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September 2025
Cera's new, non-home care service lines surpass $100m revenues – now making up
one-fifth of its overall business
Cera's additional service lines beyond home care have exceeded $100 million in annualised revenues – one-fifth of its overall business – with non-home care business lines ranging from specialist care to technology and data partnerships.
September 2025
AI healthtech Cera can slash NHS emissions, new study finds
Cera's model of care is around 15 times more carbon-friendly than hospital care – contributing to a greener healthcare future.
September 2025
BBC Radio 4 PM with Evan Davis
Founder & CEO Dr Ben Maruthappu, carer Maureen and service user Des, join Evan Davis to discuss how Cera's AI tools have saved the NHS & Government over £1 billion to date.
September 2025
Is the NHS ready for an AI revolution?
Founder & CEO, Dr Ben Maruthappu, joins Niall Paterson to discuss the transformative impact of AI on public services.
September 2025
AI home care saves NHS and government over £1bn
Cera saves over £1 billion for the UK NHS & Government to date, saving £1.5 million every day.
September 2025
Health app helping older people stay on feet saves NHS £1.5m a day
Cera saves over £1 billion for the UK NHS & Government to date, saving £1.5 million every day.
July 2025
HealthTech 50 – UK's health technology creators for 2025
Cera is ranked the UK's Number 1 HealthTech Company on the HealthTech 50 – the only company to top the list twice.
June 2025
Dr Ben Maruthappu:
We need to show the world that Britain can think big
Founder & CEO Dr Ben Maruthappu shares his reflections on entrepreneurship, innovation and global leadership after representing the UK at the EY World Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in Monaco.
June 2025
Britain's AI-care revolution isn't flashy—but it is the future
Cera's AI-enabled care model is profiled in The Economist as the future of social care – with a spotlight on our impact across regions like the Black Country.
June 2025
AI Impact Awards 2025: Cera wins 'Best Outcomes: Patient Care'
Newsweek AI Impact Award winner Cera's Founder & CEO Dr Ben Maruthappu is interviewed on how Cera is using predictive AI to deliver preventative care at scale.
June 2025
Cera delivers one patient home visit every second
Cera reaches the milestone of 2.5 million home visits a month – equivalent to one patient visit every second on average – as it achieves $500 million in annualised revenue and scales its AI-powered care model.
May 2025
AI companions are redefining elder care: three ways they fight loneliness, boost safety and scale support
Cera's AI-enabled care model is highlighted by Forbes as a leading example of how technology frees up time for carers to focus on patients.
The Artificial Intelligence Top 100 UK | 2025
Cera ranks 4th in Beauhurst's Artificial Intelligence Top 100 – recognised alongside leading UK AI companies including Wayve, OneTrust and Multiverse.
Apr 2025
The Top 25 Healthcare AI Companies of 2025
Cera ranks 1st in the Healthcare Technology Report's list of the Top 25 Healthcare AI Companies of 2025 – recognised as the global leader in AI-powered home care.
Apr 2025
Cera celebrates 75 million patient home visits to date
Cera reaches a major milestone, delivering 75 million patient home visits since launch – transforming care through its AI-driven model.
Apr 2025
Cera's AI tools prevent falls and hospital admissions
Cera service user Laura and carer Kenza talk to ITV news about the difference Cera's technology has made to her quality of life.
Mar 2025
The Sunday Times 100 Tech 2025
Cera features in the inaugural Sunday Times 100 Tech league table of Britain's fastest-growing private technology companies – earning recognition as the largest HealthTech company on the list.
Jan 2025
Cera secures over $150m funding for AI-led healthcare
Cera secures over $150 million in funding – in a deal led by BDT & MSD Partners and Schroders Capital – to scale its AI-led home healthcare model, expand into new service lines, and invest in clinical trials and digital training.
Jan 2025
Cera to save NHS up to
£125 million this winter
Cera is projected to save the NHS £125 million over winter by delivering up to 8 million preventative home care visits – helping to reduce hospital admissions for elderly and vulnerable patients.
