An Australian startup that is utilising artificial intelligence to help medical professionals is growing faster than Canva and has plans to double healthcare capacity.

Melbourne-based startup Heidi has recently found its valuation jump by almost $100m after its second funding round of 2025.

The company is the fastest-growing business in the portfolio of Blackbird Ventures, Australia’s largest venture capital firm, and is now valued at more than $700m.

Heidi advertises itself as an AI scribe that listens into consultations, takes notes and automates documentation for medical professionals.

Its CEO and founder Dr Tom Kelly, who launched the company in 2021 while working as a vascular surgery trainee, said the main driver behind Heidi was reducing the large amounts of time medical profess

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