London-based Asterix Health, building a remote workforce platform to help NHS GP practices manage growing staff shortages and patient demand, has raised £2.1 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Triple Point, with participation from D2, Entrepreneurs First, Basis Capital, and angel investors.
The company connects NHS GP surgeries with GMC-registered doctors working remotely from countries including Australia, Malaysia, and India, handling telephone consultations, triage, and administrative clinical work on behalf of UK practices.
Founded in 2024 by Julian Titz and Max Thilo, who met through Entrepreneur First, Asterix was inspired by the founders’ personal healthcare experiences. Thilo was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, while Titz is awaiting surgery for a bicuspid aortic valve repair.
“For the first time in decades, we are actually growing the pie, increasing the number of highly qualified GPs available to deliver primary care rather than simply moving existing GPs around the country. Our early partners are already seeing significant productivity gains and reallocating the saved time into new proactive care services for patients as a result,” says Titz.
In autumn 2025, more than seven million patients faced waits of four weeks or more for a GP appointment, 300,000 more than in the same period in 2024, reports The Telegraph. Asterix’s model targets the administrative clinical work that consumes roughly half of a GP’s time, freeing UK-based doctors to focus on face-to-face consultations. Its platform integrates with electronic patient record systems, including EMIS and SystmOne. The software gives remote doctors access to patient records while handling clinical admin tasks and telephone consultations.
“Julian and Max are exactly the kind of founders EF exists for — people who’ve lived the problem and have the depth to fix it at scale. The NHS workforce crisis isn’t going away, and this is the most credible solution I’ve seen. Asterix has the potential to be a defining company in UK Healthtech,” adds Matt Clifford, co-founder & non-executive chair of Entrepreneurs First.
The company competes with digital healthcare providers including Livi, Accurx, and Babylon Health. Asterix differentiates itself through its overseas GP workforce model, NHS system integrations, and focus on reducing administrative pressure on practices.
Asterix already supports NHS GP surgeries serving around 250,000 patients. The company says its model saves practices more than one GP session daily, with over 3,000 hours of care delivered so far.
“Every time healthcare gets more productive, demand grows to meet it. Unfortunately, there’s no fixed amount of medicine to be done. Asterix is unlocking a pool of brilliant doctors who couldn’t otherwise reach NHS patients, and creating a new model of care that unlocks the capacity expansion the system actually needs. Asterix is taking a meaningful step towards greater healthcare abundance in the UK,” adds Jamie Tomalin, investor at Triple Point.
The new funding will help Asterix expand across more NHS practices and grow its network of remote GPs. The company estimates wider adoption of its model could save UK primary care between £250 million and £300 million annually.
