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Echo

https://echo.co.uk/

Last activity: 05.05.2025

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We make NHS prescriptions one less thing to worry about. Sign up for free to enjoy easy online ordering, free delivery or collection, and handy reorder reminders.

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Employees: 11-50

Total raised: $11.53M

Founded date: 2015

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Investors 4

Date	Name	Website
-	Blossom Ca...	blossomcap...
26.11.2020	Public (Me...	public.io
-	MMC Ventur...	mmc.vc
-	2150.vc	2150.vc

Funding Rounds 2

Date	Series	Amount	Investors
24.10.2017	Series A	$9.29M	MMC Ventur...
15.11.2016	-	$2.24M	-

Mentions in press and media 24

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05.05.2025	KPMG Launches Tech Innovator 2025 Competition	KPMG has launched UK Tech Innovator 2025, its annual competition to find the best and brightest tech scale-ups that are lighting up the UK. The competition seeks to provide a platform for entrepreneurs to showcase their businesses and colle...
23.10.2024	London-based Keel secures €5.5 million to empower operators to become more technical	Keel, a startup lowering tech barriers with a user-friendly platform for building custom operational software, aimed at growing, tech-enabled businesses, announced €5.5 million in seed funding from leading European investors Earlybird and L...
23.10.2024	Keel Raises $6M to bridge the gap between no-code and ERP solutions	London-based startup Keel has raised $6 million seed funding by developing a user-friendly platform for building custom operational software aimed at growing tech-enabled businesses. Operations face a vast gulf between no-code and ERP solut...
19.04.2021	Introducing: The Future Fifty 9.0 cohort	We are delighted to introduce the next cohort of companies joining our prestigious programme for late-stage tech companies – Future Fifty 9.0. Future Fifty is Europe’s leading late-stage growth programme, designed to bring together, empowe...
09.02.2021	Promoting digital healthcare during COVID: Online NHS prescription service Echo launches TV advertising partnership with Ekstasy	Echo, a free online NHS prescription service, part of the LloydsPharmacy family is the latest big name to join award-winning Creative Agency Ekstasy’s books.Together, they will launch a multi-channel advertising campaign to promote contactl...
17.09.2020	Making the jump from investor to start-up	Author: Tom MoonThe growth of Current Health in 2020 has been astonishing. At the end of 2019 its market-leading remote care platform was well-placed to support the long-term trend of healthcare moving outside the four walls of the hospital...
05.05.2020	Startup Profile: Echo	0 shares Share Tweet Pin LinkedIn Echo is a UK startup offering an app-based platform to help you manage your medication. The startup has raised a total of £8.8 million in funding over 3 rounds since its foundation in 2015. Echo was acq...
18.10.2019	There’s still time: why mid-stage scaling founders should apply for Upscale today	When you’re the founder of a scaling company, it’s essential to have access to tailored, relevant and trustworthy support in order to overcome the unique challenges that accompany rapid growth. Our established, curated and free Upscale gro...
13.08.2019	We’re investing in the future of healthcare	Author: Tom Moon At MMC Ventures, Healthcare is a key area of research and investment. I’m excited to invest in start-ups that will reshape the way I practised medicine. I began my career as a doctor in the NHS and invested approximately ...
19.06.2019	Echo, the medication management app, has been acquired by LloydsPharmacy-owner McKesson	Echo, the U.K. startup that offers an app to help you manage your medication and order repeat prescriptions for delivery, has been acquired by healthcare company McKesson, owner of LloydsPharmacy. Terms of the deal remain undisclosed. Howev...
26.10.2017	Echo Raises £7M in Series A Funding	Echo, a London, UK-based provider of a medication management app, raised £7m in Series A funding. The round was led by White Star Capital with participation from MMC Ventures, LocalGlobe, Global Founders Capital, Rocket Internet and Public....
25.10.2017	MMC Ventures invests in £7m funding round for healthcare app, Echo	Echo, the UK’s leading medication management app, today announced that it has raised a £7 million Series A round of funding. White Star Capital led the round with participation from MMC Ventures, LocalGlobe, Global Founders Capital, Rocket ...
25.10.2017	Medication management app Echo scores €7.8 million in a Series A funding round led by White Star Capital	Echo, one of the UK’s leading medication management apps, today announced that it has raised a €7.8 million Series A round of funding led by White Star Capital. Other participants in the round include MMC Ventures, LocalGlobe, Global Founde...
25.10.2017	UK medical app Echo raises £7 million Series A round	UK prescription delivery app Echo has raised £7 million in a Series A round led by White Star Capital with participation from MMC Ventures, LocalGlobe, Global Founders Capital, Rocket Internet, and Public.io. Echo’s app allows people to re-...
24.10.2017	Medication management app Echo raises £7M Series A led by White Star Capital	Echo, the U.K. startup that offers an app to help you manage your medication and order repeat prescriptions for delivery, has raised £7 million in Series A funding. The round is led by White Star Capital, with participation from MMC Venture...
26.01.2017	33 of the UK’s Most Promising Tech Companies Join Upscale 2017	This article was originally posted on the Tech City UK website. Today we’re announcing 33 companies joining Upscale in 2017. The Upscale programme from Tech City UK will power some of the fastest growing UK tech companies on their scaling ...
20.01.2017	Revolutionising Healthcare & Medicine: Echo App	0 shares Share Tweet Pin LinkedIn TechRound recently had a chat with Dr Sai Lakshimi, one of the founders of the new and hugely innovative and exciting app that may hold the key to making prescription services much more accessible and ...
16.11.2016	Term Sheet — Wednesday, November 16	ET CETERA Just after 4 p.m. Eastern time yesterday, every single financial news outlet happened upon the exact same four pieces of information: Paid Content Securing the enterprise without boundaries From ExtraHop A couple of notes on the n...
15.11.2016	Echo Raises £1.8m in Funding	Echo, a London, UK-based app for patients to manage medication, raised £1.8m in funding. The round was led by LocalGlobe with participation from Global Founders Capital. Co-founded by Dr Sai Lakshmi (CEO) and Stephen Bourke (CXO), Echo prov...
15.11.2016	UK's Echo, backed by $2.24M, launches free medication management app for all NHS patients	London-based Echo has launched its medication management app, now available to all NHS providers in England. It is backed by $2.24 million (1.8 million British pounds) in new funding led by British venture capital firm LocalGlobe. Co-founde...
15.11.2016	London-based Echo raises £1.8 million to tackle medication adherence	A recent GP study shows that busy professionals and patients aged 25-34 years are the worst at making sure they take their medicine, with more than a third admitting that they occasionally forget to request a repeat prescription in time. Ec...
15.11.2016	Medication management app Echo lands £1.8 million investment	London-based Echo, health tech solution for managing prescriptions, has secured £1.8 million from LocalGlobe and Rocket Internet cofounder Oli Samwer. Echo’s app allows for the managing of prescriptions and home delivery. Users request a pr...
-	Echo	Description Echo lets you order repeat prescriptions from your NHS GP and get medication delivered to your door, completely free of charge. Echo also tells you when to take your medicine and when you are going to run out.

Echo

Investors 4

Funding Rounds 2

Mentions in press and media 24

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