections such as cataracts as well as eye-care pharmaceuticals.

https://www.rayner.com/
Industries Distribution and wholesale Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Medical devices and instruments Ophthalmology and opticians
8 Good Life Sorted London Venture 25-49 £4,769,391

Good Life Sorted

Good Life Sorted operates a platform aimed at connecting the elderly with community members who are available to perform tasks such as grocery shopping on their behalf.

https://goodlifesorted.com/
Industries Application software Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids
9 onHand North East Venture 25-49 £4,605,607

onHand

onHand develops an online care service, that allows corporate volunteers to provide a range of assistance to the elderly, including collecting shopping, technology tutoring and social connection.

https://www.beonhand.co.uk/
Industries Application software Homecare (domiciliary care)
10 Health Impact Alliance London Seed 10-24 £3,933,630

Health Impact Alliance

Health Impact Alliance operates an alliance for organisations developing healthcare technology designed to improve independent living for elderly people.

https://healthimpactalliance.com/
Industries Application software Data aggregation Data provision and analysis Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids
11 eFOLDi South East Seed 10-24 £3,898,050

eFOLDi

SunTech UK designs and manufactures products for the less-able. Its first product is eFOLDi, a personal scooter foldable into luggage or a chair.

https://efoldi.com/
Industries Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Online retailing
12 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
13 SERG Technologies London Venture 10-24 £2,818,885

SERG Technologies

SERG Technologies develops wearable technology designed to analyse subconscious muscle contractions in order to meet a range of applications, such as smart prosthetics and controlling TVs.

https://sergtechnologies.com/
Industries Data provision and analysis Electronics hardware Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Physical fitness coaching and training
14 Makesense Technology London Seed 5-9 £2,671,504

Makesense Technology

Makesense Technology develops technology that utilises computer vision, remote sensing, and haptic feedback, aiming to assist visually impaired users.

https://www.makesensetechnology.com/
Industries Electronics hardware Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids
15 Amparo Prosthetics South East Venture 10-24 £2,445,010

Amparo Prosthetics

Amparo Prosthetics develops prosthetic systems that remoulds directly on the residual limb.

https://amparo-prosthetics.com/
Industries Application software Data provision and analysis Electronics hardware Hospitals and clinics Jewellery and other accessories Manufacturing Medical devices and instruments Parts and components Tutoring, training, coaching and skills development
16 Alcuris East Midlands Exited 10-24 £1,988,495

Alcuris

Alcuris develops health related software with it's first product called Memo, which aims to act as a reminder to people with certain conditions to do a daily task such as taking their prescription medicines.

http://www.alcuris.co.uk/
Industries Application software Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids
17 Conquering Horizons South West Seed <5 £1,861,163

Conquering Horizons

Conquering Horizons develops modular mobility devices to address some of the shortfalls of wheelchairs such as being unable to mount kerbs, fit through doorways, or allow the user to sit at a table.

https://www.conqueringhorizons.com/
Industries Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids
18 Evac+Chair West Midlands Established 100-249 £1,800,000

Evac+Chair

Evac+Chair manufactures evacuation chairs and adjustable patient movement trolleys, as well as other healthcare related products.

https://www.evacchair.co.uk/
Industries Hazard and damage control Health and safety Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids
19 Senstrain North East Zombie 5-9 £1,734,945

Senstrain

Senstrain develops a medical device that aims to treat phantom limb pain.

https://senstrain.com/
Industries Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Medical devices and instruments
20 Freedom One Life West of Scotland Venture 5-9 £1,358,461

Freedom One Life

Freedom One Life creates mobility products, such as electric wheelchairs.

https://freedomonelife.com/
Industries Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Physical product design, testing and quality assurance
21 Ocushield London Venture 10-24 £1,266,846

Ocushield

Ocushield develops screen protecters which are designed to filter out blue light which can cause sleep problems.

https://www.ocushield.com/
Industries Accessories for tech devices Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids
22 CareWhere Solutions South East Venture 5-9 £1,107,870

