NaturalX Health Ventures, the VC arm of German pharmaceutical giant Schwabe Group, has unveiled a new €100m fund to back early-stage consumer health startups in Europe, amid a flurry of big money investments in the sector.
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February 17, 2025
Pharma giant Schwabe unveils €100m fund for European consumer health startups
The announcement comes on the back of some big money rounds for the region's D2C healthtechs
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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