# Patients Know Best: Hospital & health care, Cambridge, United Kingdom

> Patients Know Best: Patients Know Best (PKB) is a British social enterprise and technology platform established in 2008. Based in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/patients-know-best (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Patients Know Best

Patients Know Best (PKB) is a British social enterprise and technology platform established in 2008.

Funding reported Last round: Non equity assistance

Hospital & health care Cambridge, United Kingdom

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2008 18 years old
- **Team:** 90 51 to 200 people
- **Funding reported:** 7.9M as listed, currency not stated
- **Last round:** Non equity assistance Nov 2020

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for Patients Know Best has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## About Patients Know Best

Patients Know Best (PKB) is a British social enterprise and technology platform established in 2008.

It offers the world’s first patient-owned Personal Health Record (PHR) system, allowing individuals to access, manage, and share their health and care data in real time. PKB is headquartered in Cambridge and is recognized as Europe’s largest PHR platform, serving over 5.2 million citizens in the UK. The PKB platform is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that consolidates health information from various sources into a secure record. It features real-time access to test results, care plans, and medication lists, while also allowing patients to control who can access their data. PKB integrates with the NHS App and NHS Login, enabling seamless access to health records. The company provides services to healthcare organizations, including hospitals and clinics, to enhance patient management and communication efficiency.

## What company datasets say Patients Know Best raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **7.9M** in the source's currency

Rounds **8**

Last round **Non equity assistance**

Last round size **5.9M**

Last round date **Nov 2020**

Investors listed **8**

## Funding filed with regulators

Patients Know Best filed 3 raises, $13M in all. Filings say how much was sold and to how many investors; they never name the investors.

- Aug 2025 **$6.1M** UK share allotment
- Nov 2023 **$1.8M** UK share allotment
- Oct 2021 **$4.6M** UK share allotment

## On a portfolio page

Investors who name them

- [Maxfield Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/maxfield-capital)

Each firm lists Patients Know Best on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## The company, in detail

What they build

Known for

population health management health care remote monitoring healthcare analytics health information exchange multi-organizational data sharing computer & network security nhs integration real-time health information education information technology & services digital health platform data security patient engagement tools information technology personal health record

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- **Sector:** Hospital & health care
- **Industry code:** NAICS 54151, 51321, SIC 7375, 7372
- **Region:** England
- **Revenue:** 17.4M a year, as listed
- **Full record:** [Every detail in the company directory](https://millionrounds.com/directory/patients-know-best)

## Hospital & health care in United Kingdom

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- [**Qureight** Cambridge · founded 2018 *Raised*](https://millionrounds.com/company/qureight)
- [**Ultromics** Oxford · founded 2017 *Raised*](https://millionrounds.com/company/ultromics)
- [**Flok Health** Cambridge · founded 2022 *Raised*](https://millionrounds.com/company/flok-health)
- [**Medbelle** London · founded 2016 *Raised*](https://millionrounds.com/company/medbelle)

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