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ABOUT HEALTH TECH CHALLENGERS
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 – Gamified Wellness & Fitness, Gender-Specific Health, Sleep Science & Technology, Mental & Holistic Health, Nutrition, Metabolic & Gut Health, Employee Wellness & Burnout Prevention, Chronic Disease Management or Solving X (Wild Card).
8 application tracks
Gamified Wellness & Fitness
Gender-Specific Health
Sleep Science & Technology
Mental & Holistic Health
Nutrition, Metabolic & Gut Health
Employee Wellness & Burnout Prevention
Chronic Disease Management
Solving X (Wild Card)
HOW DOES IT WORK?
10 companies in each track 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 2023, 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 2023 award.
APPLICATION CRITERIA
Timeline
JURY
Ida Luka-Lognone
CEO Health, Board of Management @ Allianz Partners
Stephen Konya
Senior Advisor to the Deputy National Coordinator for Health IT and Innovation Portfolio Lead @ U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Sofie Roorda
Global Associate Digital Health Strategy Director @ Novo Nordisk
Michael Treskow
Partner @ Eight Road Ventures
Pekka Simula
Founding Partner @ Innovestor Life Science Fund
Guy Spigelman
EMEA Lead Healthcare and Life Sciences Startups @ Amazon Web Services
Dominick Kennerson
Senior Vice President, HealthTech @ HSBC Innovation Banking
Jaime Bland
Chief Executive Officer @ CyncHealth
Sander Ruitenberg
Digital Health Solutions Head @ Novartis
Cris Salinas
Global Head, MedTech Advisory and Innovation @ Salesforce
Dr. Sabine Klein
Managing Director @ TUM Venture Lab Healthcare
Ayotunde Aladejana
Global Partnerships Lead @ Founders Factory Africa
Madeleine Durand
Head of Strategy @ Bupa
Karolina Maria Nowak PharmD, PhD, MBA
Director of Innovation and Biotechnology Development Department @ Medical Research Agency
Stefan Schwarz
Referent Innovation Scouting and Venturing @ ERGO Group
Marcin Kwiatek
Digital Health Solution Executive (CEE & SEE & DX Region) @ Abbott
Erki Mölder
Managing Partner @ Verge HealthTech Fund
Aleksandro Grabulov
Head of Product, Fitbit Health Solutions @ Google
Christina Brandmair
Senior Program Manager @ STARTUP CREASPHERE | Plug and Play Tech Center
Tatiana Klimanova
Accelerator Director @ FemTech Lab
Amine Benmoussa
Venture Partner @ Karista
Beatriz Testoni
Investment Manager @ YAYA capital
Ján Szöllös
Senior Director AI Platforms BD @ Insilico Medicine
Johannes Blaschke
Principal @ Calm/Storm Ventures
Simon Turner
Partner @ Sofinnova Partners
Katharina Neisinger
VC Investor @ Pace Ventures
Hugh Bowen
Associate @ SOSV
Justin Smith
Managing Partner @ Recharge Capital
Aahuti Rai
Partner @ Four Points Consulting
Katarzyna Kolasa
Professor of Health Economics @ Kozminski University Warsaw Poland
Alexis Edwards
Associate Partner @ IBM Healthcare Consulting
Ritesh Patel
Senior Partner, Global Digital Health @ FINN Partners
Issy Gordon
Associate @ HambroPerks
Philipp Spenger
Investment Advisor to the EIC Fund - Venture and Growth Capital @ European Investment Bank
Nick Fox
Head of Proposition Development @ AXA Health
Simon Bates
Digital Health Expert, Partner @ PA Consulting
Dan Ma
Head of Innovation & New Commercial Partnerships @ Sandoz Germany
Dr. Saira Ghafur
Co-Founder @ Prova Health
Alexander Kuznetsov
Managing Partner @ Kodori Ventures
Daniel Dillinger
Principal @ Redalpine
Tomasz Chwiałkowski
Partner @ Aligo Venture Capital
Ilona Hubbard
Clinical Project Manager @ CHUV | Lausanne university hospital
Lina Behrens
Head of Content @ HLTH Europe
Max Grenz
Global Head of Value Creation | Healthcare Consulting @ Siemens Healthineers Consulting
Nils Bottler
Principal @ Angelini Ventures
Amin Esmaily-Fard
Senior Pharmacy Clinical Informatics Specialist @ The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Susan van Boxtel
Sr Advisor FDI Health & Food @ East Netherlands Development Agency (Oost NL)
Terje Peetso
Chief Medical Innovation Officer @ North Estonia Medical Centre
Martina Vitézová
Investment Manager @ Uniqa Ventures
Dr Avi Mehra MBBS BSc (Hons) FFCI
Associate Partner & Clinical Safety Officer @ IBM
Lucas Paul
Investment Director @ Redstone
Sascha Lorenzen
Investment Analyst @ BonVenture
Suki Nahl
Vice President @ EQT Growth
Johannes Fischer
Principal @ Wellington Partners Life Sciences
Marta Mrozowicz
Investment Manager @ Heal Capital
Christian Oberlé
President - Director @ Caisse Nationale de Santé / d'Gesondheetskeess / National Health Fund
Filippo Falaschi
Partner @ Spex Capital
Bill McMahon
Chief Algorithmic Analytics Officer @ Sumitovant Biopharma
Philipp Kopp
Investment Manager @ BMP ventures
Dr. José Ferrer Costa, MD
Innovation and Projects, Research and Education teams @ Badalona Serveis Assistencials
Daria Gherghelas
Associate @ Speedinvest
