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February 28, 2022

10 biotech startups to watch, according to investors

From alternative proteins to musculoskeletal solutions, here’s the biotech startups VCs are eyeing up.


Connor Bilboe

6 min read

European biotech startups raised big in 2021, minting £9bn in VC investment, up from £6.1bn in 2020. A standout geography was the UK, which hoovered up half of that capital, while investors took a particular liking to drug discovery startups, pouring £1.1bn into them.

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