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November 21, 2023

UK healthtech Peppy makes redundancies as revenue growth slows

The redundancies, confirmed by the company, come less than a year after it raised a $45m Series B

UK healthtech Peppy has cut staff as it adjusts to tricky headwinds for digital health startups across Europe.

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Kai Nicol-Schwarz

Kai Nicol-Schwarz was a senior reporter at Sifted. He covered AI and UK tech.

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