Angels

Infrastructure for human support networks.

SEED ROUND · 2026

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2:47am

Kai, 24. Lives with BPD.
Works as a barista.

To: Sarah
I can’t do this tonight. I really can’t.
Seen · 6:12am
To: Mum
Can you call me?
Seen · 7:45am
To: Jamie
Are you awake?
Seen · 8:03am

By morning, Kai was in A&E.

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The Problem

Kai’s story is not unusual.

£118B
Annual cost of mental health conditions to the UK economy
75%
of people in crisis don’t have a structured safety plan
4,500
support workers lost from the UK mental health workforce since 2020
3 weeks
Average time before friends notice someone is struggling

The people who care exist. The infrastructure to connect them doesn’t.

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The Insight

The best safety net isn’t a hotline.
It’s the people who already care — given the right tools.

Everyone has 2–5 people who’d drop everything in a crisis. But those people don’t know what to look for, when to worry, or what to do. The infrastructure between “I care about you” and “I can help you” doesn’t exist.

Angels builds that infrastructure.

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Same person. Same crisis. Different infrastructure.

What if Kai had Angels?

Without Angels

2:47am Three texts sent into the void
3:00am No response. Alone.
6:12am First message seen
8:30am In A&E

With Angels

T + 0 Override fires — 48h silence + HRV below baseline
T + 2 min Sarah alerted with Kai’s location
T + 4 min Sarah texts: “I’m here. Coming over.”
T + 15 min Wellness check. Crisis plan active.

Kai’s override rule: “IF silent for 48h AND HRV drops below baseline → Alert Sarah with location.”
Written when well. Activated when needed. No algorithm decided — Kai did.

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The Solution

Three pillars. One safety net.

Guardian Circle

2–5 inner angels who read your crisis plan. Up to 15 outer angels for ambient awareness. Each chooses their commitment level.

“Sarah knew what to do because Kai told her in advance.”

Crisis Infrastructure

Safety rules written when well, activated when needed. Graduated override, escalation ladders, pre-authorised actions — your past self protects your future self.

“The override fired because Kai set the rules, not an algorithm.”

Proactive Connection

Pattern intelligence finds what humans miss. Sleep drops before a flare. Mood dips every Sunday. Gentle nudges to reach out — before crisis arrives.

“Angels noticed the pattern three days before the crisis.”

Works with just a phone. Gets smarter with a smartwatch, CGM, or the future Angels Band.

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The Product

From daily glance to crisis response — one escalation ladder.

Daily
Glance
Circle of faces. 3 seconds.
Pattern detected
Nudge
“Kai might need you”
Override fires
Angel #1
T + 0
No response
Angel #2
T + 15 min
Still no response
Escalation
T + 30 min → T + 60 min

Archetype onboarding

Four doors: Guardian, Tracker, Survivor, Connector. One product.

Safety rules

If/then rules written when well. Graduated override system.

Pattern engine

Sleep, mood, HRV, activity. Personal baselines, human language.

Recovery & elder care

Sponsor integration, SMS check-ins, caregiver burnout detection.

Full interactive mockups: mockups.html

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Why Now

Three converging forces.

47%
of UK young adults own a smartwatch. Continuous health data is normalising.
6M+
UK adults with diagnosed mental health conditions. Post-COVID awareness is at an all-time high.
2027
First consumer multi-analyte biosensor patches arrive. Angels is the platform that makes them meaningful.

Wearables generate data. Social networks generate noise. Nothing connects health data to the humans who’d actually act on it. Angels fills that gap.

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The Other Stories

It’s not just crisis. It’s every kind of care.

James, 52
Teacher, Bristol. Mum has early dementia, lives alone 90 miles away. Coordinates care with his sister.
“Mum doesn’t need an app. She needs her family to talk to each other.”
Elder care
Danny, 38
Electrician, Glasgow. 18 months sober. Sponsor + two friends form his circle.
“My sponsor doesn’t need to worry. Angels worries so he doesn’t have to.”
Addiction recovery
Priya, 31
Product manager, London. No crisis history. Maintains 6 friendships across 3 cities.
“I kept losing touch with people I love. Now I don’t.”
Mainstream
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Market Size

UK alone — before international expansion.