CareWhere Solutions

CareWhere Solutions has developed tracking devices and software for Alzheimer patients and vulnerable people, assets and pets.

https://carewheregroup.co.uk/
Industries Application software Electronics hardware Embedded systems Hazard and damage control Health and safety Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids
23 Goshawk International East of England Venture 5-9 £1,076,522

Goshawk International

Goshawk International has developed software to help people with hearing disabilities use the phone.

https://goshawk-international.com/
Industries Application software Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids
24 BeechBand East of England Seed <5 £850,080

BeechBand

BeechBand manufactures and sells a wellness device designed to help with a range of symptoms, including anxiety, speech issues and gait, as well as developing a mobile app.

https://www.beechband.com/
Industries Application software Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Manufacturing Medical devices and instruments Mental well-being
25 CardMedic South East Venture 10-24 £674,323

CardMedic

CardMedic develops communication software for the healthcare sector, aiming to allow staff to resolve communication barriers.

https://www.cardmedic.com/
Industries Application software Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Languages, translation and interpretation
26 RemeLife Yorkshire and The Humber Seed 10-24 £652,618

RemeLife

RemeLife has developed a mobile app for dementia sufferers that assists with reminiscence therapy by providing images and sounds which relate to the user's memories.

https://remelife.com/
Industries Application software Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids
27 MEGI Health London Venture 10-24 £626,178

MEGI Health

MEGI Health develops a virtual health assistant that monitors and supports those living with chronic conditions.

https://www.megi.ai/
Industries Application software Data provision and analysis Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Hospitals and clinics Medical doctors
28 Neatebox East of Scotland Venture <5 £608,155

Neatebox

Neatebox develops a range of apps, including WelcoMe , which is a customer service platform for customers with disabilities, and Button, which uses bluetooth to automatically press buttons at pedestrian crossings.

https://www.wel-co.me/
Industries Application software
29 Present Pal West of Scotland Venture 25-49 £598,852

Present Pal

Present Pal is developing an app that is able to support people suffering from dyslexia to deliver presentations.

https://presentpal.co.uk/
Industries Application software Courses and educational material
30 Radii Devices South West Seed 5-9 £544,882

Radii Devices

Radii Devices develops software that aims to improve the fit of prosthetic limbs.

https://www.radiidevices.com/
Industries Application software Medical devices and instruments
31 BrightSign London Seed <5 £400,000

BrightSign

BrightSign develops a glove that detects sign and translates it to speech, aimed at helping people using signed languages to communicate with hearing people and runs workshops about designing wearable technology.

https://www.brightsignglove.com/
Industries Electronics hardware Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Languages, translation and interpretation Tutoring, training, coaching and skills development
32 Inclutech Northern Ireland Seed 5-9 £400,000

Inclutech

Inclutech develops an app which aims to help users who cannot speak on the phone to contact emergency services.

https://inclutech.co/
Industries Application software Emergency services Military and defence Security and surveillance
33 Line 21 London Seed <5 £304,993

Line 21

Line 21 develops software that provides live captioning services using artificial intelligence.

https://line-21.com/
Industries Application software Video content (including pre- and post-production)
34 Curamicus Wales Dead <5 £295,310

Curamicus

Curamicus is developing wearable technology to monitor elderly people, alerting others if they fall.

https://curamicus.co/
Industries Electronics hardware
35 Askd.io London Dead <5 £284,993

Askd.io

Askd.io develops web-based software that allows users to transcribe audio and video files.

https://www.askd.io/
Industries Application software Electronics hardware Languages, translation and interpretation Mobile, internet and wireless hardware
36 ivvi East of Scotland Seed 5-9 £252,298

ivvi

ivvi develops and provides a note-taking tool that transforms lectures into visual mind maps for students with dyslexia and ADHD.

https://www.ivvi.app/
Industries Application software Assistants, secretaries and administrative support Courses and educational material Data provision and analysis Higher education Robots and automation Schools
37 Health2Works West Midlands Venture <5 £251,000

