The UK’s Top Agetech Companies
The UK’s ageing population is creating both challenges and opportunities across health, housing, and social care. In response, a growing number of businesses are developing innovative technologies designed to support older adults and their carers. Known collectively as agetech, these solutions range from remote health monitoring and telecare systems to simplified digital devices and caregiver support services.
While still a relatively new sector, agetech is gaining momentum as demand for independent living, preventative care, and dignified ageing increases. In this article, we explore the top UK companies shaping the future of ageing through technology.
What is agetech?
Agetech refers to the use of technology, products, and services specifically designed to improve the lives of older adults and those who care for them. It’s a broad sector that sits at the intersection of healthcare, social care, and consumer tech.
Some key areas agetech covers:
Health & wellbeing
Remote patient monitoring, fall detection, medication reminders, telehealth platforms.
Independent living
Smart home devices, mobility aids, simplified smartphones/tablets, home automation to make living at home safer and easier.
Social connection
Tools that reduce loneliness and isolation, such as easy-to-use video calling platforms or digital communities.
Caregiver support
Apps and services that help family or professional carers manage schedules, coordinate tasks, or access advice.
Financial & planning tools
Platforms for managing care funding, legal issues, and long-term planning.
The UK’s current agetech landscape at a glance
There are currently 48 active agetech businesses in the UK, and while that number may be small, those companies make up £198m in turnover, with an average annual turnover of £22.0m. Out of those companies, 49% are in the Seed stage, 18% are in the Venture-stage, 9% are in Growth-stage, and 18% are in the Established-stage.
The industry saw a surge in investment in 2023 after two lower years, with £8.86m being invested into agetech companies, over double the previous year (£4.20m). However since then, funding has begun to drop again. Since the beginning of 2025, agetech companies have raised £3.59m across seven funding rounds.
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The UK’s top 10 agetech companies
Alteracall
Total amount raised: £1.75m
Location: Westmorland and Furness
Alteracall is a digital care and housing tech provider that works with social housing and retirement living providers to support telecare and safety for older or vulnerable tenants. Its solutions include a modern replacement to traditional warden call systems, environmental sensors, video door entry, and wearables, to name a few.
The company’s services aim to help landlords, housing associations and care providers to better engage with tenants, detect needs early, reduce loneliness, ensure safety, meet regulatory requirements, and improve operational efficiency overall — especially for people with chronic medical conditions, mental health, or learning disabilities.
Founded by James Batchelor in 2004, the company has gone on to receive £1.75m in equity over three funding rounds.
Relish
Total amount raised: £2.51m
Location: Hackney
Relish produces products and supports wellbeing for people living with dementia or Alzheimer’s. Its range includes clocks, music players, puzzles, arts & crafts, sensory toys and daily activity packs, tailored to different stages of dementia or Alzheimer’s, with the aim of helping maintain independence and improve quality of life.
The company also offers an app, Relish Day Hub, with tools to plan daily tasks and support independence at home.
Relish made the Startups 100 high-growth list in 2012 and 2013, and now as a Venture-stage company has gone on to raise £2.51m in total.
Circadacare
Total amount raised: £2.54m
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Circadacare delivers lighting solutions and monitoring technology for care homes and supported living to improve wellbeing, reduce falls, and support cognition, especially for people with dementia. It specialises in circadian lighting systems, and AI-driven monitoring and alerts.
The business targets both operators (care homes etc.) and local authorities or housing associations.
This Newcastle upon Tyne-based company has raised a total of £2.54m in equity over four funding rounds. It’s also received seven grants, including two in 2025, totalling £1.17m overall.
Howz
Total amount raised: £2.59m
Location: Manchester
Howz offers remote care and monitoring technology for people living at home. Using sensors and machine learning, it builds a continuous view of behaviour in the home to detect changes that might indicate risk or need for support.
Its tools are used in social care, NHS settings, and with informal carers. It also provides assessment reports and alerts to carers and clinical teams.
In 2020, the company appeared on the 100 SmartTech Innovators and the 100 HealthTech Pioneers high-growth lists. Since then, the company raised a further £672k in 2023 bringing its total amount raised to £2.59m.
MySense
Total amount raised: £3.49m
Location: Westminster
MySense is a wellbeing analytics platform designed to help vulnerable individuals live independently for longer. It supports people in their own home, and assists health and social care teams in delivering more personalised and preventative care.
It’s used by multiple NHS trusts and works by providing tools and analytics that try to flag changes early (before crises), so care interventions can be more timely.
The company has attended two accelerators, the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator and the Shott Scale Up Accelerator. Overall, it’s secured £3.49m in funding.
Easology
Total amount raised: £3.51m
Location: Ipswich
Easology supplies mobile phones and tablets designed for ease of use by older people or people who may find standard devices difficult. Its product line simplifies features and user experience to make digital devices more accessible.
The company has been through 12 rounds of funding since its inception in 2008. Originally the company was called Zone V, but rebranded in 2021 to Easology.
KareHero
Total amount raised: £3.60m
Location: Islington
KareHero is a London-based service that supports adult caregivers (especially families) in navigating the complexity of care. It provides a combined digital and human concierge service that helps with understanding, finding, arranging, and funding care, plus related legal and wellbeing issues.
It’s also used as an employee benefit by organisations wanting to support staff balancing work and caregiving. Its network includes a care matching service (Care Sourcer) and specialists in funding and legal advice.
The company has raised a total £3.60m in equity funding through one funding round. It also acquired Care Sourcer in 2023.
Neu Health
Total amount raised: £4.60m
Location: Westminster
Neu Health, recently rebranded as Kneu, is a healthtech spinout from the University of Oxford, focused on monitoring and managing neurodegenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and dementia.
Its platform uses a smartphone app to collect data via short structured tasks (motor, cognitive, voice etc.), plus clinician dashboards. It aims to provide early, objective measures of disease progression, allowing for proactive care and reducing clinician workload.
The spinout has been through just two funding rounds but raised a huge £4.60m in equity, putting it at number three on our list of the UK’s top agetech companies.
Breezie
Total amount raised: £5.10m
Location: Lambeth
Breezie was acquired by American company VitalTech in 2020. Breezie 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.
From 2011 to 2020, the company went through 11 funding rounds, raising a total of £5.10m. It also appeared on the Top 100- Britain’s Fastest Growing Businesses high growth list in 2017.
Elder
Total amount raised: £21.0m
Location: Islington
Elder provides live-in, visiting and respite care services for older people in the UK. Its model includes matching clients with carers, arranging care in their own homes, and supporting people who need assistance with daily living but want to remain at home as long as possible.
Founded by Peter Dowds in 2015, the company has gone on to raise £21.0m in equity funding. It’s also featured on nine high-growth lists, most recently the HolonIQ Europe Health Tech in 2023.
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