Scan.com, a UK-based digital platform for booking and receiving medical scan results (MRI scans), has raised £2.2 million funding. The investment round was led by Triple Point Ventures (which invested in Topi) along with participation from StartUp Health and Plug and Play Ventures. YZR Capital, which invested in the company’s £2m seed round last year also joined this round.
Notable angel backers backing Scan.com include Evelyn Bourke, ex-BUPA CEO, and Tom Blomfield, ex-Monzo CEO and founder.
Global expansion plans
Scan.com plans to use the funds to expand its diagnostics-as-a-service proposition in the USA and Germany, and rapidly scale its B2B platform in the UK. It plans to do this by introducing new products for medicolegal, health insurance and telehealth providers.
Charlie Bullock, co-founder and CEO of Scan.com, said: “We’re incredibly excited to use this latest round of funding to empower even more people to take their healthcare into their own hands, by making diagnostic imaging accessible to everyone, everywhere.”
Jamie Tomalin, Investment Associate at Triple Point Ventures, said: “Scan.com has rapidly emerged as the UK’s leading private medical imaging platform, now integrating supply from over 200 imaging centres. Having recently launched in the US and Germany at the request of existing suppliers, Triple Point Ventures is excited to be backing Charlie, Oliver and Jasper to realise their global vision.”
Kieran Borrett, UK Director of Plug and Play, said: “Scan.com have built an incredible platform that results in market efficiencies, better customer experiences and reduced costs. Plug and Play are proud to partner with Scan.com to support international expansion into the US, Germany and other large markets where Plug and Play have a presence.”
Diagnostic imaging accessible for all
Scan.com was founded by clinicians Jasper Nissim and Khalid Latief, alongside serial entrepreneur Charlie Bullock in 2017 in the UK. Reportedly, 1 in 4 patients in the UK wait for over six weeks for a scan, with the average wait time being three weeks. Scan.com’s platform speeds up the process and helps patients book a medical scan and get the results in less than a week. It reinvents the complex infrastructure underpinning the medical imaging industry, and pioneers efficiency and empowerment for patients and clinicians alike.
The platform features a booking portal and proprietary API, through which consultants, clinicians and digital health providers can easily refer their patients for imaging. By fitting seamlessly into their existing workflows, Scan.com removes layers of admin that healthcare professionals previously faced.
In recent months, Scan.com has entered into partnerships with leading digital health providers, including Rehab Guru, Medbelle, Klarity and Mindstep, and supply-side agreements with Medneo in Germany, and Northside Hospital Group in the USA among others.