Health2Works

Health2Works develops web- and mobile-based apps for the healthcare market, including Rally Round, which allows carers and relatives to coordinate care tasks for ill or frail family members, and Ollie, which provides tools for child speech therapists, their patients and their parents.

https://www.health2works.com/
Industries Application software Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids
38 Flexyfoot North West Venture <5 £205,001

Flexyfoot

Flexyfoot produces a fitting for the end of walking sticks and crutches. It provides a flexible foot to the walking, increasing grip and comfort.

http://www.flexyfoot.com/
Industries Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Manufacturing
39 AVERio North West Zombie 5-9 £199,999

AVERio

AVERio develops a mobile app and wearable for the elderly for assistance.

https://averio.co.uk/
Industries Application software Data management Home and garden Jewellery and other accessories Security and surveillance
40 Jenx Yorkshire and The Humber Established 100-249 £180,000

Jenx

Jenx designs and manufactures furniture for children in need of postural support.

https://jenx.com/
Industries Furniture, furnishings and fixtures Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids
41 Bespoke Stairlifts Yorkshire and The Humber Growth 50-99 £175,010

Bespoke Stairlifts

Bespoke Stairlifts manufactures and supplies a range of stairlift products.

https://www.bespokestairlifts.com/
Industries Distribution and wholesale Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Manufacturing Physical product design, testing and quality assurance
42 Rehear South East Zombie <5 £155,000

Rehear

Rehear offers a range of hearing tests and treatments.

https://www.rehearbyele.co.uk/
Industries Clinical diagnostics Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Hospitals and clinics Medical devices and instruments
43 Depend Group North East Venture 5-9 £150,000

Depend Group

Depend Group designs, supplies and installs a range of adaptive living products, including stairlifts and accessible bathroom fixtures.

https://shapeyourworld.co.uk/
Industries Furniture, furnishings and fixtures Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Tradespeople and trade services
44 My Pain South East Dead <5 £143,999

My Pain

My Pain has developed software that assists users to measure and track their pain symptoms. These are then treated at a private clinic set up by the company or through an online pain management program.

https://www.mypain.uk/
Industries Application software Assistants, secretaries and administrative support Hospitals and clinics Human resources
45 Neuro Notion London Seed <5 £143,473

Neuro Notion

Neuro develops and provides a personal assistant app for individuals with ADHD.

https://www.neuro-notion.com/
Industries Application software Assistants, secretaries and administrative support Mental well-being
46 AccessLOOP London Venture <5 £139,999

AccessLOOP

AccessLOOP develops software which aims to allow captions and sign language translation to be automatically added to live streams.

https://www.accessloop.com/
Industries Application software Languages, translation and interpretation Robots and automation
47 Planet Computers London Seed 10-24 £125,412

Planet Computers

Planet Computers develops mobile devices which are designed to make it easier for users to type and create text documents.

https://www.www3.planetcom.co.uk/
Industries Electronics hardware Mobile, internet and wireless hardware
48 LumbaCurve North West Venture <5 £125,000

LumbaCurve

LumbaCurve develops and manufactures a device that treats lower back pain.

https://www.lumbacurve.com/
Industries Healthcare products, toiletries and living aids Medical devices and instruments Online retailing
49 Neve Learning West of Scotland Seed <5 £105,008

Neve Learning

Neve Learning develops a software platform for workplace training which aims to develop neurodiversity-inclusive and personalised courses.

https://www.nevelearning.co.uk/
Industries Application software Courses and educational material Tutoring, training, coaching and skills development
50 MoRow North West Established 10-24 £100,000

MoRow

MoRow is developing a device to assist stroke survivors in standing and walking.

http://www.morow.co.uk/
Industries Manufacturing Medical devices and instruments

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The future of assistivetech in the UK

UK assistivetech company formations have slowed sharply in recent years — from a peak of 16 new businesses in 2017 to just four in 2025 — yet investment figures have moved in the opposite direction, with 2024 (£38.4m) marking the sector’s all-time peak and 2025 (£23.0m) its second-strongest year on record. The first quarter of 2026 has opened slowly with just £790,000 raised, leaving open the question of whether 2024-2025 represents a new structural level or a single bumper period. Either way, capital is now concentrating on fewer, more credible later-stage businesses rather than fanning out across a growing pipeline.