TAM: 28M adults with health/wellbeing needs
SAM: 15M digitally active, health-aware
SOM: 1.3–1.9M users (5-year)

Primary segments (5-year UK penetration)

Segment Population Target Users
Young adults with MH conditions 3.5M 5% 175K
Elder care (adult children) 5M 3% 150K
Addiction recovery 1.5M 4% 60K
“Better friend” general wellbeing 15M 2% 300K
Support network (organic invite) 3–5× 500K–1M
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Business Model

Triple revenue. Crisis features always free.

Stream 1

Subscriptions

Free tier (crisis + 5 angels) → Pro at £9.99/mo (unlimited circle, all integrations, pattern engine) → Family at £15/mo (6 accounts, elder care).

Stream 2

B2B Teams

Per-seat SaaS for employer wellness. Anonymised team wellbeing scores only — company never sees individual data. Employees get free Pro accounts.

Stream 3

Hardware

Angels Band (Year 2+): biosensor wristband with proprietary health monitoring. Hardware margin + subscription bundle. The social signifier becomes the sensor platform.

5-Year Revenue Projection (Conservative, UK)

Personal (300K)
£28.8M
Family (100K)
£18M
B2B (100K seats)
£6M
Hardware (20K)
£18M

£75.6M ARR at Year 5 · UK only · Hardware stream begins Year 2

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Go-to-Market

Built-in viral loop. Every user invites their circle.

The invitation mechanic

Angels only works with other people. When someone creates a crisis plan, they invite inner angels. When a guardian sets up elder care, they invite family. When a recoverer joins, they invite their sponsor.

3.2×
projected invites per primary user
80%
of growth from organic invitation, not paid acquisition

Channel strategy

Charity partnerships

Mind, Samaritans, CALM, Age UK. Angels as a recommended tool in their support pathways.

Therapist referral

Crisis plans built with therapists. Professional angel role gives clinicians a reason to recommend.

Employer wellness

B2B contracts deploy Angels to entire workforces. Employees become personal users.

The band

Physical wristband as conversation starter. “What’s that?” → “It’s Angels.”

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Competitive Landscape

Everyone does a piece. No one connects the dots.

Product What it does What it misses
Apple Health / Oura / WHOOP Personal health data No social layer. Doesn’t know who to tell.
Strava Social fitness, visible identity No health awareness. Doesn’t know you’re in crisis.
Life360 Family location tracking Surveillance-first. No health context, no crisis plans.
988 / Samaritans Crisis hotlines Reactive, staffed by strangers. No history, no plan.
I Am Sober / WEconnect Recovery tracking Solo tools. No health integration, no support network.
Angels All of the above — connected. Health data + support network + crisis infrastructure.

Angels is the connective tissue. Strava doesn’t know you’re in crisis. Apple Health doesn’t know who to tell. The NHS doesn’t know your friend hasn’t called in 3 weeks. Crisis lines don’t know your history.

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Values + Impact

Values as competitive moat. Impact as proof.

4,200
Crisis plans activated
“Each one means someone was ready.”
89%
of angels responded within 10 minutes
“Because they knew exactly what to do.”
12 days
connected after a crisis
“vs 2 days without Angels.”

Projected from pilot data

Crisis features are always free.
Time in app is not a KPI.
The best outcome is a boring one.
Your data belongs to you.

These aren’t marketing. They’re architectural decisions encoded into the product.

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The Team

[ Team slide — to be completed ]

Founder bios, advisory board, and key hires planned for post-raise.

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The Ask

Seed round: £1.5M

18 months of runway to product-market fit.

40%
Engineering

iOS + Android apps, backend, pattern engine, wearable integrations

25%
Clinical & Safety

Crisis plan validation, clinical governance, safeguarding framework, pilot programme

20%
Growth

Charity partnerships, therapist outreach, employer wellness pilots, community

18-month milestones

Month 6

Closed beta with 500 users across all 4 archetypes. Crisis plan feature validated with clinical partners.

Month 12

Public launch. 10K users. First B2B pilot. Branded wristband shipping. Charity partnerships live.

Month 18

50K users. Series A metrics. International: pilot in 2 additional English-speaking markets. Band v1 hardware spec finalised.

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Time in app is not a KPI
Crisis features are always free
The best outcome is a boring one
We care for the caregivers too
Recovery isn’t linear
Your data belongs to you
Kai’s override rule: “Don’t call an ambulance unless I ask.”
Angels listened. That’s the difference.

Angels

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