Transforming healthcare access: our investment in Evaro.

Giuseppe Joe Balzano
Novaterra
2 min readJan 31, 2024

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Our raison d’être at StartupGym is to back visionary builders who aim to build companies of longevity and consequence. This ethos leads us to search for businesses that not only present scalable models but also have the power to affect lives in profoundly positive ways. Through Catalisi, our investment arm, we’re happy to announce our investment in Evaro, a game-changing digital health platform based in Norwich (UK).

Evaro’s founders, Dr Thuria Wenbar and Dr Oskar Wendowski.

A shared vision for scalable impact.

A few months ago, we made public our Investment Thesis on health. We identified a revolutionary shift in healthcare delivery models and found incredible potential in the direct-to-patient (D2P) model. Directly connecting patients with doctors, puts the former in real control and has the potential to fill both public and private healthcare system deficiencies. Aligned with this vision, Evaro’s mission to simplify businesses’ expansion into healthcare whilst alleviating pressures on an overwhelmed NHS resonates strongly with us.

Democratising healthcare access.

The healthcare system is at breaking point. Spiralling costs, overworked medical staff, and an ageing population are but a few of the mounting pressures on the NHS. Evaro, founded by Thuria Wenbar and Oskar Wendowski, has found a unique and innovative way to ease some of these burdens. Their platform enables businesses to offer healthcare solutions to their consumers without going through the bureaucratic maze of medical regulations. By so doing, they are addressing real needs and making a tangible difference in the lives of patients.

Evaro’s founders are prime examples of the visionary builders we look for: individuals with not just ambition but the heart and the hustle to solve problems that matter.

The future is digital and inclusive.

As healthcare needs to grow and evolve, there is an increasing requirement for solutions that are scalable, inclusive, and cost-effective. Most of all, the most critical part is distribution: how patients access healthcare and how cures are delivered. Distribution is key to solving inefficiencies and democratizing access. Evaro ticks all these boxes by enabling businesses to provide regulated healthcare services, adding a digital layer to their value proposition. In doing so, Evaro aligns perfectly with StartupGym’s ethos of building companies that have a broader positive impact on the world.

Looking ahead.

With Evaro, we are not just investing in a business; we are investing in a future where healthcare is more accessible, efficient, and inclusive. We couldn’t be more excited to work with Thuria, Oskar, and the entire Evaro team as they scale their solutions to cover a broader range of NHS treatments.

So here’s to Evaro and to the transformative effect they are poised to have on healthcare. Let’s build this future together.

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Giuseppe Joe Balzano
Novaterra

Born engineer, then turned to Finance. Always at work, building the next big thing.