Driving the digital health forward
Health Tech Challengers identifies and brings top global digital health tech startups together on one stage to compete for an equity-free money prize, global media exposure as well as the attention of 100+ VCs and CVCs.
To enter, startups must be innovators in one of the eight tracks fostering digital health revolution – Mental Health, Gut Health, Metabolic, Cardiovascular, Neurology, MSK, Workplace Wellness, and Clinical Workflow.
8 Tracks – 80 Finalists
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 (in-person or virtually) at Health Tech Forward 2022, 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 2022 award. Other finalists in each track are honored on stage and awarded prizes.
Timeline
Applications deadline - August 23, 2022
Application to the Health Tech Challengers is entirely free and each of the 80 finalists (10 per each track) is granted one free (in-person or virtual) ticket to Health Tech Forward 2022. May the odds be in your favour!
Health Tech Challengers 2021 Highlights
WINNERS OF 2021
TOP 6 challengers of 2021
Founded by recognized genomics experts, Predictiv is on a mission to provide people with the solution to have the absolute most happy, healthy, and long life.
CogniFit is a scientific company that develops computerized cognitive assessments and brain training software. For 20+ years of scientific validation, CogniFit has been designing digital brain fitness solutions.
apoQlar is the developer of a medical mixed reality platform that is revolutionizing how medicine is practiced, experienced, learned, and shared globally.
Sibel Health delivers better Health Data by developing soft, flexible sensors that are powered by advanced analytics and integrated with the cloud-optimized for AI and machine learning.
Lifen is a company building an operating system for healthcare infrastructure to reshape the key components of interoperability, security, reliability and data standards for digital health.
Micronoma is the first cancer-detection company using liquid biopsy technology to detect and predict cancer by interrogating the microbial signal with clinical-grade accuracy at an early stage of the disease.
JURY

Jennifer Pougnet

Seyla Azoz

Tom Denwood

Jochen Hurlebaus

Trupen Modi

Dominick Kennerson

Omur Oztas

Debashis Bhattacharya

Minna Hendolin

Dr. Sachin Shah

Dr. Nick West

Myles Furnace

Anita Venkiteswaran

Sander Ruitenberg

Jeffrey V. Lazarus

Tadas Langaitis

Vijay Barathan

David Dellamonica

Konrad Dobschuetz

Amanda Way

Hatim Abdulhussein

Marco R. Majer

Alex Simpson

Kasparas Aleknavičius

Charu Sharma

Jonas Jendi

Eimantas Mikšys

Juljana Hysenbelli

Surekha Trivedi

Jake G. Prigoff

Nnamdi Alozie

Nathan Sundheimer

Ferdinando Sigona
