[Funding alert] London-based Anima Secures €11 Million in Series A Round Funding

In addition to new investors, angel investors Sidar Sahin, the founder of Peak Games, invested in the round alongside returning investors Hummingbird Ventures, Amino Collective, and Y Combinator.

With the help of this financing, it hopes to revolutionize the way healthcare teams provide care through its clinical operating system.

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It began operating its first for-profit clinics in September 2022 and is already present in more than 150 NHS clinics throughout England, treating more than 1.3 million patients. In winter 2021, the startup took part in Y Combinator. With the help of this Series A funding, Anima will be able to quickly roll out its services to tens of millions of patients and medical professionals globally.

Shun Pang, co-founder and CEO of Anima, commented: “We’re excited to bring Inga of Molten on our journey. From day one, it was clear to us that she shared our vision of care enablement, a thesis Inga and Molten have had for years. I’m deeply grateful for the special crew we have at Anima. This is a passion project – we’re building what we wish we had as doctors and patients. No one is here just to do a job. We all serve a greater purpose – and that’s why ultimately we’ll continue to move mountains.”

Strict budgetary limitations, inefficiency, and exhaustion are problems that clinics and healthcare workers face; these issues are particularly acute in the NHS but are also pervasive worldwide. Anima tackles the important problems of low productivity, patient care plan effectiveness, and healthcare access.

Clinic, network, and regional care are all streamlined for the first time thanks to Anima's universal operating system.

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Anima offers a patient-facing app that powers each step of the care process. Importantly, Anima makes it possible to promptly resolve 85% of patient inquiries in less than a day—a significant improvement over the usual 11–14 day turnaround observed with traditional practice.

Inga Deakin, Investor, Molten Ventures added: “Software and artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare is a rapidly growing multi-$bn sector, but many solutions take time to integrate and realise their potential. A key reason why Anima is growing rapidly, is because they can directly and immediately have an impact: to improve operations and efficiency to benefit patients, healthcare teams and healthcare systems. This team understands the relevant workflows, the needs of patients and healthcare workers, and is building a large, scalable engine for change.”

About Anima

Anima was founded in 2021 by Rachel Mumford, the COO, and Shun Pang, the CEO and CTO. The company is run by professionals with firsthand knowledge of the healthcare system. Anima employs very selectively; previous venture capitalists make up more than 60% of the staff. The next-generation platform for care enablement, equipped with all the tools care teams need to safely and swiftly handle caseloads.