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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

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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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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