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June 18, 2024

Lakestar-backed blood testing startup expands to tap growing preventative care market

It’s the sixth lab — in the third country — that Germany’s Aware has opened since launching in November last year

Having blood drawn at startup Aware’s new lab in Amsterdam is a fairly unassuming process. I arrive, am shown to a small office and three vials of blood are taken with minimal fuss. In around 10 minutes I’m back onto the busy morning streets of the Dutch capital. 

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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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