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All female-GP firm Thena Capital raises £45m for debut healthcare fund

The firm aims to back 25 healthcare and medtech startups and believes “AI is going to completely transform healthcare”


Anne Sraders

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Thena Capital GPs. Courtesy of Thena Capital

London-based Thena Capital has closed £45m for its debut fund to back startups working in digital healthcare and medical devices in the UK, helping bring them to the US market. 

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Anne Sraders

Anne Sraders is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the VC industry and deeptech startups. She also writes Sifted's weekly VC newsletter Up Round. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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