This Week in European HealthTech - Week 1 October 2025

The top stories in European HealthTech this week are heavily focused on AI adoption, major regulatory milestones, and significant funding activity.

Here are the key highlights:

1. AI Regulation Breakthrough for Autonomous Care

AI Physiotherapist Approved for Autonomous Decisions: A significant development saw Flok Health's AI-powered physiotherapy clinic secure Class IIa Medical Device approval under EU regulations. This is a major regulatory milestone, as it grants the AI system clearance to make diagnostic and treatment decisions without human supervision, effectively delivering an entire end-to-end care pathway autonomously. This is reported to be the first time an AI system in the UK or Europe has been approved for fully autonomous end-to-end care.

2. Notable Funding Rounds

The week has seen fresh capital injection for AI-powered and wellness platforms:

Simple Life's Major Series B: The London-based wellness and fitness app, Simple Life, secured a $35 million Series B funding round to scale its AI health coach platform.

praxipal's Seed Funding: Berlin-based startup praxipal landed $6.7 million to continue building its AI workforce designed for healthcare front desks in Germany.

Vocca's Seed Round: The voice AI startup Vocca raised $5.5 million in seed funding to bring AI phone assistants to the healthcare sector.

DaltonTx Seed Funding: UK-based technology company DaltonTx exited stealth and completed a £4 million seed round to advance its intelligence backbone for drug discovery.

3. Focus on Digital Health in Healthcare Systems (Primarily UK/NHS)

Major Digital Strategy and Procurement: Several health systems across the UK are pushing forward with significant digital transformation projects:

University Hospitals Birmingham is seeking a £2 million integrated digital patient pathway platform.
GOSH (Great Ormond Street Hospital) shared a study into an AI scribe pilot across nine London NHS sites, and also outlined its comprehensive AI strategy roadmap.

Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group launched its digital strategy to 2028.
Pilot data showed that Flok Health's AI physiotherapy platform had a measurable impact, more than halving waiting lists for back pain at one NHS Trust.

4. Innovation in Diagnostics and Patient Monitoring

Regulatory Approvals for Danish Startups:

Evido Health obtained regulatory approval (CE-certificate, IVDR cl-b) for its data-driven clinical tool,

LiverPRO, aimed at timely detection and intervention for Chronic Liver Disease (CLD).

BrainCapture received CE marking for its pioneering, affordable EEG solution.

WARD 24/7 received FDA Clearance for its WARD-CSS® (Clinical Support System), a Software as a

Medical Device (SaMD) for continuous patient monitoring.

In summary, the European healthtech landscape is demonstrating strong momentum, particularly in the fields of AI-driven clinical applications with a landmark regulatory approval, sustained early-stage and growth-stage funding, and continuous digital modernization efforts within public healthcare systems.

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