Babylon Health: Scratching the surface of a $10tn industry
Babylon, which was founded in 2013 by Anglo-Iranian entrepreneur Ali Parsa, now has a presence in 15 countries. It helped a patient every six seconds in 2021, and is one of the world’s fastest-growing digital healthcare firms.
Beauty Pie: The pandemic forced us to grow quickly
Beauty Pie, the online beauty membership service founded by the serial entrepreneur behind Soap & Glory and FitFlop, saw turnover increase 140% during the Covid-19 pandemic as Britons quickly adapted to shopping online for makeup and skin products.
Interview – Jeremy Annis
The company, which helps governments and organisations automate the detection and investigation of threats from criminal activity such as money laundering, has been on a growth spurt since raising £28m in September 2020 in a funding round led by US-based private equity firm Long Ridge. Annual revenue surged by 61% to £7.9m in the 2020 financial year and employee numbers have jumped by 45% in the past 18 months to 100.
