London-based 01Health bags €12.9 million to bring specialist care from Harley Street to the high street

London-based HealthTech startup 01Health has raised €12.9 million ($15 million) in Series A funding to scale its healthcare delivery platform, which enables specialist services to be provided through local clinics rather than being concentrated in hospitals and major healthcare centres.

The round was led by Gresham House Ventures, with follow-on participation from existing backers Balderton Capital, Eka Ventures and Wavemaker360. Angel investors also participated, including Blockchain.com Co-founder Nicolas Cary.

The new funding will support further growth across the UK and expansion into the United States, where platform trials are already underway. The company has also appointed a Head of US Commercial Operations as it prepares to increase its presence in the market.

Founded in 2022 by former NHS doctor and BCG consultant Dr Sonia Szamocki, 01Health was created to address a long-running challenge in healthcare: specialist care is often concentrated in hospitals and major cities, while many community clinics lack the infrastructure, oversight and workflows needed to offer more advanced treatments safely.

The startup’s goal is to help move specialist healthcare closer to patients by giving local clinics the tools and clinical support required to deliver more complex services.

The 01Health platform brings together clinical oversight, specialist protocols, workflow management, patient communication tools, operational infrastructure and AI-powered patient acquisition.

This is designed to allow practices, clinic groups and dental service organisations to deliver specialist services locally, while maintaining consistency, safety and quality across the care journey.

Alongside the funding announcement, 01Health is publicly launching its healthcare delivery platform as a standalone product for the first time. Practices, practice groups and dental service organisations will now be able to license the platform directly, rather than only accessing it through 01Health’s own healthcare brands.

The technology already underpins the company’s specialist dental brands 32Co and Aerox Health. 32Co focuses on orthodontics, while Aerox Health operates in dental sleep medicine. Through 32Co, 01Health has built one of the UK’s largest specialist dental networks, with 90% of the UK population living within 30 minutes of a 32Co dentist using the 01Health platform.

While the startup initially focused on dental care, 01Health says the platform has been developed to support a broader range of healthcare specialities. Trials are already underway in clinical areas beyond dentistry, as the company works to position itself as an infrastructure layer for specialist healthcare delivery across multiple settings.

The company has grown to more than 100 employees since launching. Its wider strategy reflects a shift taking place across healthcare systems, where rising demand, workforce shortages and pressure on hospitals are increasing the need for more community-based models of care.

For local clinics, the platform aims to make specialist service delivery more practical by combining the clinical and operational components needed to offer advanced treatments. For patients, the model could reduce the need to travel to hospitals or major urban centres for certain types of care.

With its Series A now secured, 01Health will focus on scaling its UK network, supporting the public launch of its platform, and expanding its work in the US. The company’s next phase will test how far its model can move beyond dentistry and into wider specialist healthcare services delivered closer to patients.