Several structural tailwinds suggest the demand side of this equation is only strengthening. The UK’s ageing population, growing recognition of neurodiversity in workplaces and education, and the rising regulatory pressure on digital accessibility compliance all point to durable demand for the technologies these companies build. Charco Neurotech (£16.3m) and Brain in Hand (£4.98m) are already scaling neurological-care products into the NHS and care-provider markets, Recite Me (£9.75m) is expanding its accessibility-compliance footprint as digital-services regulations tighten, and a younger cohort of AI-enabled entrants — MEGI Health’s virtual health assistant, Neuro Notion’s ADHD companion, Line 21 and AccessLOOP in live captioning — points to where the next wave of formations is likely to cluster.

With this in mind, it’s possible that — depending on broader economic conditions and the durability of recent funding levels — assistivetech enters its second decade as a more concentrated but better-capitalised sector, where the recent slowdown in new incorporations gives way to a fresh cohort of AI-native and ageing-population-focused entrants in the next few years. The capital has arrived ahead of the next wave of founders; whether the founders follow will define the rest of the decade.

FAQ

The top 50 assistivetech companies in the UK, ranked by total equity raised, are led by Charco Neurotech, Recite Me, Ingenion Medical, Grid Smarter Cities, and GyroGear. Each has raised more than £5.7m in equity funding to date.

Companies are ranked by the total amount of equity they have raised across all announced and unannounced fundraisings tracked by Beauhurst.

The top 50 UK assistivetech companies have collectively raised £106m — 63% of the £169m raised by all UK assistivetech companies tracked by Beauhurst.

Assistivetech refers to technology and products that help people with disabilities, chronic conditions, neurodivergence, or age-related impairments live more independently. UK AssistiveTech companies span wearable medical devices for neurological conditions, accessibility software for websites and live communication, mobility products (wheelchairs, stairlifts, prosthetics, walking aids), independent living platforms for older adults, sensory aids for vision and hearing, neurodiversity tools for ADHD and dyslexia, and care coordination apps.

London is home to the largest number of top 50 assistivetech companies with 14, followed by the South East (seven), the North East (six), the North West (four), and the East of England, South West, West of Scotland, and Yorkshire and The Humber (three each). The top 50 spans 13 UK regions including all four nations, and London’s 28% share is the lowest of any top 50 we’ve measured.

The number of active UK assistivetech companies has grown 75% over the past decade, from 128 in the final quarter of 2015 to 224 today — one of the slower growth rates in our sector series. However, fundraising has accelerated recently, with 2024 (£38.4m) marking the sector’s all-time peak and 2025 (£23.0m) its second-strongest year.

UK assistivetech companies operate across a wide range of sub-fields including wearable medical devices for Parkinson’s and other neurological conditions, website and live-communication accessibility software, mobility products (electric wheelchairs, foldable scooters, prosthetics, stairlifts, walking aids), independent living and care coordination platforms for older adults, sensory aids for visually and hearing-impaired users, sign-language translation tools, and neurodiversity support apps for ADHD and dyslexia.

Yes. The ranking includes companies at all stages of evolution. Within the top 50, venture-stage companies are the largest group with 19 entries, followed by seed-stage (14), growth-stage (five), established (four), zombie (four), dead (three), and one exited.

The underlying table is updated weekly using the latest data from the Beauhurst platform. Analysis and commentary were last refreshed on 19 May 2026.

All data in this article is sourced from the Beauhurst platform, which tracks equity fundraisings, company financials, and growth signals for UK and German companies.

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