Obesity is one of the biggest health challenges of our time, contributing to life-threatening conditions such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer. It disproportionately affects those on lower incomes, marginalised communities, and ethnic minorities. It also costs the NHS an estimated £6.4bn annually and the wider economy £100bn.
The Tackling Obesity accelerator will help technology startups validate and scale viable, commercial, and high-impact businesses addressing the problem through extensive collaboration with industry, health experts, and academia.
Forecasting obesity risks and trends, and impactful applications of AI.
Proactive solutions to stop obesity before it starts.
Wearables, sensors, and AI for continuous weight and metabolic insights.
AI-driven coaching, gamification, and habit-forming technology.
Understanding who is at risk from what to enable personalised intervention.
Solutions that help healthcare providers better support people living with obesity.
Do you have a vested interest in tackling obesity? Are you looking to meet the UK’s most cutting-edge innovators, emerging technologies and solutions? Do you want to meet industry validated, investor-ready startups tackling our biggest health crisis? Speak to use about becoming a programme sponsor and partner.
Working with our industry and investment partners, the programme will ensure the cohort comprehensively validate their proposition, technology and business models to accelerate product market fit.
The programme looks to help the innovators determine, calculate and validate the impact of their solutions with the metrics that matter to their future customers, end users and investors.
Innovate Against Obesity will prepare innovators to land commercial trials and contracts, with a focus on landing pilots, demos, and sales growth.
A core part of every programme is helping the cohort navigate the complexities of fundraising, and helping them to prepare to raise investment and pitch like a pro.
You will gain access to a robust network of industry experts, investors and potential partners who can open doors and provide opportunities that drive your startup forward.
Extensive 121 mentoring and founder-focused skills, including building resilience and confidence, sales training, and pitch training.
Paul is the Programme Director for the Innovate Against Obesity accelerator programme. He is an expert in helping technology-focused startups on their growth, investment, and corporate partnership journeys as well as being a leading voice in the role new innovations can play in solving the planet’s and society’s biggest problems.
"We designed The Tackling Obesity accelerator programme because we know that there are extraordinary founders and undiscovered solutions out there that can tackle one of the biggest health crises in much more effective ways than solutions we see today. Unfortunately the journey to get investment, pilots, and be taken seriously as an early stage company can mean future solutions never see the light of day. This programme exists to solve these issues, and showcase the best solutions to the Obesity and healthcare ecosystem”.
"I'll be leading our commercial and strategic partnerships for The Tackling Obesity programme, while helping shine a light on the challenges, solutions and innovations we see in the space. I love connecting through communication. And exclusively focus on planet positive organisations. It's the best job in the world!"
Gaby has 25 years in PR and marketing experience working across global brands and startups from Nike, Nokia and Tate Modern to an array of tech startups and innovation hubs. Gaby's expertise covers a variety of sectors from technology and health to sustainability, AI and SaaS.
Does your startup have a solution that could help in the prediction of obesity, prevention and intervention. Or support those living with obesity? Are you:
Yes. As a startup the programme is free for startups to apply, join and participate in.
We aim to launch by Summer 2025. We are in the pre-launch phase of the programme, and busy refining the syllabus, building our mentorships and corporate network.
Pre-registrations just lets us know you are interested, and lets us keep in touch with you. You’ll be the first to know when we launch and open applications. You are not committing to anything.
Get in touch, and we’d love to have a chat.
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