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January 13, 2026

Exclusive: Hugging Face cofounder and Liverpool forward back ex-Googler's body scanning startup Ahead Health

RTP Global led the $6m seed round

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.

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Maya Dharampal-Hornby

Maya Dharampal-Hornby is a reporter, covering UK tech for Sifted, based in London. She's also the producer of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast .

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