Zurich-based preventative health startup Ahead Health has raised a $6m seed round led by RTP Global. A raft of high-profile angels also backed the round, including Hugging Face cofounder Thomas Wolf, Oviva CEO Kai Eberhardt, DeepMind researcher Michiel Bakker and Dutch footballer Cody Gakpo.
Exclusive: Hugging Face cofounder and Liverpool forward back ex-Googler's body scanning startup Ahead Health
RTP Global led the $6m seed round
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