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December 1, 2022

Exited telehealth founder launches €100m healthtech VC fund

YZR Capital joins a growing number of DACH-based digital health VCs, but is the first in Europe to be set up by an exited healthtech founder


YZR founders Reinhard Meier and Markus Feuerecker

Successful founders are increasingly setting up their own VC firms — and now, there’s another one to add to the list. 

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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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