Cera is a digital-first healthcare-at-home company delivering care, nursing, telehealth and repeat prescription services in people’s homes via technology. In five years, Cera has expanded to 10,000+ staff across the UK and Germany, delivering 40,000+ healthcare visits a day, and has grown from zero to nearly $300M revenues. Every day, Cera delivers healthcare services equivalent to several dozen hospitals or 1,000 care homes, and has grown 100-fold over the past two years making it one of the fastest growing businesses in Europe.
Cera currently holds more than 300+ partnerships with the NHS and local authorities, and the company’s technology is used by 2,000+ businesses nationwide. It’s technology predicts health deteriorations in patients 30-fold faster than traditional care companies, with its Professional Carers and Nurses responding to over 5,000 ‘high risk’ alerts each day.
Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cera has delivered 10 million healthcare visits in people’s homes, created 10,000 jobs, and licensed it’s recruitment technology to the UK Government Department of Health to recruit 50,000+ people into healthcare careers.
Cera was co-founded by entrepreneur, physician and policy expert Dr Ben Maruthappu, and its advisory board is chaired by Sir David Behan, the former CEO of the Care Quality Commission. Cera’s technology and care network have been recognised by over 30 industry awards including Deloitte Fast 50 (#8 in 2021, down from #26 in 2020), Sunday Times Fast Track and Most Outstanding Home Care Provider.
Cera currently holds more than 300+ partnerships with the NHS and local authorities, and the company’s technology is used by 2,000+ businesses nationwide. It’s technology predicts health deteriorations in patients 30-fold faster than traditional care companies, with its Professional Carers and Nurses responding to over 5,000 ‘high risk’ alerts each day.
Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cera has delivered 10 million healthcare visits in people’s homes, created 10,000 jobs, and licensed it’s recruitment technology to the UK Government Department of Health to recruit 50,000+ people into healthcare careers.
Cera was co-founded by entrepreneur, physician and policy expert Dr Ben Maruthappu, and its advisory board is chaired by Sir David Behan, the former CEO of the Care Quality Commission. Cera’s technology and care network have been recognised by over 30 industry awards including Deloitte Fast 50 (#8 in 2021, down from #26 in 2020), Sunday Times Fast Track and Most Outstanding Home Care Provider.
Location: United Kingdom
Employees: 5001-10000
Total raised: $931.07M
Founded date: 2016
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| 19.04.2023 | MK Venture... | mk-vc.com |
| 25.08.2026 | Candy Vent... | candyventu... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 11.09.2025 | Series B | $611.07M | - |
| 09.08.2022 | - | $320M | - |
Mentions in press and media 11
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| 07.05.2026 | Healthtech: 10 companies that raised the most in 2025 | In 2025, Europe’s healthtech ecosystem showed strong funding momentum, with capital concentrated in large rounds across biotech, medtech, digital health, and AI-enabled healthcare. The biggest deals came from companies such as Oura Health, ... |
| 15.09.2025 | Europe's VC Shift: UK Fights for Lead as Healthtech Soars in 2025 | European venture capital is undergoing significant shifts in 2025. The UK remains a leader, but emerging competition from Germany and France is notable. Healthtech and AI innovation are major investment drivers, securing billions across the... |
| 11.09.2025 | Europe's 10 biggest healthtech deals in H1 2025 | Healthtech continued to demonstrate its strength in Europe in the first half of 2025, attracting €4 billion in funding, around 12 per cent of the €33.7 billion raised across all European tech sectors. Although healthtech accounted for just ... |
| 10.02.2025 | January 2025's top 10 European tech deals you need to know about | According to the Tech.eu database, European tech companies raised €6.6 billion throughout January 2025. In comparison to the same period in previous years, January 2025 experienced a notable decline of about 60 per cent compared to 2024, bu... |
| 12.09.2023 | Spend On Generative AI Will Increase 36% Annually To 2030 | Generative AI’s meteoric rise can be compared to the launch of social media, the smartphone, and the internet. Two months after its November 2022 launch, ChatGPT captured 52% of AI social media attention and reached 100 million users. In Q1... |
| 22.11.2022 | Daily AI Roundup: Biggest Machine Learning, Robotic And Automation Updates 22nd November 2022 | This is our AI Daily Roundup today. We are covering the top updates from around the world. The updates will feature state-of-the-art capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Robotic Process Automation, Fintech, and hu... |
| 21.11.2022 | Home Healthcare Provider, Cera, Further Invests in its Technology and Data Insights to Reduce the Cost of Healthcare by Over 10-fold | Cera, Europe’s largest provider of digital-first home healthcare, announces that it is further investing in its technology and data insights as winter approaches. As a result, Cera’s tech-enabled home care is reducing the cost of healthcare... |
| 28.10.2022 | Cera – Off-Premise Hospital | The post was originally published in Russian on Startup of the Day. Alexander kindly agreed to republish what we think is of great value to our readers. Back in 2018, I highlighted Cera, the English startup of the day, but today it is an e... |
| 09.08.2022 | Cera raises USD 320 million in funding | London, the U.K-based digital-first home healthcare firm Cera raises USD 320 million in the latest funding. The round took place on August 4, 2022. The financing is a blend of equity and debt. Cera’s existing investor Kairos HQ led the roun... |
| 03.08.2022 | This startup just raised $320M to make long-term care inside hospitals obsolete | Cera, a U.K. provider of healthcare inside people’s homes augmented by a platform that allows carers to monitor a patient’s health and potentially flag problems, has raised $320 million (£260 million) in an equity and debt financing round, ... |
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