Valuation isn’t everything but in healthtech, it tells you who’s still scaling Let’s not pretend valuation is the ultimate success metric. But it is a decent proxy for where capital, confidence and commercial traction are flowing. Especially in a market as fragmented and overregulated as European healthcare. The 2025 leaderboard of Europe’s top 10 most…
Funding stacked, boards shuffled, CE marks landed — this week runs on neurotech raises, workflow monitors, and regulator backed AI. People on the move Cardiawave (France): Jonathan Freeman becomes Board Chair as the French non invasive ultrasound outfit gears up for global expansion. CoMind (UK): Taavet Hinrikus, partner at Plural joins the board alongside the…
The €100 Million Bet on Retail Diagnostics Omnichannel in MedTech usually means a half-baked app, an email campaign, or a portal nobody uses. ZEISS changed the script. In March 2025, ZEISS launched its EyeCare Network and quietly took a €10 million stake in Ocumeda, a tele-ophthalmology platform connecting 700 optical stores to 300,000 patients. Retail…
Key Developments, Funding Rounds, Launches, and Regulatory Updates This week in European MedTech and Digital Health has seen steady progress, with notable funding rounds, product launches, regulatory milestones, and leadership changes. Key highlights include the debut of a new ECMO system, a cardiology AI solution achieving its CE mark, and enhanced regulatory cooperation between the…
A deep dive into the EU Commission’s latest findings on AI in healthcare. What MedTech founders and investors need to know in 2025.
Everyone talks about omnichannel. Few do it well. In medtech, digital transformation isn’t optional. It’s survival. Yet for all the noise about AI-driven journeys and seamless customer experiences, even the top players are still building the plane mid-flight. So what can smaller European medtech companies learn from the current leaders? I reviewed the publicly available…
A brisk week: AI health coaching nets fresh capital, vet workflow AI gets a push, CE-marked remote monitoring scales, and Brussels opens the door for MDR/IVDR feedback. People on the move Dentsply Sirona: Aldo M. Denti appointed EVP & Chief Commercial Officer effective Oct 6 to align global business units with commercial execution. Mr. Denti…
Every health AI model is a decision engine — and an attack surface. The Risks (with Evidence) Why Healthcare Is Special Framework for Defence Aligned with the EU AI Act’s high-risk obligations: risk management, logging, human oversight (European Commission). In healthcare, AI isn’t “just software” — it’s safety-critical infrastructure.
Your pacemaker is now an endpoint. Attackers read release notes too. Why Devices + AI Are Tricky Case in Point The 2017 firmware recall for ~465k Abbott (St. Jude) pacemakers shows the stakes, a patch was issued to mitigate RF cybersecurity vulnerabilities (Read more). Regulatory Overlap Secure Design Patterns Ship devices with a patch plan,…
Pharma wants real-world data; adversaries want it more. Case Studies Risk Hotspots Mitigations Your real-world data strategy is only as strong as your real-world security.