Healx - About the company
Healx is a series C company based in Cambridge (United Kingdom), founded in 2014 by David Brown and Tim Guilliams. It operates as a Provider of AI-powered drug discovery solutions for rare diseases. Healx has raised $115M in funding from investors like Atomico, Balderton Capital and Amadeus Capital, with a current valuation of £*****. The company has 499 active competitors, including 153 funded and 110 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like BridgeBio, Alnylam and PTC Therapeutics.
Company Details
Provider of AI-powered drug discovery solutions for rare diseases. It helps identify new drug candidates, repurpose existing compounds, and accelerate rare disease research and development. The company combines machine learning, biomedical knowledge graphs, and expert drug discovery workflows to improve the speed and success rate of bringing treatments to patients.
- Website
- healx.ai
- Email ID
- *****@healx.io
- Phone Number
- +44 **********
- Registered Address
- 3rd Floor Charter House, 66-68 Hills Road, Cambridge, England, CB2 1LA
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2014
Location
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$115M in 6 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
£***** as on May 02, 2025
Ranked
34th among 499 active competitors
Annual Revenue
£0 - £1M as on Dec 31, 2022
Employee Count
71 as on Jul 31, 2026
Legal entities associated with Healx
Healx is associated with 2 legal entities given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Healx Limited CIN: 9018507 , Germany, Active | Apr 29, 2014 | £0 - £1M (As on Dec 31, 2018) | 55 (As on Dec 31, 2024) | |
Healx Limited CIN: 9018507 , United Kingdom, Active | Apr 29, 2014 | £0 - £1M (As on Dec 31, 2022) | 46 (As on Dec 31, 2020) |
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Healx's funding and investors
Healx has raised a total funding of $115M over 6 rounds. Its first funding round was on Apr 15, 2015. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Aug 01, 2024 for $*****. 9 investors participated in its latest round. Healx has 20 institutional investors and 1 angel investor.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Healx:
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Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 01, 2024 | 7413214 | Series C | 6486620 | 6901732 | 7286399 | 4990049 |
2022 | 9838 | Series C | 7857 | 4126 | 4122 | 8626 |
Oct 16, 2019 | 3535244 | Series B | 6986758 | 8083396 |
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Healx's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileHere are the details of Healx's key team members:
- David Brown: Co-Founder of Healx and founder of 1 other company. They serve on the board of 1 company.
- Tim Guilliams: Co-Founder & CEO of Healx. They serve on the board of 1 company.
Healx's Board of Directors
Healx's board has 6 active members. David Brown and Tim Guilliams are part of team and Ronjon Nag, Suranga Chandratillake, Jonathan Simon Milner and Laura Elizabeth Connell are independent board members.Here is the list of Healx's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | - | Current | 10y 10m | |
Team | - | Current | 12y 3m | |
Independent board member | - | Current | 3y 2m | |
momizxr | Independent board member | - | Current | 5y 3m |
yuaktfd | Independent board member | - | Current | 5y 1m |
jvfy{rc | Independent board member | - | Current | 2y 7m |
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Healx's employee count trend
Healx has 71 employees as of Jul 26. Here is Healx's employee count trend over the years:
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Healx's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Healx include BridgeBio, Alnylam and PTC Therapeutics. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Healx, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | BridgeBio 2015, Palo Alto (United States), Public | Developer of therapeutics for the treatment of genetic diseases | $434M | 81/100 | |
2nd | Alnylam 2002, Cambridge (United States), Public | Developer of RNA interference-based therapeutics for multiple disorders | $17M | 79/100 | |
3rd | PTC Therapeutics 1998, South Plainfield (United States), Public | Developer of small molecule drugs for the treatment of rare diseases | $248M | 77/100 | |
4th | Alexion 1992, Zurich (Switzerland), Acquired | Developer of therapies for patients with devastating and rare diseases | $133M | 74/100 | |
5th | Schrodinger 1990, New York City (United States), Acquired | Provider of a web-based simulation and modelling tool | $162M | 74/100 | |
6th | Spark Therapeutics 2013, Philadelphia (United States), Acquired | Developer of gene therapy for rare diseases | $82.8M | 73/100 | |
7th | Recursion Pharmaceuticals 2013, New York (United States), Public | AI-enabled drug discovery and development platform for novel therapeutics | $452M | 72/100 | |
8th | Blueprint Medicines 2008, Cambridge (United States), Acquired | Developer of selective kinase inhibitors for patients with genomically defined cancers | $115M | 71/100 | |
9th | Bluebird Bio 1992, Cambridge (United States), Acquired | Developer of gene therapies for severe genetic and rare diseases | $136M | 71/100 | |
10th | Agios Pharmaceuticals 2008, Cambridge (United States), Public | Developer of therapeutics in the field of cancer metabolism and rare genetic disorders of metabolism | $120M | 70/100 | |
34th | Healx 2014, Cambridge (United Kingdom), Series C | Provider of AI-powered drug discovery solutions for rare diseases | $115M | 62/100 |
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Healx's Investments and acquisitions
Healx has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Healx
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News related to Healx
Media has covered Healx for a total of 2 events in the last 1 year, 1 of them has been about company updates.
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Healx Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 1/2 Trial for Osteosarcoma TreatmentGlobeNewswire•Jul 22, 2026•Healx
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Healx Focuses on Cancer Recurrence Prevention via Vuja De Sciences TransactionBusiness Wire•Sep 23, 2025•Healx, Vuja De Sciences
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Healx doses first subject in Phase II neurofibromatosis type 1 therapy trialclinicaltrialsarena.com•Feb 25, 2025•Healx
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Jonathan Milner, Ph.D., Appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of HealxBusiness Wire•Dec 03, 2024•Healx
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Healx receives FDA clearance for Phase II trial of neurofibroma treatmentclinicaltrialsarena.com•Aug 02, 2024•Healx
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Rare Disease Biotech Raises $47m Series C, Plans For Phase 2 Trial EndPoints News•Aug 01, 2024•Healx, R42 Group, Atomico, Balderton Capital and 6 others
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FDA backs Healx' AI-driven solution to rare form of cancerBusiness Weekly newspaper•Sep 06, 2023•Healx
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Danish fintech Pleo hires Meri Williams as new CTO in UK and IrelandFinTech Futures•Nov 25, 2022•Pleo, Monzo, Procter & Gamble, Healx
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