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February 13, 2023

14 techbio soonicorns to watch

Techbio raised around €3.9bn in 2022 to help labs revolutionise healthcare treatments — here are 14 startups that could be on the way to unicorn status


Sadia Nowshin

6 min read

ImCheck Therapeutics (JM Huron for Imcheck Therapeutics)

European techbio startups — which use technology in collaboration with biology to help labs produce novel drugs and treatments — raised around €3.9bn in 2022. 

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A team photo of ImCheck Therapeutics
ImCheck Therapeutics (JM Huron for Imcheck Therapeutics)
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Sadia Nowshin

Sadia Nowshin was a reporter at Sifted covering foodtech, biotech and startup life. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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