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April 27, 2021

The 15 direct-to-consumer healthtechs to watch, according to VCs

Which are the up and coming D2C healthtech startups to watch?


Freya Pratty

6 min read

Clara Ricard, investor at Transition VC.

Even before the pandemic, investors were excited about healthtech startups.

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is a senior reporter and investigations lead at Sifted. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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