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Articles, news and analysis on growth businesses operating in the healthcare sector.

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Big Health raises $12m to expand into mental healthcare

Big Health's programmes have helped numerous businesses boost productivity by improving employees' sleep. With its recent fundraise, the company aims to take digital medicine further, tackling other mental health issues affecting the workforce|Big Health's programmes have helped numerous businesses boost productivity by improving employees' sleep. With its recent fundraise, the company aims to take digital medicine further, tackling other mental health issues affecting the workforce

Entrepreneurs

Medical travel platform takes off

Impassioned doctor, Sophie Chung, set up Junomedical to democratise healthcare in a "world without borders". The start-up has received its seed funding from Berlin-based Project A Ventures, and is now connecting patients in the UK with healthcare across the region.

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Healthcare ‘one to watch’ for UK VC investors

The healthcare sector is now hot on the heels of tech for investment as large Series A funding rounds grab headlines.

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Electrosurgery business Creo Medical raises $8.45m in funding round

Chepstow-based medical technology company takes total funding to more than $20m with latest financing activity.

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Abcodia secures £5.25m to develop ovarian cancer detection technology

Cambridge Innovative Capital and Scottish Equity Partners join existing investors Albion Ventures and UCLB in Series B funding round.

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Seven figures in grant funding raised by healthcare and big data collaboration 

Outcomes Based Healthcare and Big Data Partnership have partnered up to raise £1 million for a project focused on saving the lives of diabetes sufferers. 

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Finance Wales leads funding round for medical devices company

Multiple investors join forces to back development of new electrosurgical system.

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Esther Dyson-backed Big Health turns to Index Ventures for VC help

A Series A fundraising round worth $3.3 million has been closed by London-based Big Health to develop its products and ramp up US growth.

Mergers & Acquisitions

LDC snaps up mobility equipment firm from Canadian-listed Prism Medical

Lloyds Banking Group equity investment arm LDC has closed its latest deal and added mobility equipment company Prism Medical UK to its portfolio.

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Pregnancy test technology secures £2.3 million through Angel CoFund led deal

Concepta will now being to develop and market a diagnostic device for the testing of fertility, pregnancy and early-stage healthy pregnancy monitoring following a new funding round.

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Dental booking platform Zesty banks funding and looks to new healthcare markets

Investment firms TA Ventures and ABRT Venture Fund are coming together to lead a $2 million investment into healthcare booking platform Zesty.

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Sexual performance enhancement healthcare company raises £12 million

Healthcare business Futura Medical has used its AIM listing to raise new funds for growth of its sexual health and pain relief products.