Johannes Link
Investment Banking Associate @ FCF Fox Corporate Finance GmbH
Maciej Banach
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) @ Nomi Biotech Corporation & Dairy Biotechnologies
George Mitropoulos
Healthcare & Life Sciences Sector Leader @ EY Greece
Samanta Dall'Agnese
Editorial Committee Member @ Medscape
Laura Schäfer
Manager @ Lea Partners
Jan Przybylowicz, MD
Investment analyst @ MTIP
Sophy Li
Investor @ Headline
Matthew Foran
Healthcare Innovation Consultant @ EnableHealth LLC
Bernhard Ungerböck
Principale @ Qventure
Jakob Lilienweiss
Investment Manager @ HTGF
Thorsten Kern
Investor @ ARCHIMED
Pieter De Maeght
Science & Technology Diplomat @ Flanders Investment & Trade
Ruth Coleman
Investment Manager @ Mercia Ventures
Hanna Fedchyshyn
Research & Insights @ Ananda Impact Ventures
Livia Jacob
Senior Specialist for Digital Health @ SWICA
Michael Hübner
Manager Innovation and Digitalization @ Sana Kliniken AG
André Moraes Sarmento
Investment Associate @ Dealflow
Elizabeth Piatkowska
Business Development and Strategy Manager @ VentureBlick
Jakub Chwiećko
Managing Partner @ Polish Chamber of Doctors and Dentists, Innovation Network (NIL IN)
Benjamin Belot
Partner @ Kurma Partners
Alexander Selzer
Chapter Head Strategy, Innovation & Partnerships @ PHOENIX group
Nicolas Vandekerkhof
EIT Health CLC BeNe - Business Creation Manager @ EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Moritz Grosse
Associate @ Altano Capital
We announce new jury members every week.
Stay tuned!
WINNERS OF 2022
ULTIMATE
CHALLENGER
NovaSight focuses on bringing pediatric vision care into the digital age by delivering eye tracking-based solutions for vision diagnostics and treatment. NovaSight has two flagship products:
– The CureSight™ – an FDA cleared digital therapy for amblyopia that is designed to replace traditional patching
– The EyeSwift®PRO – a comprehensive vision diagnostics device which screens for multiple vision impairments
DOWNLOAD POST EVENT REPORT
ULTIMATE
CHALLENGER
NovaSight focuses on bringing pediatric vision care into the digital age by delivering eye tracking-based solutions for vision diagnostics and treatment. NovaSight has two flagship products:
– The CureSight™ – an FDA cleared digital therapy for amblyopia that is designed to replace traditional patching
– The EyeSwift®PRO – a comprehensive vision diagnostics device which screens for multiple vision impairments
Download post event report
TOP 8 finalists
Yatek is a company that develops VR-based exposure training to help millions of people treat social anxiety using VR exposure therapy & AI.
Motilent is a technology startup focused on delivering innovative services for the quantitative investigation of the gut. Motilent champions the use of novel MRI post-processing software as a cheaper and safer biomarker for Gastrointestinal and Bowel Disorders, providing quantitative end points for research, drug development and clinical decision-making.
Alertgy has been founded by a small team of innovators that had collaborated on challenging technical programs over the years, specifically to address the highly desired ability to measure blood sugar levels with an external wearable sensor device.
Implicity developed a remote monitoring platform for patients with connected pacemakers and defibrillators. Designed for cardiologists and healthcare professionals, it automates remote monitoring of their patients. An artificial intelligence module determines the criticality of each alert considering the medical context of the patient.
medical magnesium develops metallic bioabsorbable implants for orthopaedic and trauma surgical therapy, based on its mm.X implant technology. The mm.X implants are mechanically stable and will be physiologically absorbed by the body after the fracture has healed.
NovaSight focuses on bringing pediatric vision care into the digital age by delivering eye tracking-based solutions for vision diagnostics and treatment. NovaSight has two flagship products:
– The CureSight™ – an FDA cleared digital therapy for amblyopia that is designed to replace traditional patching
– The EyeSwift®PRO – a comprehensive vision diagnostics device which screens for multiple vision impairments
Onsurity is a HealthTech & Employee Benefits organisation, disrupting the SME and startup healthcare market with technology and innovation. The company is offering a revolutionary healthcare platform – TeamSure, the next big thing in comprehensive employee healthcare.
Saventic Health is a med-tech company that creates artificial intelligence algorithms to support doctors in diagnosing rare (hidden) diseases early based on patients’ medical records i.e. laboratory test results, radiology and other descriptive medical data.
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