Second Nature, the \u2018habit change\u2019 programme that combines advice from health experts with tracking technology via a smartphone app to help people build health habits and lose weight, has raised $10m of funding in a round led by Beringea.<\/p>\n
Other new investors include Uniqa Ventures, the venture capital fund of Uniqa, a multibillion-dollar European insurance group, and the founders of mySugr, the digital diabetes management platform which was\u00a0acquired\u00a0by health giant Roche.<\/p>\n
The round also secured the backing of existing investors including Connect and Speedinvest, two leading seed funds, and Bethnal Green Ventures, Europe\u2019s leading early stage tech-for-good investor, as well as notable angels including Taavet Hinrikus, founder of Transferwise.<\/p>\n
It takes the total investment in the company \u2014 set up by two former NHS advisors to tackle Britain\u2019s obesity epidemic and rising rates of type-2 diabetes \u2014 to $13m, following a\u00a0Seed\u00a0round in 2018.<\/p>\n
Second Nature \u2014 which has also announced today it is rebranding from OurPath \u2014 was the first \u2018lifestyle change programme\u2019 to be commissioned by the NHS for diabetes management.<\/p>\n
Second Nature was founded in 2015 by Chris Edson and Mike Gibbs, former healthcare strategy consultants, who designed the programme to provide people with personalised support in order to make lifestyle changes. It has scaled to a headcount of over 80, based in London\u2019s Shepherds Bush.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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