Cogmap Raises £1M to Measure and Improve Cognitive Performance With a Mobile App

Cogmap, a UK digital health company, has raised £1 million to develop its mobile application for cognitive performance measurement and assessment. The company is building a tool that allows individuals to regularly assess key dimensions of their cognitive function — working memory, sustained attention, processing speed, executive function, and other cognitive domains — through engaging, validated test paradigms delivered via a smartphone app, providing objective data about cognitive performance over time.

Interest in monitoring and optimising cognitive performance has grown substantially as both healthcare and consumer wellness have moved towards more data-driven, personalised approaches. In healthcare, there is significant demand for accessible tools that can detect early changes in cognitive function — which may be among the first signs of conditions including early Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, or the cognitive effects of conditions such as long COVID, depression, or sleep disorders. Current cognitive assessment tools require clinical settings, specialised equipment, or lengthy professional assessment sessions that are impractical for frequent monitoring. A smartphone-based app that can administer brief, validated cognitive tests and track performance over time could provide an accessible, longitudinal measure of cognitive health that clinical tools cannot.

In the broader wellness and performance space, there is growing consumer interest in understanding and optimising cognitive function — analogous to the way fitness trackers have made physiological metrics like heart rate variability and sleep quality a regular part of how health-conscious individuals understand and manage their physical wellness. Cogmap's app provides the equivalent for cognitive metrics: a regular, objective measure of how well the user is thinking, with the ability to track how performance varies with lifestyle factors including sleep, exercise, stress, and nutrition.

The funding will be used to develop the app's test battery and analytics, validate the performance metrics against established cognitive assessment standards, and build the user base across both consumer wellness and clinical screening applications.

Sources

• Cogmap — company website