Health Capital Helsinki

Unicorner – An official side event of Slush
2022-11-17 17:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Helsinki)
Organiser: Helsinki Innovation Services and University of Helsinki
When science meets & greets entrepreneurship
Topics discussed: Science-Based Innovations and Spinouts, Deeptech, Impact Investment
There are three scenarios that we believe in: science-based innovations will change the world, science-based spinouts have the proven potential to become hugely successful businesses, and the future may be changed by those who believe and back them early on.
In the event, we break out many inspiring research cases and share insights on how to make science-based innovations flourish for the benefit of the world.

Future of Healthcare
2022-11-17 17:30 - 23:00
Organiser: Vertical
Join the discussion to shape the future of healthcare in Finland. Healthcare is becoming increasingly expensive and the system overburdened. The direction we are heading today needs correction and new ways of working. We need to begin making decisions with longer time horizons and with the proper involvement of relevant industry stakeholders. At Future of Healthcare, you’re invited to participate in planning and crafting solutions of tomorrow.
After a world-class keynote by Tony Estrella and panel discussion, the evening continues with networking, good beats, light food, and a glass or two.
Read more and register by 8 November 2022

Digital Health Team Finland visit to Paris, France
2022-11-18
The Team Finland network will organize a business delegation visit to Paris, France on 18-20 January 2023.
The objective of the delegation visit to France is to familiarize Finnish digital health companies with the French healthcare system, to visit and meet with leading hospitals and digital health companies, gain insights on the current status of digitalization in healthcare and demand, and to connect with high-level stakeholders in the French digital health ecosystem.
The visit will give companies the opportunity to meet and discuss with potential customers and business partners and to explore related business opportunities and French market entry.
The visit is aimed at Finnish companies offering following solutions/products: Digital healthcare technologies and IT solutions; Hospital software and digital solutions; AI, data & analytics; Remote health and care solutions; Home care solutions; Elderly care technologies; and Preventive care solutions.
Read more & register by 18 November!

Japan visiting: Fukuoka x Helsinki – Promising and dynamic changes in health care market
2022-11-18 10:00 - 11:30
Organiser: Helsinki Partners and Fukuoka City
Recent couple of years, digital transformation has been brought attention in various businesses around the world. In Japan, for example, a diversity of working style triggers those more interested in individual well-being, corporate health management, and technology-based healthcare. Fukuoka City, known as the most energetic city in Japan, and Helsinki will cohost this event to present mutual case studies and startup pitches.
Register now for the free event! The event takes place in Helsinki Partners’ Lounge at Messukeskus, Helsinki. Access to the lounge is free because it’s located outside the Slush venue.
Program:
10:00 Opening remarks by Fukuoka City Government/Helsinki
10:05-10:15 A huge potential of healthcare in Japan
10:15-10:25 Healthcare market in Helsinki
10:25-10:40 Fukuoka-city Healthcare project presented by Industry-Academia-Government-Citizens Collaboration
10:40-10:50 Fukuoka – the most dynamic and famous startup hub in Japan
10:50-11:05 Pitches by 3 startups
11:05-11:30 Networking

Health Proof Helsinki: Productization workshop
2022-11-20
Entrepreneur in the health sector, want to co-create productization path for your idea/product/service with experts?
Welcome to participate in the first Health Proof Helsinki company workshop! Experts from Business Finland, Health Capital Helsinki, Health Incubator Helsinki and Health Proof Helsinki can exchange ideas with you on topics such as: funding, regulation, ethical guidelines/research permits, growth potential and international potential, test and research environments, discussing your idea…
In addition, you have a unique opportunity to visit the simulation hospital facilities at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.
Sign up for the free-of-charge workshop by 20 November. Selected companies will be informed on 22 November. The workshop is held at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences’ Myllypuro campus in Helsinki.