Jan 2025
Dr Ben Maruthappu crowned EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2024
Cera's Founder & CEO Dr Ben Maruthappu is named the overall winner of EY's UK Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2024 for his leadership in building one of the UK's fastest-growing, most impactful HealthTech companies – advancing preventative, AI-led care.
Nov 2024
Cera wins Tech for Good accolade at UK Tech Awards
Cera wins the Tech for Good Prize at the UK Tech Awards for its impact on health and social care – and is also recognised as a runner-up for Scale-Up of the Year.
Nov 2024
The entrepreneurs looking to save the NHS with technology
Cera is profiled as one of the tech sector's most promising solutions to the NHS care crisis – highlighting its scale and AI-powered delivery model.
Nov 2024
It took me 20 years to get a new job
Mark Allen, a double amputee, returns to work after two decades thanks to Cera's Back to Work initiative – and is now thriving as a care support worker, helping others live independently at home.
Nov 2024
Arm the unemployed with digital skills to get Britain Back to Work
Cera's Chief Financial Officer Matt Ashley calls for urgent investment in digital skills to tackle record levels of economic inactivity – highlighting how Cera is building a tech-enabled healthcare workforce.
Oct 2024
Unemployed to get driving lesson discounts as part of plan to tackle worklessness
Cera launches a national coalition to get Britain Back to Work – offering digital training and practical support such as discounted driving lessons to help thousands into new careers in care.
Oct 2024
Cera launches clinical trials programme
Cera launches a new clinical trials initiative to help over-65s access life-changing treatments for conditions like cancer and COPD – bridging the gap between frontline care and medical research.
Oct 2024
Better care would mean people can spend their final days at home like Dad did'
Mary Hill shares how her father was able to die peacefully at home, as he always wished – thanks to Cera's technology-powered care, which kept him comfortable, connected and independent.
Oct 2024
Sky News Daily with
Niall Paterson - 'Reform or Die': Can technology save the NHS?
Cera's Founder & CEO Dr Ben Maruthappu joins Sky News to discuss Lord Darzi's NHS Review – outlining how Cera's technology-first model is helping to transform UK healthcare.
Oct 2024
'Britain's millions of missing workers could rebuild our struggling social care sector'
Cera's Chief Care Officer Charlotte Donald explains how Britain's economically inactive population could help fill the social care workforce gap – highlighting Cera's mission to unlock this untapped potential.
Aug 2024
Care provider issues five demands for Labour to improve health and social care
Cera publishes five policy recommendations for the Labour Party to deliver faster, fairer health and social care – calling for investment in AI, preventative services and inclusive workforce reform.
Aug 2024
AI taskforce is needed to reform health and social care in the UK, says tech founder
Cera's Founder & CEO Dr Ben Maruthappu calls for the creation of a national AI taskforce to modernise health and care – warning that the UK risks falling behind without urgent action.
Aug 2024
We must embrace technology to solve the health crisis
In an op-ed to launch London Tech Week, Cera's Founder & CEO Dr Ben Maruthappu argues that AI and preventative care are critical to overcoming the UK's growing healthcare crisis.
Jun 2024
Meet the doctor–turned–entrepreneur saving the NHS billions
Cera's Founder & CEO Dr Ben Maruthappu is interviewed by City AM as a doctor-turned-entrepreneur reshaping healthcare – using AI and prevention to reduce hospital demand and save the NHS £billions.
Jun 2024
Care provider shares one thing that could save NHS a whopping £1bn every year
Cera's Founder & CEO Dr Ben Maruthappu tells the Express how preventative, AI-powered care could save the NHS and Government £1 billion a year – while improving outcomes for older people.
Jun 2024
AI-backed app could help elderly and save £1bn a year
Cera's AI-led care platform is projected to save the NHS and Government £1 billion annually by 2026 – through early detection, preventative support and reduced hospital admissions for older people.
May 2024