# Healthtech

The tech teaching dogs to ‘talk’
Analysis
December 11, 2024
The tech teaching dogs to ‘talk’
“The talking pet industry is in its infancy and is bursting with potential”
Adam Green
11 digital therapeutics startups to watch, according to VCs
Analysis
March 11, 2024
11 digital therapeutics startups to watch, according to VCs
Which startups have the best shot at navigating the choppy landscape?
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Germany’s Earlybird raises €173m healthtech fund as it looks to tap 'unprecedented' biopharma opportunity
News
February 14, 2024
Germany’s Earlybird raises €173m healthtech fund as it looks to tap 'unprecedented' biopharma opportunity
The 2030 pharma "patent cliff" means there's "loads more opportunities to exit" for startups, says Earlybird principal Christoph Massner
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
UK healthtech Cera nears profitability but delays international expansion
News
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
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Shooting for the stars: The healthtech using cosmology and AI to try to cure cancer
Analysis
November 28, 2023
Shooting for the stars: The healthtech using cosmology and AI to try to cure cancer
UK and Australia-based startup, Concr, uses methods from astrophysics to predict treatment responses and outcomes
In partnership with: Debiopharm Innovation Fund
UK healthtech Peppy makes redundancies as revenue growth slows
News
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
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Zoe’s Tim Spector on the rise of the UK’s fastest growing healthtech and becoming more than a 'diet app'
Analysis
November 20, 2023
Zoe’s Tim Spector on the rise of the UK’s fastest growing healthtech and becoming more than a 'diet app'
Tim Spector says the healthtech wants to “change the way people think about food forever” — but Zoe has its critics
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Europe's most active early-stage healthtech investors
Analysis
October 13, 2023
Europe's most active early-stage healthtech investors
Here are the investors signing the most cheques in European healthtech in 2023, according to Dealroom data
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Cancer-fighting tech: Emerging startups to watch in Europe
Analysis
October 10, 2023
Cancer-fighting tech: Emerging startups to watch in Europe
Sifted analysis finds rush of new cancer tech players bringing AI-powered tools to market
Federico Scolari, Daria Dmytrenko and Éanna Kelly
Atomico backs GenAI healthcare assistant Corti’s Series B
News
September 20, 2023
Atomico backs GenAI healthcare assistant Corti’s Series B
“We are active in 150k patient meetings a day”, Corti’s cofounder says
Mimi Billing
The startups founded by Babylon’s ex-employees
Analysis
September 6, 2023
The startups founded by Babylon’s ex-employees
Sifted has tracked down 10 companies founded by ex-Babylonians, from those still in the healthtech space to foodtech and blockchain-focused startups
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
UK healthtech Huma to lay off nearly 10% of workforce
News
August 30, 2023
UK healthtech Huma to lay off nearly 10% of workforce
The company has confirmed that it plans to lay off around 45 employees
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Babylon hopes to secure a buyer by Friday as deadline to submit bids passes
News
August 22, 2023
Babylon hopes to secure a buyer by Friday as deadline to submit bids passes
The company is carrying out an “accelerated bidding process”, according to a letter sent to prospective buyers
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Who's going to buy Babylon?
Analysis
August 10, 2023
Who's going to buy Babylon?
As the healthtech scrambles to find a buyer for its UK business, Sifted looks into which companies might stump up the cash
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Babylon on the brink of bankruptcy after merger falls through
News
August 7, 2023
Babylon on the brink of bankruptcy after merger falls through
The healthtech is looking to sell its UK operations, according to a company statement
Kai Nicol-Schwarz, Eleanor Warnock and Mimi Billing
How healthtechs are — and should be — preparing for AI regulation
Analysis
July 28, 2023
How healthtechs are — and should be — preparing for AI regulation
AI could revolutionise parts of healthtech, but regulation looms
Aruni Sunil
Losses rise but profitability on the horizon for digital health scaleup Kry
News
July 14, 2023
Losses rise but profitability on the horizon for digital health scaleup Kry
After a “major adjustment” in 2022, Kry is doubling down on core markets
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
DiGA promised German digital health startups access to 73m patients — but slow insurers and poor adoption hold it back
Analysis
July 7, 2023
DiGA promised German digital health startups access to 73m patients — but slow insurers and poor adoption hold it back
When the DiGA law was passed it was lauded as a catalyst for the digital transformation of the country’s healthcare system
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
11 medical device startups to watch, according to investors
Analysis
June 28, 2023
11 medical device startups to watch, according to investors
VCs from MIG Capital, SHS Capital, Sofinnova Partners and AlbionVC share their picks
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Babylon shareholders wiped out as healthtech agrees to delist
News
June 23, 2023
Babylon shareholders wiped out as healthtech agrees to delist
18 months after floating, the British startup will be taken private after failing to fill cash shortfall
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Could these stem cell startups pave the way for the next miracle drug?
Analysis
June 2, 2023
Could these stem cell startups pave the way for the next miracle drug?
The startups that want to bring stem cell therapies to the middle classes
Mimi Billing
Digi-physical health platform Patient21 raises sector’s biggest round of 2023
News
May 22, 2023
Digi-physical health platform Patient21 raises sector’s biggest round of 2023
The startup has international expansion in its sights
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Babylon shareholders set to lose hundreds of millions of euros if healthtech delists
News
May 12, 2023
Babylon shareholders set to lose hundreds of millions of euros if healthtech delists
Credit fund AlbaCore Capital plans to carry out a “restructuring and recapitalisation” of the business following a chaotic 18 months on the public markets
Kai Nicol-Schwarz and Mimi Billing
12 startups tackling cancer to watch, according to VCs
Analysis
May 12, 2023
12 startups tackling cancer to watch, according to VCs
VCs from Verve Ventures, MMC Ventures, HTGF and Sofinnova Partners shared their picks
Kai Nicol-Schwarz

# Healthtech

The tech teaching dogs to ‘talk’

11 digital therapeutics startups to watch, according to VCs

Germany’s Earlybird raises €173m healthtech fund as it looks to tap 'unprecedented' biopharma opportunity

UK healthtech Cera nears profitability but delays international expansion

Shooting for the stars: The healthtech using cosmology and AI to try to cure cancer

UK healthtech Peppy makes redundancies as revenue growth slows

Zoe’s Tim Spector on the rise of the UK’s fastest growing healthtech and becoming more than a 'diet app'

Europe's most active early-stage healthtech investors

Cancer-fighting tech: Emerging startups to watch in Europe

Atomico backs GenAI healthcare assistant Corti’s Series B

The startups founded by Babylon’s ex-employees

UK healthtech Huma to lay off nearly 10% of workforce

Babylon hopes to secure a buyer by Friday as deadline to submit bids passes

Who's going to buy Babylon?

Babylon on the brink of bankruptcy after merger falls through

How healthtechs are — and should be — preparing for AI regulation

Losses rise but profitability on the horizon for digital health scaleup Kry

DiGA promised German digital health startups access to 73m patients — but slow insurers and poor adoption hold it back

11 medical device startups to watch, according to investors

Babylon shareholders wiped out as healthtech agrees to delist

Could these stem cell startups pave the way for the next miracle drug?

Digi-physical health platform Patient21 raises sector’s biggest round of 2023

Babylon shareholders set to lose hundreds of millions of euros if healthtech delists

12 startups tackling cancer to watch, according to VCs