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Driving the digital health forward
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).
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)
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 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
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APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!
Application to the Health Tech Challengers is entirely free and each of the 80 finalists (10 per each track) is granted one free General Admission ticket to Health Tech Forward 2023. May the odds be in your favour!
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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
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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
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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.
JURY
Nancy Fechnay
Partner @ Alumni Ventures & VP @ Gaingels
Reena Sooch
Head of Digital and Connected Health @ IPSOS
Lauren Schafer
Ventures Director @ StartUp Health
Robert Trotta
Executive Director, Business Innovation @ Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
Carl Byers
Partner @ F-Prime Capital Partners
Saba Ternikar
Vice President, New Product & Commercial Business @ Aetna
Jacqueline Shreibati
Senior Clinical Lead (Consumer Health) @ Google
Patrick Spoletini
Healthcare Industry Leader @ IBM Consulting
Karthick Kannan
Global Digital Health @ Teva Pharmaceuticals
Jessica Zeaske
Managing Partner @ Echo Health Ventures
Alejandra Parra-Orlandoni
VP of Ethical Innovation & Privacy @ Takeda
Adam Glasofer
Global Head of Healthcare @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Victoria Treyger
General Partner & Managing Director @ Felicis Ventures
Sander Ruitenberg
Digital Program Head Connected Health Foundations @ Novartis Pharma AG
Michael Leonard
Global Lead, Healthcare Industry @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amy Raimundo
Managing Director @ Kaiser Permanente Ventures
Thomas Grote
CEO @ Banner | Aetna
Azra Jegado
Patient Services & Data Lead @ Sanofi
Steffanie Bristol
Head, Biogen Digital Health External Innovation and Alliances, Imaging & AI/ML @ Biogen
Trupen Modi
Director of Digital Health Innovation Strategy @ Microsoft
Yahel Halamish
Investment Principal, Head of Investor Relations, D&I @ Nina Capital
Marissa Bertorelli
Principal @ Polaris Partners
Sally Ann Frank
WW Lead - Health & Life Sciences | Microsoft for Startups @ Microsoft
Amrita Sarkar
Principal Business Development Manager Healthcare & Life Sciences @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Juljana Hysenbelli
Healthcare Senior Program Manager Worldwide Public Sector @ Amazon Web Services
Lizzy Goldman
Investor @ Samsung Next Ventures
Sofia Guerra
Investor @ Bessemer Venture Partners
Jenny Wüstner
Communications & Partner Engagement Manager G4A Digital Health @ Bayer Pharmaceuticals
Uma Makhija Verma
Senior Director Business Development (Digital Health and Life Sciences) @ Biogen
Christina Brandmair
Senior Program Manager @ Startup Creasphere by Plug and Play
Jacqueline Barendregt
Principal & Head of Client Services @ idea pharma
George Patapis
Healthcare Industry Leader - Australia & New Zealand @ Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Nicholas Whitehead
Principal @ B Capital Group
Anne Stake
Chief Strategy and Product Officer @ Medtronic LABS
Nick West
Chief Medical Officer @ Abbott
Kasparas Aleknavičius
Head of Medical Affairs @ Kilo.Health
Daniel Moreno Martinez
Head of the Innovation Unit @ Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol
Garet Free
Vice President of Partner Success and Strategy @ Dispatch Health
Robert Lugowski
Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ COBIN Angels
Simon Turner
Partner @ Sofinnova Partners
Josh Berman
Investor @ Insight Partners
Neringa Dubauskienė
Researcher in Interactive Electronic Systems Group @ Kaunas University of Technology
Michał Chodorek
Attorney-at-law, Partner @ KRK Kieszkowska Rutkowska Kolasiński
Brian Cooper
Chief Information Services Officer @ Synchronous Health
Daniel Chui
External Innovation Director @ Haleon
Tom Denwood
Chief Digital Officer @ Population Health Partners
Jon Lee Davey
Director of Digital Health @ Quanta Dialysis Technologies
Ross Farrow
Founder & Chairman @ GOE Development Limited t/a GOE Wellness
Dario Heymann
Chief Research Officer @ Galen Growth
Imogen Mulliner
Growth Investor @ Sapphire Ventures
Sachin Shah
Global Medical Partner, Digital Health & Devices @ Haleon
Michael Bidu
Co-founder & CEO @ MYND Therapeutics
Marius Nakrys
Scientific Research Analyst @ Kilo Health
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