# Babylon

Brunch with Babylon founder Ali Parsa: 'I’m not one to sit down and lick my wounds'
Brunch with Sifted
December 4, 2024
Brunch with Babylon founder Ali Parsa: 'I’m not one to sit down and lick my wounds'
Parsa discusses the 'hardest' period of his career, the importance of control and plans to build a startup that’s bigger than his last
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Babylon founder Ali Parsa launches AI assistant for doctors as new startup emerges from stealth
News
November 12, 2024
Babylon founder Ali Parsa launches AI assistant for doctors as new startup emerges from stealth
Confirming earlier Sifted reporting, Quadrivia has secured pre-seed investment from Swedish VC Norrsken
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Ali Parsa raises funding from Norrsken for secretive new AI healthtech
News
November 5, 2024
Ali Parsa raises funding from Norrsken for secretive new AI healthtech
Jersey- and UK-based Quadrivia has the ambition of becoming an “AI agent for healthcare”
Kai Nicol-Schwarz and Mimi Billing
Hussein Kanji on when to go to the US, when to sell and when Hoxton will finally hire a female partner
Interview
March 5, 2024
Hussein Kanji on when to go to the US, when to sell and when Hoxton will finally hire a female partner
Plus: how much he made on Deliveroo and Darktrace… and how much he lost on Babylon
Amy Lewin
The rise — and fall — of Babylon
Analysis
October 18, 2023
The rise — and fall — of Babylon
Company insiders tell Sifted where it all went wrong for the wildly-ambitious healthtech startup
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
The startups founded by Babylon’s ex-employees
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Analysis
September 6, 2023
The startups founded by Babylon’s ex-employees
Sifted has tracked down 10 companies founded by ex-Babylonians, from those still in the healthtech space to foodtech and blockchain-focused startups
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Babylon finds buyer for its UK business
News
August 31, 2023
Babylon finds buyer for its UK business
The sale follows weeks of turmoil and the collapse of a merger
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Babylon hopes to secure a buyer by Friday as deadline to submit bids passes
News
August 22, 2023
Babylon hopes to secure a buyer by Friday as deadline to submit bids passes
The company is carrying out an “accelerated bidding process”, according to a letter sent to prospective buyers
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Sifted Podcast: Who could buy UK telehealth Babylon?
Podcast
August 11, 2023
Sifted Podcast: Who could buy UK telehealth Babylon?
This week on the podcast, we chat through what could be next for UK telehealth Babylon after a collapsed merger, and whether we'd actually try lab-grown meat
Steph Bailey
Who's going to buy Babylon?
Analysis
August 10, 2023
Who's going to buy Babylon?
As the healthtech scrambles to find a buyer for its UK business, Sifted looks into which companies might stump up the cash
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Babylon on the brink of bankruptcy after merger falls through
News
August 7, 2023
Babylon on the brink of bankruptcy after merger falls through
The healthtech is looking to sell its UK operations, according to a company statement
Kai Nicol-Schwarz, Eleanor Warnock and Mimi Billing
Babylon shareholders wiped out as healthtech agrees to delist
News
June 23, 2023
Babylon shareholders wiped out as healthtech agrees to delist
18 months after floating, the British startup will be taken private after failing to fill cash shortfall
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Babylon shareholders set to lose hundreds of millions of euros if healthtech delists
News
May 12, 2023
Babylon shareholders set to lose hundreds of millions of euros if healthtech delists
Credit fund AlbaCore Capital plans to carry out a “restructuring and recapitalisation” of the business following a chaotic 18 months on the public markets
Kai Nicol-Schwarz and Mimi Billing
‘My biggest mistake was taking the company public’: Brunch with Babylon’s Ali Parsa
Interview
October 21, 2022
‘My biggest mistake was taking the company public’: Brunch with Babylon’s Ali Parsa
The Babylon founder opens up about the botched SPAC deal, dealing with the pressure of leadership and how he’s changed in two decades as an entrepreneur
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Babylon, BenevolentAI, Deliveroo and Darktrace: the UK’s first generation of tech darlings hit choppy water
Analysis
September 26, 2022
Babylon, BenevolentAI, Deliveroo and Darktrace: the UK’s first generation of tech darlings hit choppy water
As Babylon implements a reverse share split to stay on the NYSE, Sifted looks at how other now publicly listed British tech giants are faring
Freya Pratty
Babylon plans to implement reverse share split to avoid delisting
News
September 23, 2022
Babylon plans to implement reverse share split to avoid delisting
Crunch time came for Babylon — and the healthtech giant has decided to remain publicly trading
Amy Lewin
Is Babylon going to be booted off the New York Stock Exchange?
Podcast
August 28, 2022
Is Babylon going to be booted off the New York Stock Exchange?
To boot or not to boot, this week we chat about the situation with UK healthtech Babylon
The Sifted Podcast Team
Babylon's options: Delist — or stay trading?
Analysis
August 24, 2022
Babylon's options: Delist — or stay trading?
The advantages and disadvantages of leaving the stock market — Sifted asked the experts
Mimi Billing
As digital health giant Babylon goes public, we look at what’s next for European telehealths
Analysis
October 27, 2021
As digital health giant Babylon goes public, we look at what’s next for European telehealths
Regulation is easing and consumer adoption has risen by 1000%, but major questions remain around how to scale telehealth across borders.
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
UK healthtech giant Babylon Health to go public in US via SPAC
News
June 3, 2021
UK healthtech giant Babylon Health to go public in US via SPAC
The merger with Alkuri Global Acquisition would give the combined company a pro forma equity value of $4.2bn.
Sifted reporters
The missing piece of Babylon Health's $550m round
Analysis
December 21, 2020
The missing piece of Babylon Health's $550m round
The Swedish listed fund of VNV Global increases its ownership in Babylon Health in a $100m deal
Mimi Billing

# Babylon

Brunch with Babylon founder Ali Parsa: 'I’m not one to sit down and lick my wounds'

Babylon founder Ali Parsa launches AI assistant for doctors as new startup emerges from stealth

Ali Parsa raises funding from Norrsken for secretive new AI healthtech

Hussein Kanji on when to go to the US, when to sell and when Hoxton will finally hire a female partner

The rise — and fall — of Babylon

The startups founded by Babylon’s ex-employees

Babylon finds buyer for its UK business

Babylon hopes to secure a buyer by Friday as deadline to submit bids passes

Sifted Podcast: Who could buy UK telehealth Babylon?

Who's going to buy Babylon?

Babylon on the brink of bankruptcy after merger falls through

Babylon shareholders wiped out as healthtech agrees to delist

Babylon shareholders set to lose hundreds of millions of euros if healthtech delists

‘My biggest mistake was taking the company public’: Brunch with Babylon’s Ali Parsa

Babylon, BenevolentAI, Deliveroo and Darktrace: the UK’s first generation of tech darlings hit choppy water

Babylon plans to implement reverse share split to avoid delisting

Is Babylon going to be booted off the New York Stock Exchange?

Babylon's options: Delist — or stay trading?

As digital health giant Babylon goes public, we look at what’s next for European telehealths

UK healthtech giant Babylon Health to go public in US via SPAC

The missing piece of Babylon Health's $550m round