Calm/Storm Ventures are among the most active MedTech financiers in Europe

The medical sector continues to be very popular among investors. Despite the current crisis, a lot of growth capital is still flowing into early-stage health technology companies. An important sponsor here is early-stage VC Calm/Storm Ventures from Vienna. annoying sieve The company is one of the 50 most active European healthtech financiers in 2022. Using data from Dealroom, Sifted has identified government and venture capital funds that have supported early-stage HealthTech startups.

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MedTech startups in Europe receive high investment

Overall, health tech startups in Europe have already raised around €3.9 billion this year. While this figure may fall short of the €5.8 billion invested in the sector in 2021, there are still two months to go in 2022. Sectors such as femtech and home care are also on the rise. Calm/Storm Ventures is particularly active this year.

“Calm/Storm is an exclusive startup network and small venture capital firm that invests in purposeful founders who are changing our lives, health and well-being for the better. With over 50 start-ups in our portfolio, we are Europe’s most active early-stage digital health investor. We love Investing in diverse founding teams and have built a network of over 40 founders who support our entrepreneurs weathering the very early stage storms,” says the investment firm.

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Calm / Storm Ventures backs many startups

The Vienna-based company launched its first fund – Calm Storm 1 – in 2020 with a size of €20 million and invests in the pre-seed and seed stages. The fund has supported 53 startups so far and plans to fund seven more. The new fund is then scheduled to start investing in early 2023. Calm/Storm’s focus is on digital health startups in Europe and North America.

Calm/Storm Ventures has a particular interest in areas that are often considered taboo, including sexual health, infertility, LGBTQ+, and mental health. In 2022, the venture capital firm made a total of 29 investments in HealthTech. Calm/Storm-backed startups include diabetes health platform Second Nature, hormone testing startup Innes, and LGBTQ+ sexual health startup for fender.

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Speedinvest is also among the most active funders of MedTech

Many Calm/Storm Ventures investments also serve social advancement. Diversity is also a priority for the company. In the portfolio, 40% of startups have different founder teams. But Calm/Storm isn’t the only Austrian venture capital firm that is one of Europe’s 50 most active Midtec backers. Also on the list is Speedinvest from Vienna.