ABOUT HEALTH TECH CHALLENGERS 2024
Health Tech Challengers is a premier platform for discovering and supporting innovative digital health startups that make a difference in the world. Each year, we host an epic pitch competition for entrepreneurs who develop disruptive products revolutionising the future of health.
To enter, startups must be innovators in one of the eight tracks fostering the digital health revolution – Connected Care, AI Supported Healthcare, TechBio, Disruptive Diagnostics, Chronic Disease Management, Cancer Prevention and Care, Women’s Health, Solving X (Wild Card).
8 application tracks
HOW DOES IT WORK?
80 companies are shortlisted by a distinguished panel of industry experts from leading corporations, Venture Capital, ecosystem builders and media partners.
The Top 80 startups are invited to pitch live at Health Tech Forward 2024, the leading industry conference of the year, offering valuable media and PR attention, as well as vast networking opportunities.
One company is announced as the ultimate winner of the Health Tech Challengers 2024 award.
Timeline
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN
Each of the 80 finalist companies (10 per each track) are granted 1 complimentary ticket to Health Tech Forward 2024. It’s an event that you don’t want to miss!
Introducing first jury members
Shannon Altimari
Murielle Thinard McLane
Annie Thériault
Ignasi Heras
Emily Napier
Andreas Franke
Yang Chen
Ritesh Patel
Philipp Spenger
Madeleine Durand
Lucas Paul
Alejo Costa Ribalta
Daniel Dillinger
Paul Epple
Dr. José Ferrer Costa, MD
Rita Vilas-Boas
Thorsten Kern
Cedric Odje
Nadia Kamal
Vickram Pradhan
Patricia Ripoll Ros
Lukas Steindl
Ward Bijlsma
Sílvia Vinyes Roca
Agathe Acchiardo
Izabel Alfany
Beatriz Volckaert Almansa
Laia Pascual
Maite Malet
Yara Alenazi
Alberto Rodríguez Cañada
Antoine D'Hollander
Beatriz Gandarias
Tomas Lapinskas
Anastasiya Markvarde
Moritz Grosse
Aline Noizet
Justina Klyviene
Martin Müller
Oriol Sans Ballart
Samantha Jérusalmy
Thijs Schaap
Roser Alba Rovira
Joan Grasas-Leon
Gemma Hernández
Sergio González Álvarez
Roel Dekkers
Genís Victoria Casi
Geoffrey D’hondt
Philipp Kopp
We announce new jury members every week.
Stay tuned!
THIS IS HOW WE ROLLED LAST YEAR
WINNERS OF 2023
ULTIMATE
CHALLENGER
munevo created a technology to provide a comfortable electric wheelchair operation option for people with mobility impairments. Smartglasses transmit the user’s head movements into digital signals, which enables them to operate electric wheelchair hands-free.
ULTIMATE
CHALLENGER
munevo created a technology to provide a comfortable electric wheelchair operation option for people with mobility impairments. Smartglasses transmit the user’s head movements into digital signals, which enables them to operate electric wheelchair hands-free.
TOP 5 finalists
WUKA is a female-led startup, making the UK’s first-ever reusable and leak-proof period wear. Equality, social and environmental responsibility are at the heart of the company, along with the desire to spread body positivity.
Awarded for “most innovative German startup”, DiaMonTech has developed an innovative medical device that non-invasively measures blood glucose without finger pricking, a drop of blood, or a test strip.
HelloBetter offers psychological online courses to prevent and treat mental illnesses. Their mission is to make effective psychological support accessible to everyone – at zero cost and no waiting lists.
Implandata Ophthalmic Products is a digital health company that addresses a vastly underserved need in the care of glaucoma patients, by combining medical technology with state-of-the-art information technology.
munevo created a technology to provide a comfortable electric wheelchair operation option for people with mobility impairments. Smartglasses transmit the user’s head movements into digital signals, which enables them to operate electric wheelchair hands-free.