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August 4, 2022

Cera raises Europe’s biggest ever round in elderly care sector

The £260m debt and equity round sets the UK healthtech up as the clear frontrunner in the sector


Dr Ben Maruthappu, cofounder and CEO

UK-based elderly care platform Cera has raised a £260m round of roughly half equity and half debt to grow the number of patients it supports by 500% and expand overseas. The large round is a ringing endorsement from investors for the opportunities in the silver economy. 

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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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