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January 25, 2022

Healthtech Patient21 bags $142m from Target Global and emerges from stealth

Christopher Muhr, the former COO of car trading platform AUTO1, has been buying dental practices and 'injecting' them with technology


Founder and CEO Christopher Muhr

Berlin-based healthtech Patient21 is emerging from stealth mode after raising a total of $142m over several rounds led by Target Global.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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