Terveyden 5G/6G sovellukset – pohjoisesta puhaltaa (in Finnish)
2022-11-24
Järjestäjä: Oulun yliopiston 6GESS ja DigiHealth, Lapin AMK
Korona-pandemia on nopeuttanut maailmanlaajuista siirtymistä 5G-verkkoteknologiaan, mikä tuo tullessaan nopeat, viiveettömät ja suuren kapasiteetin mobiiliyhteydet. Tämä mahdollistaa etämonitoroinnin ja etävastaanoton sekä uudet innovatiiviset tavat tuottaa ja välittää terveyspalveluita sekä tukea ennaltaehkäisyä. Älykkäät etäratkaisut edistävät terveyspalveluiden tasapuolista saavutettavuutta.
Maksuttomassa seminaarissa monialaiset huippuasiantuntijat valottavat terveyden 5G/6G sovelluksien nykytilaa ja tulevaisuutta mielenkiintoisella tavalla eri näkökulmista.
Tapahtumaan voi osallistua myös Teams yhteydellä.
Tutustu ohjelmaan ja ilmoittaudu 15.11.2022 mennessä!

Advancing the secondary use of health data – insights across Europe and globally
2022-11-28 10:30 - 12:30
Organiser: The National Initiatives Network, a network that gathers experts in data-driven health to discuss how countries are developing better use well-being data
The National Initiatives Network invites experts and pioneers in data-driven health to join an online event on 28 November to learn best practices and recent developments in using health and social data in various countries. Metadata, synthetic data and mydata will have a central role in the programme.
Read more & register

Nordic AMPlify 2023 program: Accelerated US market entry
2022-11-29 15:00 - 18:00
Nordic AMPlify’s 2023 Program offers Swedish, Icelandic, Finnish, Norwegian, and Danish digital health and medtech companies the opportunity to significantly shorten their time to market with exposure to 4 US health systems representing 1,300+ healthcare facilities and 5 leading early-stage VCs.
Join the free, virtual launch event on 29 November! During the webinar, US investors and healthcare leaders will present an insider’s perspective on current opportunities in US healthcare and cover essential topics on market entry and value proposition. The workshop will prepare and qualify you to apply for the program.
Read more and register

Silta, connecting early-stage founders from Finland to the SF Bay Area
2022-12-04
SILTA is a program that takes early-stage startup founders from Finland to the San Francisco Bay Area for three months to build their companies and immerse them into the vibrant and lively culture. The application period for the next SILTA S23 batch (taking place between Feb 19 and May 13, 2023) is open until 4 December 2022!
The program organized at the San Francisco Bay Area is a perfect opportunity to build your company at the epicenter of entrepreneurship while connecting with brilliant founders and other relevant people for your venture.
Participants will live at a startup house during the three-month program and focus on building their company.
Up to six early-stage founders from Finland will be chosen to participate in the program to take their startup to the next level, and raise the odds of building globally successful companies.
Read more and apply by Dec 4, 2022!

SmiLe e-Campus – a free 8-week online training course for future life science entrepreneurs
2022-12-04
Do you want to learn the basics of life science entrepreneurship? SmiLe e-Campus is a free 8-week program designed for aspiring life science entrepreneurs in any field of the life sciences. Biotech, medtech, healthtech, e-health, pharma, diagnostics… you name it.
You’ll learn through a combination of online lectures and tests, as our industry experts take you through everything from business models to funding & venture capital, from marketing to IP.
Join the next round of SmiLe e-Campus! The program is open for graduates, researchers, and early-stage entrepreneurs from all over Europe. The program takes place online and starts in January 2023.
Only 30 seats available – read more and apply by the latest 4 December!

Tekoäly töissä: Datakyvykkyydet tekoälyn tukijalkana (in Finnish)
2022-12-08 09:00 - 10:30
Järjestäjä: AI-TIE – Tekoälyinnovaatioekosysteemillä kilpailukykyä PK-yrityksille -hanke

Tekoäly töissä -sarjan viimeiseesä osassa pureudutaan keinoihin, joilla organisaatiot voivat olla parempia datan hallinnassa. Tekoälyprojektissa menestymisen edellytyksiä parantaa se, että organisaatiolla tai organisaatioilla on osaamista ja vakiintuneita käytänteitä datan hallinnan saralla.

