Helping health and care workers have better conversations at scale
Variment was founded by Mai Phan and Khanh Pham. Mai is a second-time founder with a background in business and innovation. Khanh is our CTO, a software and cybersecurity engineer with experience building products used by hundreds of thousands of users. Minh joined as one of our first employees in 2025, specialising in AI engineering. We are also backed by board members and advisors with deep experience in healthcare, academic research, technology, finance and administration.
Traction
Validated by real users. Backed by leading institutions.
reported a boost in self-confidence
said it sharpened their communication skills
average simulation rating from users
users in Norway, Spain and the UK
Why now
A large, underserved market with a clear entry point.
global TAM in healthcare communication training
of EU healthcare workers would like more communication training
healthcare workers needed by 2030
have received any training. Current solutions are expensive, not scalable or based on passive e-learning that doesn't build real skills.
Our journey
- Company registration as PropI AS
- Building simulations and gamification for fairer recruitment
- Received grants from Innovation Norway and Lundin Foundation
- Nominated as Ferd Social Entrepreneur
- Received Oslo Regional Research grant
- Pivoted into simulation in healthcare
- Pilot test with WRK Bemanning — A staffing agency recruiting nurses from Spain to work in Norway
- Rebranded to Variment
- First prototype tested with nurses and students from Norway, UK and Spain
- Received Women TechEU grant — Among 40 selected out of 1038 applicants
- Closed first funding round from angel investors and Loyal VC
- Extensive pilot tests in Norway with nursing home, social care services and university
- Participated in Alzheimer's Society Launchpad program
- Product launch in Norway
- Scaling to the UK, Europe and U.S.