TERN Group, the London-based clinical AI workforce platform used to source, secure and relocate top healthcare talent, today announces that it has raised €20 million Series A funding – bringing total funding to €28.2 million.
The round was led by Notion Capital, with RTP Global, LocalGlobe (UK) , EQ2 Ventures, Leo Capita, PreSight Capital, Lord David Prior (former NHS chairman & UK Deputy Health Secretary), CEO of AXA Health, and Tom Stafford (Co-founder of DST Global).
Avinav Nigam, Founder and CEO of TERN Group says, “Every Trust we meet tells us the same story: they need qualified staff now, but they cannot risk patient safety or compliance. Our platform gives them speed without compromise, predictability without cost inflation, and sustainability where locum dependency has become unsustainable.
“TERN Group’s mission is for every placement to set off a chain reaction: a nurse arriving on time means a ward runs smoothly, which means patients get treated faster. This raise enables us to make those chain reactions happen at scale, across the UK and beyond.”
Founded in 2023, TERN Group is a global talent mobility platform building a Clinical AI Workforce system. Operating across India, Germany, the UK, the GCC, and Japan, TERN Group aims to help healthcare providers hire faster, more compliantly, and at scale, while ensuring professionals begin their global careers with dignity and confidence.
The World Health Organisation predicts that the global healthcare industry will face an 18 million worker shortfall by 2030. The result is hospitals and care providers stretched thin, forced to rely on expensive locums that drain budgets without solving the long-term gap, with the UK NHS alone spending over £10 billion on locums.
Healthcare systems everywhere are caught in the same cycle: demand from the industry is rising, but there is no accessible pipeline of qualified healthcare professionals. On top of that, international recruitment is slow and bureaucratic.
TERN Group looks to tackle these problems at scale, combining AI-driven workflows with human-led support for training, relocation, and settlement.
Itxaso del Palacio, Partner of Notion Capital says, “TERN Group is tackling one of thehealthcare industry’s most urgent structural challenges: affordable, reliable and sustainable recruitment. By combining compliance with AI-driven efficiency, they are proving that workforce delivery doesn’t have to be slow or fragmented. It can be predictable infrastructure, which is why they are already becoming the trusted partner for healthcare systems in the UK and beyond.”
The platform reportedly delivers:
- 60% faster time-to-hire (cutting months-long processes to weeks)
- 3x cost savings compared to locum-heavy models
- 15–20% productivity gains by aligning talent supply with clinical demand
- An improved candidate experience, driving 96% retention
- AI-workflows can be easily integrated into a single regulatory-compliant enterprise platform.
TERN Group already has over 100+ global healthcare clients, including 18 UK NHS trusts (including two of the five largest trusts in the UK). The company has expanded from one to six core markets this past year, and is now active in Germany, UK, UAE, KSA, Japan and USA.
More than 650,000 professionals from 13 countries have signed up to access transparent information, upskilling opportunities, and direct roles with reputable employers.
Mark Hackett, CEO, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust says, “TERN Group is helping us address critical workforce shortages by providing a compliant and predictable pipeline of international doctors. Their platform brings much-needed speed and structure to a process that has traditionally been slow and fragmented.”
With the new funding, TERN Group will expand its UK operations, deepen partnerships with NHS Trusts and care groups, and accelerate development of its Clinical AI Workforce platform, including compliance automation, workforce planning, and system integrations.
The company will also continue investing in international talent preparation – clinically, linguistically, and culturally, ensuring professionals not only arrive ready, but stay long term.
Read the orginal article: https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/09/british-ai-clinical-workforce-platform-tern-group-raises-e20-million-to-tackle-healthcare-workforce-shortage/