Tilaisuuden alustajina ovat data-asiantuntija Mikael Seppälä Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulusta ja data-arkkitehtuuriasiantuntija Antti ’Jogi’ Poikola Sitrasta.

Ilmoittaudu 6.12. mennessä! Tilaisuus on maksuton.

Tekoäly töissä on yrityksille suunnattu webinaarisarja, jossa rakennetaan ymmärrystä tekoälyn mahdollisuuksista liiketoiminnan digitalisoinnissa, toiminnan digitalisoinnin sujuvasta käyttöönotosta, tekoälyyn ja dataan liittyvästä sääntelystä, teknologiamurroksen johtamiseen.

How to build trust in digital healthcare?
2022-12-08 15:00 - 16:00
Organiser: Supercharge & Siili
How to build trust in digital healthcare and create solutions that positively impact patients’ health?
Health is such a fundamental source of human happiness that we consider it the most critical area for innovation. But with mounting ethical concerns, data privacy issues, and information overload in today’s healthcare industry, trust issues have to be tackled as an indispensable step on the journey of creating any health-related innovation.
Speakers:
Bence Lukács, Experience Design Lead, Supercharge
David Kat, Business Developer and Investor, Olive Diagnostics
Matti Kiviluoto, Team Builder and Digital Experience Platform Evangelist, Siili Solutions
The webinar will dive into how different players in the healthcare sector form trust with their audience using the latest technology, behavioural design, and content creation. These enablers give individuals the tools to take action and live a healthier life.
Sign up now

Health Talks: Brain Imaging for Improved Research and Therapies
2022-12-08 15:00 - 16:20
Organiser: Aalto University and Kuopio Health
Welcome to the next event from the Health Talks series – health, life sciences and entrepreneurship talks!
In this Health Talks event, experts in brain imaging and brain therapies discuss new software, AI, and medical device technologies that may come to offer significant value for neuroscience and medical treatments worldwide.
Specifically, the presentations delve in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional MRI, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and related artificial intelligence technologies.

Digital Incubator - MedTech: 4-week program on German market entry
2022-12-11
Medtech startup, interested in entering the German market? Apply for the Digital Incubator for your market entry in Mannheim!
During the 4-week program (a 2-hour session once a week) you get:

Information about the regional ecosystem
Expertise in law, taxation, HR and sales
One-on-one contacts to key MedTech players & potential clients
Individual support by our personal market entry manager

The program starts on 18 January 2023. The fee for the program is 500 Euros excl. VAT.
Apply by 11 December!

Live Health Tuesday: IPR terveysalalla (in Finnish)
2022-12-13 13:00 - 18:30
Järjestäjä: Business Finland
Mitä terveysalan yritysten ja tutkijoiden tulisi tietää immateriaalioikeuksista? Tule kuulemaan IPR-teemasta joulukuun Health Tuesday -tapahtumaan.
Immateriaalioikeudet (intellectual property rights, IPR) ovat tärkein tapa varmistaa yrityksen kilpailukyky ja huolellinen IPR-strategia voi ratkaista kilpailun eduksesi. Tule mukaan kuulemaan kattava läpileikkaus IPR-asioiden eri näkökulmista alan kotimaisilta huippuasiantuntijoilta!
Tilaisuus on myös erinomainen verkottumismahdollisuus. Ilmoittaudu mukaan heti, sillä paikkoja on rajatusti! Huomaathan että tapahtuman kieli on suomi ja se järjestetään vain fyysisenä tapahtumana.

