We believe that responsible use of technology can revolutionize the way we approach healthcare.

We help health-tech startups to scale the adoption of their innovation.

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Health care systems around the world
are in need of change

The history of medicine has been a game-changer with germ theory revolutionising the way illness was perceived and in turn transformed the way medicine was practiced. As a result, throughout the 20th century everything changed – medical training, surgical techniques, standards of sanitation and public health – a whole new pharmaceutical industry arose with a steady stream of vaccines for immunisation, antibiotics for every infection, and practically a pill for every ill.

We’ve made significant strides in modern medicine, but we still face numerous challenges that require innovative solutions. Changes in our environment, population growth, and lifestyle habits have led to an increase in healthcare challenges that are putting pressure on healthcare resources and challenging the effectiveness of traditional healthcare protocols. These challenges range from chronic diseases to infectious diseases, mental health issues, and access to care in underserved communities.

The statistics are staggering: according to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 400 million people worldwide lack access to essential health services, and about 100 million people are pushed into extreme poverty due to health expenses. Furthermore, infectious diseases, including COVID-19, continue to pose a threat to global health and require ongoing management and prevention efforts.

The startup sector is brimming with purpose-driven, disruptive companies whose innovations can change the way healthcare is delivered.

We believe that technology can play a critical role in addressing these healthcare challenges. By leveraging technology, we can improve access to care, enhance patient experiences, and reduce healthcare costs. To achieve these goals, we must challenge the current medical model, stakeholders, individual behaviors, clinical protocols, regulations, and pathways. We must navigate our way through this maze of complexity and help the system to change.

We advocate for responsible and innovative use of technology to improve global health outcomes. Let’s go on this journey together to transform healthcare as we know it.

Aahuti Rai

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Strategic Advisor | Health-tech Innovation

For 25+ years I have worked with 60+ large organisations across 13 industry sectors. I have partnered with Boards & Executive teams to define disruptive business strategies and to deliver transformation in their respective sectors. In parallel, over this time, my passion for health and healthcare has deepened. In 2018 I made a conscious decision to enter the health-tech sector and to support startups.

Why? I love tech – that is where my career started but that is not why I am here today. The euphoria and excitement of the promise of health-tech makes me giddy – but that is not the reason why I am here. I am here because I know that delivering change is difficult – personal change | business change | systemic change – is difficult. I am here because I have experience in making change happen and healthcare is an industry that is in need of change.

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I work with partner organisations

Healthcare is complex and fragmented; the sector just as broad as it is deep. Delivering change in this sector requires expertise in many niche areas. It is not enough to have a great innovation and startups often don’t have all the skills in-house to deliver what they need to. That is why I choose to work with a network of organisations who provide different niche, expert services. Together we help our clients successfully drive change with their innovation.

Companies we’ve worked with

We work have worked with a cross-section of public and private healthcare organisations,
ranging from young innovation ventures through to large life sciences organisations.

 

  • Takeda
  • NHS
  • Optegra
  • Affixed
  • CSH
  • Nelsons
  • Wellthy
  • RCube Health
  • Xwave
  • Ampersand
  • Headspace
  • Medwise.Ai
  • Limbic
  • Syndi
  • Holly Health
  • Fibricheck
  • Ethypharm Digital Therapies
  • Doctor.One

“As a repeat client, what I have always enjoyed about working with Aahuti is her focus on getting to the root of an issue, her frank advice and her determination to make things better. Her interpersonal style lends itself to rapidly building trust, inviting people to open up and engage constructively in problem-solving. She brings structure and method to conversations that can easily get derailed by emotion or politics. I’d work with Aahuti in a heartbeat and I hope our careers cross paths again.”
Rafael O, CEO

“I have had the pleasure of collaborating with Aahuti to assist a number of start-up companies in the med-tech space. She has a remarkable ability to bring clarity to complex problems, greatly simplifying the preparation of easily understood and impactful plans. For Aahuti, ‘purposeful business’ is not just consultant-speak she helps her clients adopt a human-centric approach to all aspects of their business activity.”
Chris J, Investor, Board Advisor & Leadership Coach

“Aahuti’s leadership, insights and structure proved invaluable as we navigated our way through a complex set of objectives to reshape our business and our delivery model. Her ability to understand our business within a short space of time; her ability to break down complexity and challenge the management team led to improved decision making and outcomes for the execution of our strategy. ”
Rory Passmore, MD Optegra Healthcare

“We have had the pleasure of working with Aahuti as an advisor to the Conduit Connect and our Conduit EIS Impact Fund. Aahuti helps our investment team in the evaluation of early-stage digital healthcare companies. Aahuti is deeply embedded in the digital health ecosystem in the UK and therefore has unique expertise across commercialisation strategies, the regulatory landscape, and public/private partnerships. Aahuti has been invaluable to our diligence process, providing candid and thorough feedback to the investment managers and investment committee, and she often mentors the founders in our portfolio as they look to scale toward their next funding round. Aahuti is an absolute joy to work with – she is as passionate about the industry as she is knowledgeable, and thorough in her approach to diligence and mentorship.”
Gabby Morgan, Investment Manager, The Conduit Connect
“It has been a pleasure to work with Aahuti over the last 12 months. Aahuti’s personal integrity stands out above all else. We do not regard her as a supplier but as a trusted partner to our business. I have worked with Aahuti on a number of initiatives and I must say she has an excellent ability to simplify the most complex strategic issues. If you are looking for someone to bring clarity and insight to your business strategy I would thoroughly recommend talking to Aahuti.”
Peter Mcfarlane Head of UK Market Access Ethypharm Digital Therapy

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