Peppy: against COVID-19 ^Company

Entity: Peppy

Category: HealthTech

Description: Peppy provides access to third-party healthcare professionals and products to support users through various life transitions including fertility and parenthood. Experts may provide information, advice and support through chat services, telephone calls, online video calls and in-person visits. Peppy aim is to help parents find fully qualified, fully insured and fully vetted practitioners and curated products that they can trust. With Peppy.Health, employees can connect to an expert practitioner through their smartphone. Any question, any time, as much as users like.

Project: TechForce19 challenge

Summary: People who may be particularly vulnerable or isolated during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, including new parents, the homeless, unpaid carers, young people and cancer patients, could soon benefit from a range of innovative digital solutions selected as part of the TechForce19 challenge. NHSX, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) have announced 18 innovative digital solutions being awarded up to £25,000 under the TechForce19 challenge. The funding for each project will be used to develop new ways to support vulnerable people who need to stay at home or need other help in the community for extended periods of time.

Peppy helps parents-to-be and new parents remotely access trusted, convenient advice from health experts. This includes remote support via phone/video with lactation consultants, baby sleep consultants, specialist mental health support and more.

+ Investors:

Techforce19.uk, NHSX. Peppy received investment from Techforce19.uk\NHSX, after a call on all innovators who can support the elderly, vulnerable and self-isolating during COVID-19 to apply for government funding of up to £25,000 to test their solution.

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)

Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG)