LIHE and Team Consulting collaborate to advance UK MedTech innovation 

A collaboration between LIHE and Team Consulting will see Team Consulting provide expertise to ventures in LIHE’s MedTech Venture Builder. 

The London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE) has partnered with Team Consulting – a world-leading medical device design and development consultancy with a 40-year track record in healthcare innovation – in a strategic collaboration to support the programme.  

By joining forces, Team and LIHE will combine their world-class expertise, resources and facilities to support entrepreneurs and early-stage companies through the MedTech translation journey – from concept to commercialisation. 

A key feature of the collaboration will be expert support to cohort companies in the MedTech Venture Builder (MVB) programme. Now in its third year, the MVB accelerates the commercial translation of promising medical technologies into investment-ready ventures. 

Team will co-locate expert consultants at LIHE to provide hands-on support to MVB ventures, offering guidance on business planning, product development, regulatory compliance and more. 

"It is a testament to the strength of LIHE's ecosystem that we are embarking on an exciting partnership with Team, experts in early-stage MedTech. We share the vision of creating a globally leading MedTech translational ecosystem, removing time, complexity and cost from taking life-changing medical technologies to the bedside and the market. I cannot wait to see the impact this collaboration will have on the ground-breaking ventures joining our programmes." Nicolas Huber, Chief Operations Officer, London Institute for Healthcare Engineering 

Team Consulting shares LIHE's mission to rapidly and cost-effectively translate MedTech innovations into products that improve patient outcomes and deliver growth to the UK economy. This partnership is a significant further step towards building the UK's premier MedTech translation ecosystem, and we look forward to sharing further updates as the collaboration progresses. 

"We are thrilled to be collaborating with LIHE at such a pivotal time for UK MedTech. For 40 years, Team has helped companies translate innovation into award-winning, globally recognised medical products. By working closely with LIHE, we aim to accelerate the development of new technologies that will set the gold standard for MedTech translation, ultimately benefiting patients, the NHS, and the wider UK economy." Steve Blatcher, Product Development Director, Team Consulting 

Applications for the third cohort of the MVB are open until midnight, 12 April 2026.