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01Health

UK healthtech startup that raised £11.2m Series A.

Last refreshed: 15 June 2026 · Appears in 1 active topic

Key Question

Can 01Health's dental AI platform become the operating system for all specialist care in local clinics?

Background

01Health closed a £11.2m ($15m) Series A in June 2026, led by Gresham House Ventures, with Balderton Capital, Eka Ventures, and Wavemaker360 following on alongside angels including Nicolas Cary, co-founder of Blockchain.com. The London company was founded in 2022 by Dr Sonia Szamocki, a former NHS accident-and-emergency doctor and BCG consultant who serves as chief executive.

The company is the rebranded parent of two operating dental businesses: 32Co, an orthodontics network, and Aerox Health, which specialises in dental sleep medicine. Both already run on 01Health's software platform. The strategic shift at Series A is to open that platform to third-party practices and dental service organisations for the first time, letting them licence the clinical workflow and AI tools 01Health built for its own brands rather than going only through 01Health's own clinical network. The company frames this as bringing specialist care, historically concentrated in private Harley Street practices, to local clinics at lower cost.

Proceeds fund UK growth and US expansion. The round closed in a week when total UK tech funding fell 44% week-on-week to £266m, making 01Health one of the two standout Series A closes in an otherwise subdued fortnight.

Common Questions

What does 01Health do and how is it different from a dental company?

01Health is the software platform behind 32Co and Aerox Health; at Series A it began licensing that clinical AI platform to third-party dental practices, positioning itself as infrastructure for specialist care rather than a clinical network operator.Source: UKTN / Tech.eu

Who founded 01Health and what is their background?

01Health was founded in 2022 by Dr Sonia Szamocki, a former NHS A&E doctor and Boston Consulting Group consultant who serves as the company's chief executive.Source: UKTN

How much has 01Health raised and who are its investors?

01Health raised £11.2m ($15m) in a June 2026 Series A led by Gresham House Ventures, with Balderton Capital, Eka Ventures, Wavemaker360, and angel investor Nicolas Cary participating.Source: UKTN

What is 32Co and how does it relate to 01Health?

32Co is an orthodontics network and one of two clinical brands operated by 01Health. Both 32Co and Aerox Health (dental sleep medicine) run on the 01Health software platform, which the company is now licensing externally.Source: The Next Web

Source Material

01Health secures $15M to scale specialist healthcare platform 01Health raises £11.2m to bring specialist healthcare to local clinics

How the World Sees Them

US dental tech market

US expansion is a stated use of proceeds; the US dental software market is fragmented and large, but competition from established players like Dentrix and Eaglesoft means 01Health will need to land quickly on clinical differentiation.

UK healthtech investors

Balderton and Gresham House's participation signals confidence that the platform-licensing pivot, from clinical operator to software infrastructure, is a commercially sound transition rather than a sign of brand consolidation difficulty.

NHS and UK healthcare policy

01Health's model of exporting Harley Street-tier specialist care to local clinics aligns with NHS goals to reduce secondary-care referral backlogs, but the company is building a private-market infrastructure route rather than a direct NHS procurement path.