Nasdaq IPO Clinic: How to get listed on Nasdaq Nordic markets
2022-12-14 13:00 - 15:30
Organiser: Nasdaq Helsinki, Health Capital Helsinki, Healthtech Finland
Taking your company to the next level, whether it is growing your business in your home market or expanding overseas, can require a lot of capital. Raising capital through an IPO on an exchange is an effective way to secure continuous access to capital markets as well as increase visibility and credibility of the company.
Join us for a panel discussion to hear more about how to raise capital through an IPO on Nasdaq First North or Main Market.
We promise: No boring slide shows or monologs, but facts, feelings and experiences from recently listed, interesting growth companies on their way to global success and financial markets’ experts of different fields.
Speakers:
Sakari Knuutti, CFO, Optomed
Kaisa Helminen, COO, Aiforia Technologies
Jaakko Eteläaho, Managing Director, Danske Bank
Pekka Simula, Partner, Innovestor Venture
The event is free of charge. Register now!

Call for companies with smart clothing, fabrics or electronic skin solutions
2023-01-12
City of Helsinki’s health and social services and Forum Virium Helsinki are calling for companies with smart clothing, fabrics or electronic skin solutions for a co-creation collaboration of 3-6 months.
Read more (in Finnish) and send a description of your solution by 12 January!
All companies that have submitted their description will get a meeting with City of Helsinki’s health and social services, and the chosen technology will get €10,000 and a pilot with the City.

Call for companies with social and assistive robots
2023-01-12
City of Helsinki’s health and social services and Forum Virium Helsinki are calling for companies with social and assistive robots for a co-creation collaboration of 3-6 months.
Read more (in Finnish) and send a description of your solution by 12 January!
All companies that have submitted their description will get a meeting with City of Helsinki’s health and social services, and the chosen technology will get €10,000 and a pilot with the City.

CleverHealth Network Annual Event
2023-01-18 13:00 - 17:00
Interactive physical event for all CleverHealth Network ecosystem members and external partners.
Come and hear fresh results of the ending projects, Home dialysis, Acute leukemia and Gestational diabetes, plans of new starting projects, insights by HUS, Fujitsu, Aiforia and Roche in panel discussion regarding “How to make business with health care data”, and of course, bring your own ideas to the discussion.
See the agenda and register here!

European Healthtech Investment Forum 2023
2023-01-22
Business Finland and Tech Tour continue the successful European Healthtech Investment Forum event series in 2023. The event will take place in Helsinki, and it will cover an ambitious investment opportunities programme in two days from 14-15 March 2023.
The event will gather together the most promising healthtech entrepreneurs of Europe and Finland as well as the leading investors from Europe seeking new companies to boost and upgrade their portfolio.

Nordic Health Lab: Accessing the Danish healthcare sector
2023-01-23 10:00 - 12:00
Organiser: Business Finland and Nordic Health Lab
Join the free webinar on 23 January to hear more about the Nordic Health Lab and how they can help Finnish healthtech companies access the Danish healthcare sector.
Business Finland is partnering with Copenhagen-based Nordic Health Lab to strengthen sustainable healthcare innovation across the Nordics. The aim is to facilitate Finnish healthtech companies’ access and understanding of the Danish public healthcare sector.

Team Finland visit to the UK
2023-01-25
Digital health has been a focus in the UK for several years and Covid-19 has boosted it even further. The UK is currently building shared health and care records across primary, secondary, and social care. UK also has the “largest in decades” hospital investment program, aiming to build altogether 48 new hospitals by 2030, many of which will be retrofitting. Both of these investments open up various opportunities for Finnish companies.
Team Finland business delegation will visit the UK on 1-2 March 2023. The visit will offer an opportunity to gain and increase market knowledge, to learn about partners and decision makers, and how to access the UK market. By participating the delegation, you can build and grow your own valuable network in the UK.
Read more and register by 25 January

Health Talks: MDR Fast Track Service - How to enable medical device market entry
2023-01-26 10:00 - 11:00
Organiser: OuluHealth and Innokas Medical
Welcome to the next event from the Health Talks series – health, life sciences and entrepreneurship talks!
In this Health Talks event, you will hear about an MDR Fast Track service launched by Innokas Medical. The service enables medtech companies to outsource the regulatory burden, focus on their core, and reach profitable and growing business faster than via the traditional route. You will learn how to navigate the industry’s complex regulatory environment in new ways and gain a deeper understanding of the service.

