
Health Tech Challengers of 2023
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.
MEMBERS OF THE 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
Lorraine Egger
Chief Financial 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
Orest Hudziy
Co-Founder and COO @ inVerita
Aleksandro Grabulov
Head of Product, Fitbit Health Solutions @ Google

Christina Brandmair
Senior Manager Corporate Innovation @ 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
Associate 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 Research Specialist @ CHUV | Lausanne university hospital

Ivan John Clement
Global Associate Director, RWE & Innovative Evidence @ Novartis
Stanislav Birov
Client Partner, Tech & Venture | Mobile Apps | CEE @ Meta
Isnard Bagnis
Nephrologist @ APHP Sorbonne Université, Paris

Jerome Dziersan
Director of Business Strategy and Operations @ GSK

Manuel Grossmann
Founder and General Partner @ Amino Collective

Artur Drobniak
Director of the Central Center for Research on Innovation and Education NIL @ Polish Chamber of Physicians and Dentists (Supreme Medical Chamber)

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

Vinciane Lhuissier
Associate @ Verve Ventures
Johannes Fischer
Partner @ Wellington Partners

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
Sergey Jakimov
Managing Partner @ LongeVC
Tom Beauvironnet
Investment Manager @ Karista
Igor Jurkowski
Head of Technology @ GoE Wellness
Yang Chen
Investor @ Joyance Partners
Helen Dent
Chief Executive (Interim) @ British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA)
Yuriy Flyud
Co-Founder & Solutions Director @ Hevelian
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
Otolaryngology and Sleep specialist, Sleep scientific advisor @ Health Protection

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
Head of Research @ 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 & VC Strategy Manager @ VentureBlick

Jakub Chwiecko
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

Joanna Broy
Ecosystem Lead for Poland @ European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Health InnoStars

Moritz Grosse
Associate @ Altano Capital

Alexander Vaselek
CEO @ CIMEDO

Katherine Ossenkopp
Country Manager Germany @ Future4care

Vilma Radvilaite
EIC Investment Advisor @ European Innovation Council

Christian Pinnow
Attorney-at-law, Partner @ D+B Lawyers

Eric Machado
Head of Strategy @ Europe and Global Segments at Cigna Healthcare
Guy Dickinson
Head of Employee Experience @ Novartis

Hester Tak
Senior Investment Manager Life Sciences @ East Netherlands Development Agency / Oost NL

Dana Cullen
Senior Associate @ SCOR Ventures

Maja Wieckiewicz
Director of Operations @ Centre for Computational Personalized Medicine International Research Foundation

Magdalena Plotczyk
Investment Associate @ MTIP

Philipp Harnischfeger
Venture Associate @ Arve Capital

Yannick Bomhard
Investment Manager @ Helsana HealthInvest

Zsuzsanna Varga
Digital Health Asset and Programs Lead @ Biogen

Cedric Odje
Investment Associate @ Debiopharm

Veysel Ümit
Venture Capital Account Executive @ Salesforce (Tableau Analytics)

Alex Stroud
Principal @ Concentric

Ian Rentsch
Chief Commercial Officer & General Manager - Head Pharma Business Unit @ CENTOGENE

Paul Kurz
Investment Professional @ YZR Capital
Julien de Salaberry
CEO & Founder @ Galen growth
Helena Turck
Health Ventures @ Plug and Play Center
Frederik Schoenen
Associate @ D+B Lawyers

Olesia Miahkota
QA Engineer @ Hevelian

Pascal Joncour
General Partner @ Convergence Brain Health Fund
Eithan Wolf
Chief Executive Officer @ PassportCard Deutschland
Marek Sekara
Software Engineering Lead @ GoE Wellness






















