TERN Group, an AI talent mobility platform for healthcare workers, has raised $24 million in Series A funding, as it scales operations across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and beyond to meet surging demand for clinical capacity.
The round was led by UK-based Notion Capital, with participation from UAE’s EQ2 Ventures, RTP Global, LocalGlobe, Leo Capital, Presight Capital, and DST Global’s Tom Stafford. The raise brings TERN’s total funding to $33 million, following an oversubscribed seed round last year.
Founded in 2023 by Dubai-based Avinav Nigam, TERN is building a Clinical AI Workforce platform for training, certifying, and deploying healthcare professionals from across 13 countries into global markets, with a focus on the GCC, Europe, and the UK.
“We are building the infrastructure to make global healthcare careers faster, fairer, and fully transparent,” said Nigam, Founder & CEO. “The UAE, in particular, is central to our mission as regional healthcare systems race to expand capacity.”
Fast-Tracking the Global Healthcare Workforce
TERN’s AI platform is designed to dramatically shorten international healthcare hiring timelines—from a typical 6–12 months to under 10 weeks—while delivering 3x cost savings, 60% faster time-to-hire, and 15–20% productivity gains. The company claims 96%+ retention rates in early deployments and has already onboarded over 650,000 professionals to its system.
Clients include more than 100 healthcare organizations, with several of the GCC’s largest hospital groups already adopting or piloting the platform. The solution combines AI-driven resume parsing, compliance automation, and AI-led interviews with human-led training, relocation, and cultural onboarding.
“Our AI makes the system fast and efficient; our people make it sustainable,” Nigam said.
TERN is working closely with UAE regulators and hospital networks to ensure a steady pipeline of qualified nurses and care workers, particularly from India and Southeast Asia—key source regions for healthcare labor globally.
Strategic Investment in a Healthcare Talent Crisis
The funding comes as the UAE healthcare sector is projected to exceed $50 billion in spending by 2029, with workforce shortages emerging as a critical bottleneck. Regional policymakers are looking to technology as a solution, especially as Gulf states invest in AI-enabled healthcare infrastructure and clinical innovation hubs.
“TERN is solving one of the most urgent challenges in global healthcare: how to scale talent efficiently and responsibly,” said Itxaso del Palacio, Partner at Notion Capital. “Their platform blends regulatory compliance and AI-driven efficiency to deliver a true workforce operating system.”
The company plans to use the fresh capital to expand its AI capabilities and compliance infrastructure, deepen partnerships across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Europe, and the UK and build out a long-term healthcare workforce operating system for governments and providers.
“Dubai is an ideal launchpad,” Nigam added. “The region’s bold AI and healthcare ambitions align perfectly with our mission to scale systems that put professionals and patients at the centre.”