# Healthtech

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

European vet techs are in good health for 2023
Analysis
February 16, 2023
European vet techs are in good health for 2023
January brought in a chunky Series A and a new partnership, but what does this mean for European pet tech?
Adam Green
Asabys Partners announces €100m first close for health and biotech fund
News
February 15, 2023
Asabys Partners announces €100m first close for health and biotech fund
It’ll look to back around 12-15 startups in the UK, Europe, Israel and the US
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
11 mental health startups to watch, according to investors
Analysis
February 14, 2023
11 mental health startups to watch, according to investors
Sifted asked four VCs which non-portfolio mental health startups they’re excited by
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Femtech startups to watch, according to investors
Analysis
February 7, 2023
Femtech startups to watch, according to investors
From an app to support people going through menopause to personalised contraception and data-assisted IVF, here are 14 startups that investors are watching
Sadia Nowshin
Does size really matter? $80bn sextech market still too taboo for VCs
Analysis
February 6, 2023
Does size really matter? $80bn sextech market still too taboo for VCs
Society is changing its attitude towards sex, but investors haven't got the memo
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Spotify founder Daniel Ek officially launches new startup — and this time, he’s taking on healthcare
News
February 2, 2023
Spotify founder Daniel Ek officially launches new startup — and this time, he’s taking on healthcare
Neko Health's launch confirms earlier Sifted reporting on the Spotify founder's next moves
Mimi Billing
10 European pregnancy startups to watch
Analysis
January 31, 2023
10 European pregnancy startups to watch
From connecting to midwives to postpartum care, these founders are building for mums to be
Selin Bucak
Healthtech unicorn Alan says it has no plans to fundraise again
News
January 25, 2023
Healthtech unicorn Alan says it has no plans to fundraise again
The company posted €258m in revenue in 2022, up 62% on year
Mimi Billing and Eleanor Warnock
15 digital therapeutics startups to watch, according to investors
Analysis
January 20, 2023
15 digital therapeutics startups to watch, according to investors
We asked five healthtech VCs which startups they’ve got their eyes on
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Employee healthcare benefits platform Peppy raises $45m for US expansion
News
January 11, 2023
Employee healthcare benefits platform Peppy raises $45m for US expansion
The raise follows 10x growth in the past 18 months
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
See the pitch deck that cancer detection startup OXcan used to raise $3.7m
News
January 10, 2023
See the pitch deck that cancer detection startup OXcan used to raise $3.7m
Oxford startup OXcan can identify cancer biomarkers in lung cancer patients — see its pitch deck here
Mimi Billing
Apps for psychedelic therapy: Necessary innovation or pathway to digital dystopia?
Analysis
January 9, 2023
Apps for psychedelic therapy: Necessary innovation or pathway to digital dystopia?
Startups promising to revolutionise healthcare using psychedelics have received some big cheques — but is its "appification" a good idea?
Tim Smith
Why global collaboration is the answer to medtech and biotech's biggest challenges
Analysis
January 5, 2023
Why global collaboration is the answer to medtech and biotech's biggest challenges
As we kick off 2023, we take a look at the biggest challenges facing medtech and biotech startups
Sponsored by: Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Health in stealth, a decacorn downround and bootstrapping: Nordic tech's highlights in 2022
Analysis
December 22, 2022
Health in stealth, a decacorn downround and bootstrapping: Nordic tech's highlights in 2022
How the Nordics got out alright from the ongoing market crunch
Mimi Billing
Will Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s all-in-one body scanner be the future of medical diagnostics?
Analysis
December 14, 2022
Will Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s all-in-one body scanner be the future of medical diagnostics?
Non-invasive diagnostics is one of medicine’s holy grails and could become Europe's next unicorn
Mimi Billing
Exited telehealth founder launches €100m healthtech VC fund
News
December 1, 2022
Exited telehealth founder launches €100m healthtech VC fund
YZR Capital joins a growing number of DACH-based digital health VCs, but is the first in Europe to be set up by an exited healthtech founder
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Will sextech survive a tech crackdown and cost of living crisis?
Analysis
November 23, 2022
Will sextech survive a tech crackdown and cost of living crisis?
Are consumers still keen to pay for sexual wellbeing?
Sponsored by: Literal Humans
Long Covid may affect 100m people — meet one of the first startups looking to help them
News
November 22, 2022
Long Covid may affect 100m people — meet one of the first startups looking to help them
Visible is one of the first startups working on long covid, and it’s just raised a $1m round
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes jailed for 11 years: How have diagnostics startups been affected?
News
November 19, 2022
Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes jailed for 11 years: How have diagnostics startups been affected?
Has investor scepticism been overplayed?
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Dementia prevention app Five Lives raises €3.7m
News
November 15, 2022
Dementia prevention app Five Lives raises €3.7m
The direct-to-consumer startup is one of the first digital therapeutics for dementia startups in Europe
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Psychedelic startups in Europe: the numbers behind the shroom boom
Analysis
November 10, 2022
Psychedelic startups in Europe: the numbers behind the shroom boom
Investors are opening their minds to psychedelia — and it’s European startups that are pulling in the majority of global VC funding
Tim Smith and Amelie Bahr
A budding industry? The startups that want to give CBD to pets
Analysis
November 10, 2022
A budding industry? The startups that want to give CBD to pets
The global CBD pet market was estimated at $125m in 2020. So could pets be the next cash cow for the sector?
Adam Green
The 50 most active early-stage healthtech investors
Analysis
November 9, 2022
The 50 most active early-stage healthtech investors
Meet the government funds and VCs that have backed the most early-stage healthtechs in 2022, according to Dealroom
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Revealed: Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s secret healthtech startup
News
November 8, 2022
Revealed: Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s secret healthtech startup
A primary care clinic with whole-body diagnostics hardware
Mimi Billing

# Healthtech

European vet techs are in good health for 2023

Asabys Partners announces €100m first close for health and biotech fund

11 mental health startups to watch, according to investors

Femtech startups to watch, according to investors

Does size really matter? $80bn sextech market still too taboo for VCs

Spotify founder Daniel Ek officially launches new startup — and this time, he’s taking on healthcare

10 European pregnancy startups to watch

Healthtech unicorn Alan says it has no plans to fundraise again

15 digital therapeutics startups to watch, according to investors

Employee healthcare benefits platform Peppy raises $45m for US expansion

See the pitch deck that cancer detection startup OXcan used to raise $3.7m

Apps for psychedelic therapy: Necessary innovation or pathway to digital dystopia?

Why global collaboration is the answer to medtech and biotech's biggest challenges

Health in stealth, a decacorn downround and bootstrapping: Nordic tech's highlights in 2022

Will Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s all-in-one body scanner be the future of medical diagnostics?

Exited telehealth founder launches €100m healthtech VC fund

Will sextech survive a tech crackdown and cost of living crisis?

Long Covid may affect 100m people — meet one of the first startups looking to help them

Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes jailed for 11 years: How have diagnostics startups been affected?

Dementia prevention app Five Lives raises €3.7m

Psychedelic startups in Europe: the numbers behind the shroom boom

A budding industry? The startups that want to give CBD to pets

The 50 most active early-stage healthtech investors

Revealed: Spotify founder Daniel Ek’s secret healthtech startup