Neotree

What Neotree does

Neotree is a UK-registered charity (Charity no. 1186748) that develops an open-source Android tablet application providing clinical decision support, structured data capture, bedside education, and laboratory integration for neonatal wards in low-resource hospitals. The platform guides doctors and nurses through admission, treatment, and discharge workflows using configurable rule-based algorithms and is paired with a web editor that allows clinicians to customize diagnostic logic and clinical protocols without specialist technical input. Deployed in 18 healthcare facilities across Malawi and Zimbabwe, the system has supported care for 57,000-60,000+ newborns and training of 3,300-4,000+ healthcare workers, with outcomes including reduced antibiotic prescription and reduced hypothermia rates. Neotree operates as a non-profit funded entirely by donations and grants from Wellcome Trust, the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the Gates Foundation, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the Medical Research Council, UNICEF, PMNCH, Laerdal, and ViiV Healthcare, with technology released under the MIT license on GitHub and integrated into Zimbabwe's national Electronic Health Record system and DHISv2. The organization is led by co-founders Prof Michelle Heys (NIHR Global Health Professorship) and Erin Kesler (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia), with academic partnerships at UCL, University of Zimbabwe, and the Malawian College of Medicine underpinning a 25+ peer-reviewed publication evidence base.

Name

Neotree

Legal name

Neotree Foundation

Website

https://neotree.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Neotree is a UK charity that builds an open-source Android tablet platform providing clinical decision support, structured data capture, and bedside education for neonatal wards in low-resource hospitals in Malawi and Zimbabwe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Digital Health Software

NAICS

All Other Outpatient Care Centers (621498)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Pregnancy & Prenatal Care Telehealth (OB tele-visits, prenatal monitoring) (HLALAHAC)

Keywords

• Digital health platform
• Clinical decision support
• Neonatal care software
• Open source healthcare
• Newborn mortality reduction

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grant Funding: Neotree is a UK charity (Charity no. 1186748) that operates entirely on donations and grant funding. The organization receives funding from various sources including Wellcome Trust, UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Gates Foundation, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Medical Research Council, and private donors. Over £11M in R&D funding has been received to support the development and deployment of the Neotree system.
2. Research Grants: Neotree receives research grants from academic funding bodies and global health organizations to support the ongoing research, development, and scale-up of the Neotree platform. Funding supports research activities across UCL, University of Zimbabwe, and Malawian College of Medicine.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Neotree provides an open-source Android mobile application and supporting data platform that delivers bedside clinical decision support, structured data capture, education, and laboratory integration to doctors and nurses caring for newborns in low-resource hospitals. The platform includes a configurable web editor, dashboards for clinicians and ministries of health, and integrations with national health information systems, and is offered free of charge.

