# Healthtech

The latest news and analysis on Europe’s healthtech startups, including healthcare innovation, digital health, femtech, pharma and medtech.

French healthtech unicorn Doctolib hits €348m ARR, eyes profitability
News
April 29, 2025
French healthtech unicorn Doctolib hits €348m ARR, eyes profitability
Doctolib, France’s most highly-valued VC-backed company shared financial results for the first time
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Novo Holdings and EIFO invest €48m in Swedish HealthCap's latest fund to strengthen Nordic healthtech
News
April 24, 2025
Novo Holdings and EIFO invest €48m in Swedish HealthCap's latest fund to strengthen Nordic healthtech
HealthCap will establish a local presence in Copenhagen as part of the investment
Mimi Billing
The ‘breakthrough’ to make cures for neurodegenerative diseases and cancer possible
Analysis
April 22, 2025
The ‘breakthrough’ to make cures for neurodegenerative diseases and cancer possible
Biotech startup Cranebio proved with recent tests that it can reach target cells 10x more efficiently than current methods
Mimi Billing
No guts, no glory: The microbiome startups working with pets
Analysis
April 16, 2025
No guts, no glory: The microbiome startups working with pets
Gut microbiomes may reveal insights into pet — and human — health
Adam Green
Daniel Ek’s body scanning startup Neko unveils massive new London clinic
News
April 10, 2025
Daniel Ek’s body scanning startup Neko unveils massive new London clinic
The Spitalfields site will be able to scan up to 30k customers a year
Mimi Billing
The UK’s 10 fastest-growing healthtech startups by revenue
Analysis
April 3, 2025
The UK’s 10 fastest-growing healthtech startups by revenue
14 healthtechs made it onto the Sifted 100
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
SoftBank backs surgical robotics startup CMR Surgical in $200m round
News
April 2, 2025
SoftBank backs surgical robotics startup CMR Surgical in $200m round
The UK-based startup is looking to expand in the US and compete with its $180bn American rival Intuitive Surgical
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
This biotech made the biggest leap on the Sifted 100 ranking — now it’s getting an overhaul
Analysis
March 31, 2025
This biotech made the biggest leap on the Sifted 100 ranking — now it’s getting an overhaul
Revenue is up but Cambridge’s Bit.bio still reshuffles board, lays off staff and drops therapeutics focus. The interim chief explains why it ‘narrowed focus’
Éanna Kelly
UK femtech startup Elvie acquired by US rival Willow
News
March 28, 2025
UK femtech startup Elvie acquired by US rival Willow
One investor says the deal shows how difficult it is to scale up startups in the UK
Martin Coulter
Atomico’s Niklas Zennström steps down from the board of Daniel Ek’s bodyscanning startup
News
March 28, 2025
Atomico’s Niklas Zennström steps down from the board of Daniel Ek’s bodyscanning startup
Atomico first invested in Neko Health in 2023
Mimi Billing
15 AI healthtechs to watch, according to VCs
Analysis
March 21, 2025
15 AI healthtechs to watch, according to VCs
Investors from Kindred Capital, Eurazeo, Speedinvest, Calm/Storm Ventures and Frontline Ventures share their picks
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
30 femtech startups to watch, according to investors
Analysis
March 17, 2025
30 femtech startups to watch, according to investors
Investors from Sandwater, True, EQT Life Sciences, Black Opal Ventures, Innoviance Investments, Sie Ventures, Heliad, Blueprint VC and Fund F share their picks of femtechs
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Is Daniel Ek’s Neko Health worth $1.7bn?
Analysis
March 12, 2025
Is Daniel Ek’s Neko Health worth $1.7bn?
What makes a preventative healthtech with two clinics a unicorn?
Mimi Billing
Unicorn Flo Health eyeing startup acquisitions following $200m fundraise
Interview
March 3, 2025
Unicorn Flo Health eyeing startup acquisitions following $200m fundraise
The period-tracking app last year won the backing of US investor General Atlantic
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Gorillas founder raises cash for stealth healthtech venture despite product delays
News
February 28, 2025
Gorillas founder raises cash for stealth healthtech venture despite product delays
The startup previously raised a round from Atlantic Labs sister fund FoodLabs, Giant Ventures and Calm/Storm Ventures
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Pharma giant Schwabe unveils €100m fund for European consumer health startups
News
February 17, 2025
Pharma giant Schwabe unveils €100m fund for European consumer health startups
The announcement comes on the back of some big money rounds for the region's D2C healthtechs
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Exclusive: Nina Capital's new €50M fund sets sights on early-stage healthtechs
News
February 12, 2025
Exclusive: Nina Capital's new €50M fund sets sights on early-stage healthtechs
It plans to invest in 25 pre-seed to Series A startups
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
From body to brain scanning: Bios and MYndspan open a Neko-style brain centre in London
News
February 3, 2025
From body to brain scanning: Bios and MYndspan open a Neko-style brain centre in London
Is the brain the next frontier for preventive diagnostics?
Mimi Billing
Insurtech unicorn Alan cuts losses and increases revenues to €505m as it eyes profitability
News
January 29, 2025
Insurtech unicorn Alan cuts losses and increases revenues to €505m as it eyes profitability
The French insurtech was valued at €4bn when it raised a €173m Series F last year
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
New report shows tech still isn't filling the women's health gap
Analysis
January 23, 2025
New report shows tech still isn't filling the women's health gap
Women control $31.8tn of global spending. So why aren’t healthtechs building more products for them?
Sponsored by: BCG X
Daniel Ek’s Neko Health raises $260m and expands to the US
News
January 23, 2025
Daniel Ek’s Neko Health raises $260m and expands to the US
The funding brings the body scanning startup's valuation to $1.7bn
Mimi Billing
London startup raises $410m in one of Europe’s biggest ever Series A rounds as it joins weight loss drugs frenzy
News
January 9, 2025
London startup raises $410m in one of Europe’s biggest ever Series A rounds as it joins weight loss drugs frenzy
Forbion and General Atlantic led the round in Verdiva Bio, which comes just months on from the company incorporating
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Rise of longevity tech and AI marches on: VC healthtech predictions for 2025
Analysis
January 3, 2025
Rise of longevity tech and AI marches on: VC healthtech predictions for 2025
Sifted asked investors to peer into their crystal balls
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Smart ring maker Oura raises $125m as it eyes global expansion
News
December 19, 2024
Smart ring maker Oura raises $125m as it eyes global expansion
The announcement comes a month on from the startup’s $75m raise
Kai Nicol-Schwarz

