Six startups announced as solutions to help public services ‘Build Back Better’

▤ Summary

Here, innovative technologies developed by the private sector will be essential to recovery; the six companies selected for GovStart will play a crucial role in helping Government to capitalise on tech-enabled efficiencies in services that have emerged as a result of the rapid move toward a digital economy. Finally, uncertainty around a remote economy has led to transformation of service provision in individual sectors; Healthcare, mental health and wellbeing, and the future of work have rapidly emerged as areasin which procurement and development of new technologies and systems by the Government will be essential. ’s Memo: an assistive technology platform that prolongs the independence of older/vulnerable individuals, provides reassurance of their wellbeing to friends and family as well as actionable insight to local authorities and care professionals. As it has for 32 startups in previous years, GovStart will offer the selected companies support and guidance to work with public sector bodies at central and local level. The programme also operates in Germany; a further cohort of startups working to solve issues faced by the German public sector will be announced shortly.

▦ Linked Companies

Samurai Labs Inc.

$1M to $5M