Our story

We built Hibi having ourselves seen how fragmented and complex care systems can be for families. Managing, coordinating & navigating care is overwhelming.

Today, we're left with towers of paper folders, long waits on telephone helplines, and a whole lot of Google-ing. We founded Hibi with the mission to make sure that all children and their families have the tools, resources and support they need to receive the best care possible.

Backed by

Entrepreneur FirstCambridge UniversityCalm/Storm Ventures

Meet our team

Sam Milliken-Smith

Sam Milliken-Smith

Co-Founder

Sam has spent his career working with healthcare organisations, including across the NHS and internationally. He co-founded Hibi having seen personally & professionally the challenges facing families caring for children with additional needs.

Uzay Macar

Uzay Macar

Co-Founder

Uzay is an entrepreneur, researcher, and software engineer. He has been involved in a multitude of commercial and research projects at the intersection of technology and healthcare across the US, Canada, and UK, founding a startup in this space before.

Kush Gaikwad

Kush Gaikwad

Lead Engineer

Kush is a highly skilled software engineer with valuable experience working in successful startups. He is passionate about using emergent technologies to uplift culture and strengthen communities.

Melanie Dimmitt

Melanie Dimmitt

Content & Community

Melanie is a freelance journalist. Since launching her debut book, Special: antidotes to the obsessions that come with a child's disability, Melanie has written, spoken, podcasted and advocated far and wide for parents travelling not-so-typical paths.

Our Advisors

Laurence Bargery

Laurence Bargery

Advisor

Laurence is a healthtech entrepreneur, software engineer and start-up advisor. He started Accurx 7 years ago and was CTO for the first 6.5 years before leading their infrastructure and platform team. In addition to his technical skills, he has a real passion for how to build company culture and diversity & inclusion.

Anel van der Merwe

Anel van der Merwe

Advisor

Anel is the founder of Children in Motion, and a paediatric physiotherapist. Anel has extensive experience across health and care systems, and a special interest in working with children with developmental delay and whose difficulties are complex and neurological in nature.

Jess Meredith

Jess Meredith

Advisor

As a proud ADHDer and parent to neurodiverse children, Jess founded and runs Differing Minds - a social enterprise dedicated to neurodiversity advocacy. She also has a rich background in technology spanning start-ups, scale-ups and global corporations, with a particular interest in data and accessibility.

Richard Daniels

Richard Daniels

Advisor

Richard is a paediatrician with extensive experience in many areas of Child Health. He has been working within Digital Health for 3 years and has had a leading role in several digital health services ranging from telehealth startups to national digital health projects for the NHS.