Healthtech startup Nuuri raises £550k from SyndicateRoom and Shane Corstorphine
This article covers Nuuri, a healthtech startup, which raised £550k in a series B funding round that closed on 1 October 2026. The funding is intended to accelerate product development, expand engineering capacity and deliver a consumer-facing parent app and fintech features to simplify nursery search, pre-enrolment and payment for parents and nursery providers in the UK.
Nuuri, a healthtech startup modernising how UK parents discover and enrol children in nurseries, has raised £550,000 in a series B funding round to accelerate product development, expand its engineering team and build a consumer-facing parent app aimed at simplifying childcare search and pre-enrolment.
Why it matters
The UK childcare market is fragmented and administratively heavy for both parents and nursery operators. Nuuri says it already serves more than 700 nurseries and has recorded an average month-on-month revenue growth of 34% over the past year, suggesting demand for tools that reduce friction in the pre-enrolment process. The new funding is earmarked for a consumer app and a fintech layer to help families manage nursery fees, which — if adopted widely — could shift how parents plan and pay for early years provision.
Inside the product
Nuuri offers a platform that combines discovery, enquiries and pre-enrolment workflows for nursery providers. The startup plans to launch a dedicated parent app in Q2 2027 that will consolidate nursery search and enrolment into a single mobile interface. A proposed fintech component aims to provide incentives or rewards to parents to ease the financial burden of early education fees.
On the B2B side, the company will continue developing its core software for nursery operators to manage enquiries, optimise occupancy and onboard families more efficiently. Nuuri has grown its headcount from three to seven employees across engineering, growth, digital marketing and customer success since entering the market in May 2025.
The company also promoted Yan San to chief technology officer in July 2026. A senior founding engineer who joined in October 2025, she has experience in care tech work at Care Sourcer and Lottie and will lead product and engineering as the platform scales.
Who are the investors?
The £550,000 round closed on 1 October 2026 and was oversubscribed. Lead and participating backers include SyndicateRoom’s data-driven Access Fund and Shane Corstorphine, the former chief financial officer of Skyscanner. The involvement of a data-focused fund and an industry finance executive signals investor interest in startups that combine product traction with operational metrics.
In the announcement, Graham Schwikkard, CEO of Syndicate Room, said:
Nuuri is tackling a critical inefficiency in the UK childcare market with a clear, tech-driven solution. The business has demonstrated exceptional commercial traction, and we are delighted to partner with the team as they scale their technology and transform the landscape for families and providers alike.
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Founder perspective
In the announcement, Steven Clarke, CEO at Nuuri, said:
Closing our second investment round is a major milestone for Nuuri and validation of our rapid trajectory. With over 700 nurseries on board and robust month-on-month revenue growth, we are proving that both families and providers are hungry for a modern, digital-first approach to early education enrolment.
Securing high-calibre backing from SyndicateRoom’s Access Fund and Shane Corstorphine is a tremendous vote of confidence. This capital empowers us to scale our nursery software while accelerating our 2027 parent app launch.
Our mission is simple: eliminate stress for parents while driving efficiency for nursery operators. With Yan San at the helm of our tech strategy and the backing of world-class investors, we are perfectly positioned to define the future of pre-enrolment across the early years sector.
The bigger picture
Nuuri’s fundraising and product roadmap sit at the intersection of healthtech, fintech and education administration. For UK startups building services for parents and childcare providers, the success of platforms that can reduce administrative overhead and introduce payment innovations will be a bellwether for investor appetite. The deal also echoes a broader trend of backers targeting companies that combine clear unit economics with demonstrable customer growth.
As the company scales its product and team, the outcome will be of interest to policymakers and operators wrestling with childcare capacity and affordability across the UK and Europe. If Nuuri’s app and fintech features gain traction, they could influence how families plan for early years costs and how providers manage enrolment at scale.
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