OurPath
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Health technology |
| Founded 📆 | January 2015 |
| Founder 👔 | Chris Edson Mike Gibbs |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , |
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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[edit]
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[edit]
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 has 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[edit]
- ↑ "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[edit]
Re-submission of OurPath[edit]
Re-submitting with new references to popular publications and links to peer-reviewed journal.
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