London-based digital health startup Your.MD has raised a $5m seed funding round led by Smedvig Capital, with participation from its existing angel investors.
The company has already signed a partnership with the NHS to use clinically-approved data to power its personalised mobile health assistant and will use the cash to improve its AI capabilities so it can offer continuous health feedback.
The company also has its eyes on developing countries where access to healthcare is more scarce.
Your.MD’s Symptom Checker has been downloaded more than 500,000 times since it launched April last year.
“We are confident that our free symptom checker contains the most comprehensive health information available, offering users the best solution for getting quick, accurate and actionable help on all the most common medical conditions,” said Matteo Berlucchi, CEO. “Now is the right time to scale up our team and operation in order to cement our position as market leaders.”