We are proud to announce that Algocyte has won 3rd place at The Next Unicorn Europe, a week-long competition held in Ibiza to identify some of the most promising startups with the potential to become Europe's next unicorns.
The Next Unicorn, hosted during the Ibiza Tech Forum and connected to the global Startup World Cup in San Francisco, brings together high-potential startups, international investors and a distinguished jury. For Algocyte, this recognition is further validation of our mission: to make early detection and regular personalised health monitoring more accessible by combining subjective data such as symptoms, contextual data including lifestyle and wearables, and objective medical data through an ultraportable AI-informed blood testing device.
This recognition followed a demanding selection process: from more than 600 startups across Europe, to 25 finalists selected for the week-long programme, to a second round with 16 participants, to the final 6 startups, and finally to the top 3 awarded companies.
The winners were announced at Cova Santa, in a ceremony held inside one of Ibiza's most extraordinary cave venues. The setting gave the final celebration a dramatic, almost ritual-like atmosphere, marking the end of an intense week of pitching, investor engagement, due diligence and competition. The decision was made by a jury of six world-class entrepreneurs, including family office leaders and former sharks from editions of Shark Tank, following multiple pitches and due diligence sessions throughout the week.
Algocyte, incubated by Oxford University Innovation and spun out from Cambridge and King's College London, is building the AI healthcare companion of the future. It combines the storage and analysis of subjective data such as symptoms, contextual data including lifestyle and wearable signals, and objective medical data generated through its patented ultraportable physics-informed AI medical instrument for blood testing. By integrating these layers of information, Algocyte leverages causally grounded AI to track individual immune systems over time, supporting precision healthcare. The goal is to help shift healthcare from reactive sick management to proactive healthcare.
Healthcare is still too often reactive. People are tested when symptoms become serious, when a condition has already progressed, or when a periodic appointment happens to capture a problem. Algocyte is being built around a different principle: that health should be monitored longitudinally, intelligently and personally. Rather than relying only on population averages or isolated snapshots, Algocyte is designed to learn from each person's own baseline over time, helping identify meaningful deviations that may signal early changes in health, disease risk, immune response or treatment trajectory.
We are especially proud that all three winning companies are in the healthcare space, reflecting the strength and urgency of innovation in preventive and personalised medicine. Congratulations to IKI Health Group, winner of 1st place, and Amilis, winner of 2nd place, as well as to all the finalists, whose projects and leadership were truly impressive. Europe will be strongly represented at the global final in San Francisco.
We are grateful to the organisers of The Next Unicorn and Ibiza Tech Forum, to the jury, investors, mentors and partners who made the programme possible, and to everyone who supported Algocyte throughout the competition.