Product overview

Neotree is a unified digital health platform designed to improve newborn care in low-resource settings. The core offering consists of an Android tablet application that combines clinical decision support, structured data collection, and bedside education with accompanying data visualisation dashboards. The platform also includes a web editor for local configuration and laboratory integration capabilities. All components are open source under the MIT license and are designed for local ownership and control.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Neotree Mobile App An Android tablet application used by doctors and nurses in neonatal wards that guides clinical workflows on admission, discharge, and ongoing care. The app prompts required checks, supports diagnostic decisions, links to laboratory results, and captures structured clinical data for downstream analytics. It is targeted at healthcare professionals in neonatal wards of low-resource hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• Neotree Data Visualization and Dashboards Reporting and dashboard layer that makes anonymised data captured in the Neotree mobile app available to clinicians, hospital administrators, and public health bodies. It supports monitoring of trends over time, identification of opportunities to improve care, and data-driven decision-making at facility and health-system levels.
• Neotree Web Editor A web-based configuration tool that allows clinicians and hospital administrators to customise the Neotree mobile app without specialist technology knowledge. It enables configuration of question sequences, trigger conditions for checks, advice content, and diagnostic algorithms aligned with national and international best practice.
• Neotree Laboratory Integration Digital linkage capability that connects the Neotree mobile app with hospital laboratory systems to enable swift feedback of laboratory results to the clinical team, supporting timely antibiotic administration and other clinical decisions in neonatal wards.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 60,000 babies cared for using the Neotree system
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• University College London (UCL)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch-led partnership with UCL's Population Policy and Practice Research and Teaching Department. Prof Michelle Heys leads the project combining clinical expertise with public health research. Seven years of academic research underpin the Neotree system.
• University of ZimbabwecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr Simba Chimhuya serves as Principal Investigator in Zimbabwe, working at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital. Partnership includes research collaboration and local implementation.
• Malawian College of MedicinecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch partnership with Dr Msandeni Esther Chiume as Principal Investigator Malawi, based at Kamuzu Central Hospital. Includes collaboration with the Department of Paediatrics.
• Global Health Informatics Institute (GHII), MalawicoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerImplementing partner in Malawi supporting deployment and implementation of the Neotree system in healthcare facilities.
• Biomedical Research and Training Institute (BRTI), ZimbabwecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerImplementing partner in Zimbabwe supporting research and implementation activities.
• Organisation for Public Health Interventions and Development (OPHID), ZimbabwecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartner organization in Zimbabwe supporting public health interventions and Neotree implementation.
• UNICEFmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with UNICEF supporting global child health initiatives including neonatal care in Sub-Saharan Africa.
• African Neonatal AssociationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership supporting neonatal health improvements in Africa through collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• PMNCH (Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWHO-hosted partnership focused on maternal, newborn and child health. Souter Foundation mentioned as supporter.
• LaerdalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal health company focused on saving lives through simulation and resuscitation training. Partnership supporting neonatal care improvements.
• Healthcare Infection SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUK-based organization focused on infection prevention and control. Partnership includes podcast featuring Neotree's impact on reducing infection spread.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Living Goods: Living Goods operates a tech-enabled community health worker network across East Africa focused on maternal and child health. It is comparable to Neotree in mission (reducing preventable maternal and child mortality in Africa), technology-enabled clinical workflows, and reliance on institutional donor funding, though focused on community rather than facility-based care.
• Praekelt: Praekelt.org builds digital health and nutrition platforms for low-resource settings, with strong presence across sub-Saharan Africa. It is comparable to Neotree as a digital health organization deploying mobile and open-source technology in African health systems, though with broader scope beyond neonatal care.
• Lwala Community Alliance: Lwala Community Alliance runs community-driven maternal and child health programs in rural Kenya with strong data and outcomes measurement. It is comparable to Neotree in mission (maternal-newborn health outcomes in East Africa), measurement-driven approach, and non-profit operating model, though primarily community-based rather than facility-based.

Broad incumbents

• PATH: PATH is a large global health non-profit that develops and scales digital health and maternal-newborn health innovations across low- and middle-income countries. It is comparable to Neotree in mission and institutional donor relationships, though operating at significantly larger scale across multiple health domains beyond neonatal care.

Direct peers

• Dimagi: Dimagi builds CommCare, an open-source mobile data collection and decision-support platform widely used by frontline health workers in low-resource settings globally. It is comparable to Neotree as an open-source digital health platform powering clinical workflows for community and facility-based health workers, though with broader scope beyond neonatal care.
• Bahmni: Bahmni is an open-source hospital information system built on OpenMRS, deployed in low-resource hospitals across Asia and Africa. It is comparable to Neotree as an open-source clinical platform designed for low-resource hospitals, with shared emphasis on local ownership and configuration by clinicians.
• Jacaranda Health: Jacaranda Health is a Kenya-based non-profit operating maternal and newborn health programs in East African public hospitals, with a strong digital health and government partnership model. It is comparable to Neotree in mission, geography (East Africa), focus on maternal-newborn outcomes, and reliance on tech-enabled clinical workflows in low-resource settings.
• NEST 360: NEST 360 (Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies) is a multi-organization alliance focused on reducing neonatal mortality in sub-Saharan African hospitals. Dr Msandeni Esther Chiume, Neotree's Principal Investigator in Malawi, is also a site leader for NEST 360 at Kamuzu Central Hospital, making NEST 360 the most directly comparable organization operating in the same facilities and clinical workflows.
• OpenMRS: OpenMRS is an open-source electronic medical record platform deployed across health facilities in low- and middle-income countries. It is comparable to Neotree in its open-source model, focus on health systems in resource-limited settings, and use as foundational digital health infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa.
• Medic: Medic (formerly Medic Mobile) builds an open-source digital health platform for community health workers and frontline health workers in low-resource settings. It is comparable to Neotree in open-source philosophy, clinical decision-support workflows for healthcare workers, and deployment model in low- and middle-income countries.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TheNeotree
• GitHubgithub.com/neotree
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/neotree
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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