New technology, changing regulatory environments and innovative business models are rapidly impacting the landscape for health and social care delivery. This has created exciting new opportunities to use entrepreneurship as a viable tool for delivering meaningful long-term change.

Nesta’s Mission Studio is at the forefront of this transformation, building new purpose-driven, venture-backable companies that deliver both significant social impact and attractive financial returns.

On 25 June we were joined by some of the most promising innovators and venture builders in health tech.

We heard pitches from three exciting new startups who are utilising digital technology to tackle challenges in health and care:

Ogma is harnessing the power of AI to make speech and language therapy available to all families, providing accessible, affordable speech and language therapy online. Their advanced speech recognition technology is enabling Ogma to build the world's first conversational therapeutic agent to support the delivery of tailored, quality care from the comfort of the home.

Mealia, the new AI grocery assistant, uses AI to optimise the cost, healthiness and sustainability of your weekly supermarket shop. Answer a few short questions to get a tailored meal plan curated by nutrition experts and Mealia will seamlessly place your order with your chosen supermarket. Supported by the Mayor of London and local authorities, Mealia is helping to increase access to affordable and healthy meals.

Martee AI are using AI to bring demand forecasting for grab-and-go food into today's world. At a time of unprecedented omni-channel growth, with rising consumer appetite for less processed products, it's now harder than ever for food service and retail businesses to offer consistent, quality food at affordable prices. Towards Martee AI's vision for a healthier convenience food system, they're working to unlock missed business revenue with a product designed bespoke for grab-and-go food in food service and retail settings. In their first 6 months they've already set up a 'living lab' network of 10 micro-stores. This network forms a test environment and proprietary data source that they are building their MVP around and has already seen an 81% reduction in waste and 16% profit uplift since the introduction of their forecasting tool.