Prima Materia leads €600 million Series D strategic financing round for Helsing.
The defence tech company recently announced their acquisition of Grob Aircraft, successfully completed the first test flight of its air combat AI agent with Saab and launched its first autonomous underwater glider. The new funding will support the ongoing multi domain development.
Additional reading: Financial Times
Neko Health launches its largest health centre yet – and 2nd London location – just six months after the company’s UK launch. Designed for scale, the striking, standalone building is located in the buzzing district of Spitalfields and has capacity to serve 30,000 customers annually.
Neko Health raises $260 million Series B led by Lightspeed.
With over 10,000 scans completed and 100,000 people on the waitlist, the new funding will accelerate the pace of Neko’s international expansion.
Daniel Ek’s Neko raises $260mn in push to be Apple of healthcare.
Additional reading: Techcrunch
Neko successfully launches its first clinic in London, selling out appointments within days. The London launch of Neko Health was its most successful yet, selling out appointments within days with the fastest sign-up rate seen for any other Neko location.
Neko Health, the body-scanning AI health startup from Spotify’s Daniel Ek , opens in London (04/09/2024)
Additional reading: The Telegraph, Sky News
Defence AI company Helsing has raised €209m in a Series B funding round led by General Catalyst. Swedish group Saab is joining the round as a strategic investor, deepening the existing partnership.
Helsing raises €209m Series B to bolster Defence AI Capabilities for Democracies (14/09/2023)
Additional reading: Financial Times, TechCrunch
After a successful launch in Sweden leading to a waitlist of close to 10,000 people, Neko Health raised €60m in their Series A to expand across Europe, with investment from leading European & US Investors.
Neko Health Raises €60m Series A (05/07/2023)
Additional reading: Bloomberg
Neko Health is a new health company developing technology for comprehensive and accessible health checkups to help people stay healthy by detecting risks and disease early. They recently launched their full body scan capturing 50 million data points on skin, health and general health in their own clinic in Stockholm
Daniel Ek’s new goal – to reform healthcare (02/02/2023)
Additional reading: Sifted
Helsing is a new type of artificial intelligence company focused on defence and security. Helsing was set up to build AI to serve our democracies and play a part in protecting them from harm. We share Helsing’s conviction that liberal democratic values are worth defending and that artificial intelligence will be an essential capability to keep us safe. The software gathers data from multiple sensors on vehicles and systems to help humans process complex and diverse information more reliably and act quickly.
Daniel Ek’s €1bn Europe tech investment group puts first stake in Helsing (09/11/2021)
Additional reading: Handelsblatt, TechCrunch
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Daniel Ek Announces €1 Billion for Ground-Breaking European Startups on The Node by Slush Stage (24/09/2020)
Additional reading: Fortune, TechCrunch
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