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- The European digital health industry is booming.
- $3.6 billion was invested in health-related tech firms in Europe between January and September 2019, according to an Atomico study - a six-fold increase in the whole of 2015.
- Startups in the sector provide a menagerie of cutting-edge services and products: from VR-based therapy to robot chefs.
- Here, Business Insider takes a look at 11 of the most exciting health-related tech startups in Europe.
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European health tech is booming.
Transform talent with learning that worksCapability development is critical for businesses who want to push the envelope of innovation.Discover how business leaders are strategizing around building talent capabilities and empowering employee transformation.Know More According to an in-depth report on Europe's tech by Atomico, a major European VC firm, $3.6 billion was invested in health-related tech firms in Europe between January and September 2019. That's a six-fold increase on the $624 million invested in European health startups in the whole of 2015.
Martin Mignot, a partner at the London-based multinational VC firm Index Ventures, told Business Insider that Europe's advanced public health networks make for an especially friendly entrepreneurial environment.
"European founders tend to have an advantage in the healthcare sector," Mignot said. "The delivery of healthcare via public systems makes healthcare less fragmented than elsewhere in the world, creating an opportunity for innovation at scale.
"This level of innovation is welcome news for patients, who as a result will have easier access to improved healthcare services; for the public purse, which will benefit from the increased efficiency; and for society, who are empowered to move to a more preventative approach to health," he added.
Here are 11 of the most exciting startups across European health, from sleep diagnostics to VR-based therapy: