Clinical-trial AI cash, senior care safety tech, and a trio of MDR certifications: Europe’s week mixed capital, commercialization, and infrastructure-level digital transformation.
People on the move
Guerbet
Karim Boussebaa appointed CEO, effective Feb 2, to sharpen execution in imaging contrast and interventional solutions as the firm targets high-growth AI integration.
Medicines for Europe Steffen Saltofte (CEO of Zentiva) officially begins his tenure as President for the 2026–2028 term, focusing on “open strategic autonomy” and manufacturing resilience.
Money flows
Biorce $52.5M (approx. €48.6M), Series A, AI platform for clinical-trial design; the largest Iberian healthtech Series A to date, led by DST Global Partners to eliminate costly protocol amendments.
Gardia €8.5M, Series A, mobile senior safety tech; the German startup is scaling its smartphone-free fall-detection wristband across the DACH region with insurance reimbursement.
Hublo €40M, reinvestment vehicle; following a 2025 exit, Revaia is doubling down on the Paris-based workforce management leader to support post-exit growth under new majority ownership.
Ahead Health $6M (approx. €5.5M), Seed, AI-native preventive health; the Zurich-based firm is deploying its “personal health OS” through partnerships with clinics in Switzerland and Germany.
NuVision Biotherapies £4.8M (approx. €5.7M), scale-up round; Nottingham-based spinout expansion of its amniotic membrane products for ocular wound healing into 12 new countries.
Linda AI €2.6M, Pre-seed; dental front-desk voice-AI automation expanding into the UK and Ireland markets to address clinical staffing bottlenecks.
On the press
- Government of Ireland National EHR Procurement
The Minister for Health approved the commencement of vendor shortlisting for a single, integrated digital record for every patien, the largest digital project in Irish state history. - MDR Win: P&F Products and Features
The Vienna-based firm received EU MDR certification for its TricValve® Transcatheter Bicaval Valves, a Class III solution for severe tricuspid regurgitation. - MDR Win: Acarix
Secured EU MDR certification for the CADScor System, its non-invasive AI-acoustics tool for ruling out significant coronary artery disease at the point of care. - MDR Win: Biocomposites
Gained MDR certification for STIMULAN Rapid Cure, the first calcium matrix carrier to be certified for use with combined antibiotics in bone and soft tissue. - Ecosystem Report
Invest Europe and the EIF released an analysis on gender and geography in VC, highlighting that while capital is consolidating, “American accents” are increasingly driving late-stage European digital health rounds. Download report below:
One thing to remember
The “2026 MDR inflection point” is here: four high-stakes certifications in a single week—alongside Ireland’s landmark EHR procurement—signal that the market is ruthlessly pivoting away from “pilotitis” toward infrastructure-level integration and hard regulatory validation.
