OurPath
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Health technology |
| Founded 📆 | January 2015 |
| Founder 👔 | Chris Edson Mike Gibbs |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
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OurPath is a UK-based health technology company launched in January 2015 with headquarters in London, United Kingdom. OurPath provides a digital behavioural change service, helping its users to change their lifestyle habits.
History
OurPath was founded in January 2015 by Chris Edson and Mike Gibbs, former strategy consultants for Monitor Group. They initially raised $800,000 in seed funding from 500 Startups, Wayra, Bethnal Green Ventures, and Pioneers Ventures.[1]
In October 2017, OurPath published its first clinical trial in the Royal College of Physicians Future Healthcare Journal - A service evaluation of a digital behavioural change programme. [2]
In November 2017, the company was selected to deliver the NHS Healthier You National Diabetes Prevention Programme[3] and in January 2018, OurPath launched a commercial partnership with multinational healthcare company, Roche[4]
A further $3m was raised in a second funding round led by Connect Ventures in August 2018 with follow-on investment from SpeedInvest and angels including Taavet Hinrikus (co-founder of Transferwise), Michael Pennington (co-founder of Gumtree), and Ian Hogarth (co-founder of Songkick).[5]
Media attention
Wired magazine identified that if OurPath's approach was successful, it could "save the NHS" through the possible savings from reduction in type 2 diabetes and its complications.[6]
In January 2018, the founders Chris Edson and Mike Gibbs were selected as part of Forbes 30 under 30 2018[7]
The EU selected OurPath as one of the top 50 startups in Europe, where the founders presented to the Hemicycle in European parliament[8][9]. TechWorld listed OurPath among the top 20 health technology startups in the UK in 2018[10]. OurPath has also been featured by CNBC[11] and Engadget[12]
Online publisher TechCrunch identified OurPath as a startup 'leading the charge in digital therapeutics, tackling some of the biggest problems facing patients and our healthcare system today'[13]
References
- ↑ "Healthtech start-up OurPath raises £500,000 - Startups.co.uk: Starting a business advice and business ideas". Startups.co.uk: Starting a business advice and business ideas. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
- ↑ Hampton, James; Allen, Edward; Edson, Christopher (2017-10-01). "Service evaluation of a digital behavioural change programme". Future Hospital Journal. 4 (3): 173–177. doi:10.7861/futurehosp.4-3-173 (inactive 2018-09-22). ISSN 2055-3323.
- ↑ England, NHS. "NHS England: Thousands of people set to access diabetes and obesity prevention services through the touch of a button". www.england.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ↑ "Roche Diabetes Care to promote healthy lifestyle digital programme". Accu-Chek®. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ↑ "OurPath raises $3M in round led by Connect Ventures to 'reverse' Type 2 Diabetes". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
- ↑ Christian, Bonnie. "A simple weight-loss app could help the NHS save £500 million". Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ↑ merrileebarton. "OurPath: Chris Edson & Michael Gibbs - pg.17". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ↑ "Winners". eutop50.eu. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ↑ Glowfly (2018-01-03), OurPath - pitch at EU Top 50 Hemicycle Start-up Convention, retrieved 2018-03-21
- ↑ Carey, Scott. "22 UK Healthtech Startups to Watch 2018". Techworld. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ↑ Schulze, Elizabeth (2017-11-14). "How a health app could change a half-paralyzed 2-year-old's life". CNBC. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ↑ "The NHS is turning to tech to help prevent Type 2 diabetes". Engadget. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ↑ "Digital therapeutics are just what the doctor ordered for patients — and for global healthcare systems". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
External links
Re-submission of OurPath
Re-submitting with new references to popular publications and links to peer-reviewed journal.
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