Medopad rebrands to Huma and acquires Biobeat and TLT
London-based Huma announced it has changed its name from Medopad to Huma and acquired two UK-based AI and wearable technology businesses, BioBeats and TLT. The rebrand and acquisitions support the company’s mission to use insights gathered by remote monitoring to help healthcare, life sciences and innovation partners understand, treat and prevent poor health.
Established in 2011, Huma is a team of over 80 employees who uses research and AI to create tailored feedback and insights to prevent illnesses.
BioBeats is a London-based, AXA Venture Partners-backed team of approximately 26 people. It develops digital products to tackle mental health such as its flagship product called BioBase. The mobile app, paired with biosensors and a wearable device, gathers biometric data (e.g. heart rate variability) and psychometric measures (e.g. mood journaling) to provide users with a personalized wellbeing score.
Tarilian Laser Technologies (TLT) is a Hertfordshire-based medical technology company that is pioneering an innovative breakthrough in blood pressure monitoring with an unobtrusive wearable device on a person’s wrist. This sensor utilizes light modulation to detect motion, including continuous beat-by-beat flow motion forces that determine arterial blood pressure. Through this new, clinically-validated technology, it provides continuous blood pressure monitoring without a cuff.
“We’ve been through quite a journey since Medopad started in 2011. Medopad has specialised in remote patient monitoring for patients with rare and chronic diseases. Over time, we’ve realised that health is about more than disease states; it’s about general physical and mental wellbeing go hand-in-hand. That’s why it makes perfect sense for us to evolve what the company stands for, what we offer, and why we do what we do. That’s why from today, Medopad is now Huma. Huma reflects our commitment to working with people, for people. The name Huma says that we’re for all of humanity.” – Dan Vahdat, founder and CEO of Huma.
