SEHTA is delighted to announce the Winners and Runner-ups for the 2026 Healthcare Business Awards, which took place on 26th May at Scale Space, Imperial College London and thank you to all our sponsors, ACCIO/Catalonia Trade & Investment, City St George’s University of London, Hill Dickinson, Institute of Health & Social Care Management (IHSCM), Imperial Enterprise Lab, Maidstone Innovation Centre, MedTecRec, Reddie & Grose and University of Southampton, School of Healthcare Enterprise & Innovation for their support. We also had the pleasure of Martin Ward, Royal Society Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Imperial College London Enterprise Lab for giving this year’s Guest Speaker speech. 

 

Neil Roberts Managing Director of SEHTA said; “Another record breaking year for entries for this year’s SEHTA Healthcare Business Awards and to see the depth of achievement by them all was inspiring. Congratulations to the all the winners and  runner-ups and to all the finalists who entered”.

 

Start-Up Award 

 

Winner: Cardiovolt-ai Ltd, 

 

Runner-up: Peripear 

 

 

 

Delivering Innovation into Health & Care Award 

 

Winner: i3 Simulations 

 

Runner-up: Heim 

 

 

 

Partnership between Academia & Business Award 

 

Winners: Crainio Ltd & Research Centre for Biomedical Engineering, City St George’s University 

of London 

 

Runner-up: PHARMExcel & Southampton Musculoskeletal Research Unit, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust 

 

 

Advances in Digital Healthcare Award 

 

Winner: xim 

 

Runner-up: Aisthesis Medical Ltd 

 

 

 

Sustainability Award 

 

Winner: Aridom Sanex 

 

Runner-up: The Dental Design Studio 

 

 

 

Primary/Social Care Partnership Award 

 

Winner: Patiento Innovations Ltd 

 

Export Achievement 

 

Winner: Koalaa Ltd 

 

Runner-up: xim 

 

Partnership with the NHS Award 

 

Winner: Aisthesis Medical Ltd 

 

Runner-up: Kuradocs Ltd 

 

 

and finally, the winner of this year’s Outstanding Achievement Award goes to Cardiovolt.ai 

 

Runner-up goes to xim. 

 

Congratulations to all our winners and runner-ups and to all the finalists who entered the awards. The winners will be entered to be shortlisted for the Medilink UK National Awards, which takes place on 9th July 2026 at Pioneer Group, Victoria House, London.