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February 12, 2025

Exclusive: Nina Capital's new €50M fund sets sights on early-stage healthtechs

It plans to invest in 25 pre-seed to Series A startups

Barcelona-based VC firm Nina Capital has reached the first close of its third fund, of €50m, to back early-stage healthtech founders in Europe, the US, Canada, Israel and Australia. It tells Sifted that more than a third (at least €16.66m) has been committed by LPs — which include Seven Two Partners, family offices and high-net-worth individuals from the US & Europe.

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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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