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February 28, 2023

Five healthtech ideas VCs want you to pitch in 2023

There’s still plenty of investor cash for early-stage healthtechs — these are the ideas investors want to back


While late-stage healthtech funding took a hit in the second half of 2022, investors still found plenty of cash to plough into early-stage startups in the sector. 

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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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