Health tech deals
Preclinical stage biotechnology company Microviable Therapeutics SL has raised €1.5 million seed funding from private medical group, Inmunomet Intolerancia y Disbiosis SL. Microviable will use the funding to enhance its therapeutic development platform and advance the pipeline to the clinical stage. The company’s lead product, MVT-201, is a biological drug based on complete microbiota (HiPMTM) [...]
Digital health consultancy, Cloud21, has received investment from global health technology consultancy, Tegria, to support health and social care organisations meet their local and national digital transformation ambitions. The investment will see the companies combine Cloud21’s deep and longstanding experience of working with the NHS, with Tegria’s extensive international, end-to-end digital strategy and support services across health [...]
Spanish biotech KeyZell is aiming for €5m in funding to conduct a human clinical trial for its novel brain cancer treatment. Based on company founder Dr.Nabil Hajji's research on cellular apoptosis induced by cell receptor blockage, the start-up will also use the investment to improve its AI system to personalise treatment for each cancer patient. Collaborating [...]
Scientists will be able to use the technology to shorten turnaround times and spend more time on analysis
The investment will mean significant upgrades and improvements to the facility
A venture capital firm targeting health tech opportunities has announced its latest fund. Nina Capital has announced its second fund, which will be used to continue its strategy of investing exclusively in pre-seed to Series A healthcare technology companies based in Europe, the US and Israel. Since launching in 2019, the firm built a portfolio of [...]
One of Europe's most substantial health tech innovation funds has emerged following the closing of Lauxera's debut fund at more than €260m (£218m). Lauxera Growth I exceeded its initial fundraising target of €150 million, reflecting the strength and depth of the investment opportunities in fast-growing European health tech sector. Lauxera Growth I makes investments in health tech [...]
The private equity fund of Gilde Healthcare, a specialist healthcare investor, has acquired global medtech firm EUROPIN.
LifeOmic, a software company that leverages the cloud, machine learning and mobile devices to power health and wellness solutions, has acquired Bavard, an AI-based start-up. The purchase comes as AI technology has experienced widespread adoption in the health care space, a trend accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, LifeOmic said. Bavard offers a "conversational AI platform that [...]
Software giant Oracle has acquired electronic health record company Cerner for $28.3bn. Cerner provides digital information systems used within hospitals and health systems to enable medical professionals to deliver better healthcare to individual patients and communities. Larry Ellison, chairman and chief technology officer, Oracle said: “Working together, Cerner and Oracle have the capacity to transform [...]
