UK Startup Activity On the Rise & Top HealthTech Startups

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VCs are raising billions for healthcare-focused funds and exciting new health tech companies are pouring into the space!?

In our top 3 stories this week:

• We reveal?25?health tech startups ?that should be on your radar.
• The?Centre for Entrepreneurs?shares ?the results of its UK Business Startup Index.
• Isar Aerospace?raises $168m,?FiscalNote?partners with?OpenAI, and there's more startup and investor news?in our?FF Community Wrap!

HealthTech Startups to Watch!

Health tech pioneers are driving the industry’s transition from physical to digital, reactive to preventative, fee-for-service to value-based care.?

At our global flagship forums, we bring together health and biotech trailblazers and unicorn founders – like?Alan’s?Charles Gorintin,?Babylon’s?Ali Parsa,?Christian Angermayer, and?Medable’s?Michelle Longmire?– to build connections and spark disruptive new ideas.

Founders Factory?supports top health tech startups via funding, specialist support, and programmes like the?Psychedelic Therapy accelerator, which invests in startups focussed on redefining mental health treatment.

firstminute capital?supports seed stage health tech startups, while London Tech Week’s?Health Tech Summit?brings the global health tech community together to drive meaningful conversations.

Who will be the next health tech success story??Click here ?to discover our health tech startups to watch.

UK Startup Activity On the Rise?

Almost 800,000 new businesses were registered in the UK in 2022, up 4.5% on the previous year, according to the?Centre for Entrepreneurs’ latest Business Startup Index .

Covid saw some sectors develop rapidly in the UK, like new workwear providers (think masks!), cleaning products (hand sanitizer), and pharmaceutical providers.?

CFE CEO,?Timothy Barnes, and Senior Fellow,?Matthew Smith, reveal which sectors have fallen off since the pandemic and which continue to grow.

Click here to read the report’s key findings.

Opportunities For Your Business

?? Build Your Climate Tech Startup

Founders Factory, in partnership with the?University of Oxford, is launching?Planet Positive Lab, a 10-week bootcamp supporting and funding climate entrepreneurs.

They're looking for innovators from the Oxford ecosystem (with at least one Oxford-based team member) with science-backed ideas, as well as corporate partners looking to support and work alongside ambitious solutions.

Click here ?to find out more.

?? Conquer Your Employment Challenges

Founders Law?has released a four-part guide highlighting the key employment challenges UK founders need to watch out for in 2023 and beyond.

Click here ?to read more.

FF Community Wrap:

• Chris Urmson’s Aurora?announced ?its self-driving truck tech is ready for commercial deployment in 2024.
• Tania Boler’s Elvie?extended ?its partnership with HSBC UK to support its international expansion.
• Carl Pei’s Nothing?announced ?the launch of a new beer, Beer (5.1%), for this summer.
• Brunello Cucinelli?announced ?the launch of its first two fragrances for later this year.
• Shachar Bialick’s Curve?partnered ?with Digiseq to launch new wearable payments tech.
• Tim Hwang’s FiscalNote?partnered ?with OpenAI to launch its ChatGPT Plug-in.
• Pascal Gauthier’s Ledger?raised ?€100m in a Series C funding round led by Molten Ventures.
• Juan de Antonio’s Cabify?raised ?$110m in equity and debt funding, led by Orilla Asset Management and AXIS.
• Daniel Metzler’s Isar Aerospace?raised ?$168m to carry out its first launch planned later this year.
• British Patient Capital’s?Catherine Lewis La Torre?announced ?a ￡30m investment in North of England?VC, Northern Gritstone.
• Personio’s?Hanno Renner?invested ?in a €20m Series A funding round for voice assistant startup, Parloa.
• Hoxton Ventures’?Hussein Kanji?co-led ?a $5m Seed funding round for precision medicine startup, BioCorteX.
• Mo Koyfman’s Shine Capital?led ?a $18m Series A funding round for Norwegian B2B transactions portal, Two.

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