Analysis

June 26, 2020

20 Spanish healthtech companies to watch

Spanish healthtech is booming, with big acquisitions and new funding sources.


Tim Smith

8 min read

The Spanish entrepreneurial ecosystem boasts a high quality of healthtech startups, ranging from drug discovery to novel virtual reality therapies. 

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Anaconda BioMed’s catheter inside a model blood vessel.
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Chemotargets founder Dr Jordi Mestres.
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A DyCare wearable sensor.
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Elma Care's app connects users to doctors remotely.
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The Genomcore team.
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Internet of things meets telemedicine in humanITcare’s sensor powered health plans.
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Iomed uses IBM Cloud to draw conclusions from vast amounts of unorganised health data.
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Medicsen's needle-free drug administering patches are still in development
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The Mediktor app.
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MedLumics' graphic representations of the company’s new atrial catheter.
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Methinks founders Christian Marti and Pau Rodriguez.
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NeuroElectrics cofounder and chief executive Ana Maiques.
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Ona Therapeutics founders Salvador Aznar-Benitah and Valerie Vanhooren (centre) with investors Clara Campàs, founding partner of Asabys Partners (left) and Sergio Pérez, director of Sabadell Venture Capital (right).
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Oxolife has developed a molecule that has been shown to improve the chances of embryo implantation.
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Peptomyc cofounder and chief executive Laura Soucek.
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A sample of some of Psious’s virtual environments.
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Qubiotech's image processing algorithms allow physicians to quickly identify neurological abnormalities.
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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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