SmiLe Bootcamp – Get your business idea investment-ready in 10 weeks
2023-02-06
Breaking into the life sciences market is difficult – but doable. In just 10 weeks, SmiLe Bootcamp helps you get all the skills and insights you need to turn your brilliant idea into a scalable business.
SmiLe Bootcamp is an intensive virtual development program designed to accelerate early-stage HealthTech, MedTech and eHealth startups the point where they are investment-ready. They offer 8 selected participants online workshops, 1:1 coaching and access industry experts, all free of charge!
Read more and apply by 6 February! The 10-week intensive program starts in March 2023.

Health Tuesday: Digitally supported wellbeing
2023-02-07 08:00 - 09:00
Organiser: Business Finland
Three interesting cases and opportunity to learn more about digitally supported wellbeing – a growing sector, covering areas such as mental wellbeing, corporate wellness, fitness and many more.
Check out the agenda & sign up!

New Nordics Health Innovation Demo Day
2023-02-14 14:00 - 17:00
Organiser: Health Founders, Health Incubator Helsinki and DigitalWell Ventures
Welcome to first New Nordics Health Innovation Demo Day, showcasing the rising stars of the New Nordics health innovation ecosystem! In this online event, 15 promising health tech startups from Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Norway will showcase their solutions.
See the agenda and sign up for the free online event

Meilahti Innovation Cheese ‘n’ Wine
2023-02-16 14:00 - 16:00
Organiser: University of Helsinki and Terkko Health Hub
Are you a researcher, student, entrepreneur, investor, or corporate employee interested in health and pharma innovation? Do you want to hear more about how researchers bring their discoveries to society and the help they receive along the way?
Cheese ’n’ Wine (CnW) is an open series of events where short speeches will be heard from innovative researchers, students, companies, and possibly innovation funding bodies. The event has been organized in Viikki three times in 2022, and from January 2023, CnW events will be held approximately once a month, alternating on all campuses. The first event taking place in Meilahti campus will be held in English at Terkko Health Hub on 16 February from 2 to 4 pm.
See the program and sign up by 13 February!

90 Day Finn - Want to grow your business and explore life in Helsinki?
2023-02-24
Are you looking to take your business to the next level? The 90 Day Finn programme by Helsinki Partners is now accepting applications! Don’t miss out on this exciting chance to fast-track your career in Helsinki, the capital of the happiest country in the world.
The 90 Day Finn Programme brings together forward-thinking professionals from around the globe to Helsinki for 90 days. This unique opportunity is designed to help participants grow their businesses while experiencing life and work in Finland. The programme runs from August to October 2023.
Read more and apply by 24 February!

The Digital Health Industry Exhibition DMEA
2023-02-28
The Digital Health Industry Exhibition DMEA in Berlin is the largest gathering of digital healthcare and trade professionals in the DACH region. It is visited by administrative directors, doctors and nurses from German, Austrian and Swiss hospitals, clinics and medical institutions. In 2022, DMEA had more than 500 exhibitors and was visited by over 11,000 healthcare professionals. In 2023, DMEA takes place on 25–27 April.
Business Finland is organising a Finland pavilion at DMEA.

Webinar: Partner with Bayer
2023-02-28 18:00 - 19:00
Meet Bayer’s EMEA Partnering Team: Collaborate To Cure Hub EMEA
Passionate about bringing innovation to patients? Are you working on the next breakthrough project in healthcare? Are you researching and innovating in Cell & Gene Therapy, Oncology, Immunology, Ophthalmology, Cardiovascular Diseases, Women’s Health, Radiology, or Digital Health?
Bayer wants to hear from you! Connect with Bayer’s EMEA Partnering Team at one of their meet & greet partnering webinars hosted by the Bayer Collaborate to Cure Hub EMEA.
Choose one of the dates: 28 February / 24 March / 20 April
Register
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