UK healthtech Cera has pushed back plans to expand to the US as the company looks to become profitable in 2024.
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November 29, 2023
UK healthtech Cera nears profitability but delays international expansion
The startup plans to invest directly into other healthtech startups and grow its headcount by 50% over the next 12 months
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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