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European Healthtech Grabs The Investor Headlines In H1 2022

Cautious Optimism For Sector And M&A Set To Stay Strong In 2022

 
• By Ashley Yeo

After a runaway 2021 and a strong if bumpy Q1 2022, all health care product sectors underwent an investment dip in Q2, says Silicon Valley Bank. Healthtech in Europe remained a stand-out performer.

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Investment activity in biopharma, healthtech, diagnostics and tools and medtech in the first half of 2022 had to be assessed against the backdrop of a volatile macro and economic environment. While Q1 remained very strong in an uncertain market, in Q2, on the public market side, the ride got more bumpy. This led to a dip in investment in all four subsectors, compared with Q1.

That was the overall assessment of the market from Silicon Valley Bank’s Sophie Ehrlich, a London-based healthtech banker heading up...

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