Neko Health Claims Top Spot in Latest Sifted European Startup Rankings
Neko Health, founded by Spotify co‑founder Daniel Ek, achieved the top position in Sifted’s most recent ranking of European startups
Healthtech
Swiss Biotech Startup PANDA Therapeutics Secures €160,000 Grant from Venture Kick for Alzheimer’s Therapy
Swiss biotech startup PANDA Therapeutics received a €160,000 grant from Venture Kick to develop a first‑in‑class antibody therapy that simultaneously targets multiple harmful protein deposits in Alzheimer’s disease, aiming to improve treatment effectiveness and slow disease progression.
Dutch AI-Powered Hearing Care Platform Clementine Secures €1.7 Million Seed Funding
Clementine, a Dutch AI‑powered hearing‑care startup, raised €1.7 million in a seed round led by Healthy.Capital to expand its platform that converts hearing‑clinic leads into patients.
Lupin Dental Secures €15 Million Series A to Advance Robotic Dental Surgery Platform
Montpellier‑based dental robotics startup Lupin Dental raised €15 million in a Series A round led by Fynveur, with participation from Bpifrance, Invus and other investors, to scale its robotic platform for minimally invasive dental procedures.
Swedish Diagnostics Startup Secures €811k Gates Foundation Grant for Affordable STI Testing
Swedish startup Readily Diagnostics secured an €811k grant from the Gates Foundation to create a low‑cost, rapid molecular test for common STIs, aiming to make accurate diagnostics accessible worldwide, especially in low‑resource settings.
Swedish AI Medical Assistant Standard Medicine Emerges from Stealth with Physician-Founded Technology
Standard Medicine, a new AI company, has developed an all‑knowing medical assistant for doctors and other healthcare professionals. The startup is leaving stealth mode and preparing to offer its AI doctor solution. One of the first investors is Peter Carlsson, who has a special connection with founder and physician Mikael Graflund Kastengren.
Swedish Death-Care Platform Solace Care Raises 23 Million SEK for European Expansion
Solace Care, a Swedish startup that simplifies handling practical matters after a death, grew to 25,000 users in a year and is now raising more than 23 million SEK to roll out its service across Europe.
MedLife acquires 75% stake in Romanian diagnostics company Qualipat to expand personalized medicine offerings
Romanian private medical services group MedLife acquired a 75% stake in Qualipat, a pathology and molecular testing startup founded in 2016, to bolster its advanced diagnostic portfolio and accelerate the development of personalized medicine in Romania.
Swedish AI Diagnostics Startup Eyedentity Secures 15 Million SEK from Norrsken Launcher
Swedish AI startup Eyedentity secured 15 million SEK from Norrsken Launcher to advance its cancer‑detection technology, aiming to improve early diagnosis and ease pressure on the healthcare system.
Spanish Healthtech Startup Heuristik Launches AI-Powered Fingerprint Recognition Platform for Hospital Patient Management
Heuristik introduced a new healthtech software platform that leverages fingerprint scanning and AI to securely identify patients and streamline their management in hospitals. The solution targets the rapidly growing $85 billion healthcare biometrics market, which is expanding at a 19% compound annual growth rate, and aims to become a standard biometric tool in most hospitals worldwide within five years.