# Healthtech

French healthtech unicorn Doctolib hits €348m ARR, eyes profitability

Novo Holdings and EIFO invest €48m in Swedish HealthCap's latest fund to strengthen Nordic healthtech

The ‘breakthrough’ to make cures for neurodegenerative diseases and cancer possible

No guts, no glory: The microbiome startups working with pets

Daniel Ek’s body scanning startup Neko unveils massive new London clinic

The UK’s 10 fastest-growing healthtech startups by revenue

SoftBank backs surgical robotics startup CMR Surgical in $200m round

This biotech made the biggest leap on the Sifted 100 ranking — now it’s getting an overhaul

UK femtech startup Elvie acquired by US rival Willow

Atomico’s Niklas Zennström steps down from the board of Daniel Ek’s bodyscanning startup

15 AI healthtechs to watch, according to VCs

30 femtech startups to watch, according to investors

Is Daniel Ek’s Neko Health worth $1.7bn?

Unicorn Flo Health eyeing startup acquisitions following $200m fundraise

Gorillas founder raises cash for stealth healthtech venture despite product delays

Pharma giant Schwabe unveils €100m fund for European consumer health startups

Exclusive: Nina Capital's new €50M fund sets sights on early-stage healthtechs

From body to brain scanning: Bios and MYndspan open a Neko-style brain centre in London

Insurtech unicorn Alan cuts losses and increases revenues to €505m as it eyes profitability

New report shows tech still isn't filling the women's health gap

Daniel Ek’s Neko Health raises $260m and expands to the US

London startup raises $410m in one of Europe’s biggest ever Series A rounds as it joins weight loss drugs frenzy

Rise of longevity tech and AI marches on: VC healthtech predictions for 2025

Smart ring maker Oura raises $125m as it eyes global expansion