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Check out the latest news from Health Capital Helsinki as well as news and case stories from the Helsinki Metropolitan health ecosystem. Moreover, you’ll find information on our future and past events and our event recordings.

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© Unto Rautio / Aalto University

News

Check out the latest news from Health Capital Helsinki as well as news and case stories from the Helsinki Metropolitan health ecosystem. Moreover, you’ll find information on our future and past events and our event recordings.

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All 110 /Blog 4 /Case stories 39 /Health Capital Helsinki news 36 /Health Incubator Helsinki 31 /Health TV and other HCH events 14 /Helsinki Metropolitan health news 31 /Meet our partners 4

Health Capital Helsinki opening event — Survey: Finnish health startups show great growth potential but funding is urgently needed
Nov 28, 2021/by Saana Lehtinen

Slush 2019 stage, lights, hundreds of people — Health events around Slush 2021
Nov 11, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Two people with sunglasses leaning against a building wall — Trialwell connects people and researchers for a clinical trial win-win
Nov 10, 2021/by Saana Lehtinen

Happy baby — Knewborn fights infertility with computer algorithms
Nov 2, 2021/by Saana Lehtinen

planning — DataSolu speeds up preclinical drug development and boosts preventive care
Oct 26, 2021/by Saana Lehtinen

Metropolia simulation hospital room — 90 Day Finns visited the unique simulation hospital at Metropolia, Helsinki
Oct 19, 2021/by Saana Lehtinen

Three Jasmine Pro team members sitting on a sofa — Jasmine Pro boosts drug delivery
Oct 19, 2021/by Saana Lehtinen

Three people discussing in Slush exhibition — Startup do’s and don’ts when approaching big pharma
Oct 6, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Four of AnalysisMode team members — AnalysisMode speeds up scientific discovery
Oct 5, 2021/by Saana Lehtinen

A woman working at the office — Helsinki region one of the best startup ecosystems in the world
Sep 28, 2021/by Saana Lehtinen

Newborn's feet and mother's fingers — Phonolyser tracks down Congenital Heart Disease in newborns
Sep 28, 2021/by Saana Lehtinen

Three men cycling on a road — Cardiomtec is making whistleblower software for the heart
Sep 21, 2021/by Saana Lehtinen

Three researchers with visors and gloves — Role reversal: Big Pharma to pitch to startups in new event
Sep 10, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Blue background with white star-like dots — HCH Health TV recording: First ever Nordic Big Pharma Reverse Pitching Event, 15 September 2021
Sep 1, 2021/by taruvirtanen

People sitting at the Kasarmitori terrace in Helsinki — New guide helps with navigating the Helsinki Metropolitan health innovation ecosystem
Aug 31, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Drone delivering a pharmacy product in Helsinki — Delivery of pharmacy products by drones is tested in Helsinki
Aug 24, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Flux Polymers targets antibacterial plastic surfaces

Aug 24, 2021/by Saana Lehtinen

Two researchers walking in Biomedicum — Significant funding for Rokote Laboratories Finland to develop a nasal spray vaccine for COVID-19
Aug 20, 2021/by Saana Lehtinen

Man holding a post it that says A.I. — The new RDI project develops collaboration to support the Finnish AI Innovation System
Aug 18, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Doctor, laptop and Henkaus' vital signs tracking device — Henkaus makes truly remote vital signs tracking possible
Aug 17, 2021/by Saana Lehtinen

Doctor holding a mobile phone — Cancer-fighting Evexia arms doctors with better data to improve treatment
Aug 12, 2021/by Saana Lehtinen

A patient lying in a CT scanner, healthcare professional looking after — Powered by Varian, Siemens Healthineers elevates the level of cancer treatment in Finland – and beyond
Aug 10, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Two people with a laptop and a phone. — Finnish companies collaborating to find an innovative way to access and combine clinical data
Jun 30, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Minneapolis skyline — Meet our partners: MedTech Bridge
Jun 29, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Mother holding a baby, yellow flower field in the background — Nordic Fit Mama helps moms reclaim their bodies after childbirth
Jun 22, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Finnadvance team in lab coats and face masks — Finnadvance develops microfluidic organ-on-chips for pharmaceutical drug R&D
Jun 17, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Glucose monitoring device on wrist — GlucoModicum takes on diabetes with its own, needle-free MHD technology
Jun 14, 2021/by taruvirtanen

MikaelAhlfors_KEKSI_Helsinki — Blog: Helsinki health tech startups reached a funding record in 2020
Jun 10, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Simulation hospital environment — Meet our partners: Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Jun 8, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Allas Sea Pool Helsinki — Finnish companies with innovative health tech solutions to COVID-19
Jun 7, 2021/by admin

Man standing on a cliff, sea, clouds — Workshop 17 June 2021: Preparing for international business – The Power of Insight
Jun 3, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Two researchers walking in Biomedicum — A new rapid test for coronavirus developed by researchers of the University of Helsinki
Jun 2, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Slush 2019 stage, lights, hundreds of people — Meet our partners: Health Incubator Helsinki
Jun 1, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Simulation hospital environment — Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and Siemens Healthineers deepen their co-operation
May 28, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Helsinki archipelago — Meet our partners: Helsinki Business Hub
May 26, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Biker crossing tram rails in Helsinki — Finnish health tech startups: KAMU Health helps people with asthma
May 5, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Health_TV_bg — HCH Health TV recording: Cutting-edge cancer research builds on the best data in the world
Apr 28, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Wrist_3D imaging — Finnish health tech startups: Disior is transforming 3D medical imaging
Apr 27, 2021/by taruvirtanen

People at Aalto University — Health Capital Helsinki and Upgraded start collaboration
Apr 26, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Event at Terkko Health Hub — 13 promising startups joining Health Incubator Helsinki
Apr 22, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Keilaniemi Espoo — Diagnostics company Mobidiag to be aqcuired for approx. €668M
Apr 15, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Two people and a laptop. — SPARK Finland selected as one of the top 25 incubators in Europe
Apr 8, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Elderly couple — Neurocenter Finland is working to strengthen Finnish neuroscience research and innovation
Mar 30, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Health Incubator Helsinki — Health Incubator Helsinki boosts success in the health tech sector
Mar 29, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Three researchers working at Biomedicum Helsinki — Finnish researchers introducing a nasal vaccine for COVID-19
Mar 26, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Newsweek World’s Best Hospitals 2021 — HUS Helsinki University Hospital ranked No. 21 best hospital in the world
Mar 22, 2021/by taruvirtanen

health tech — Finnish health tech sector shows strong growth
Mar 18, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Health_TV_bg — HCH Health TV recording: How can data management save patients’ lives?
Mar 17, 2021/by admin

Health Capital Helsinki opening event — New website on Greater Helsinki as a great place for health business
Mar 9, 2021/by taruvirtanen

johanna_vilhunen_talvi_2013_8_2878 — City of Helsinki co-creates with health & wellbeing startups
Feb 15, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Helsinki_1910200007 — First ever Finnish-Estonian showcase of potential future health tech unicorns
Feb 3, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Helsinki-developers — Health Incubator Helsinki open for applications – apply by 15 March
Jan 27, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Health Capital Helsinki opening event — Health Capital Helsinki’s overview of 2020
Jan 18, 2021/by taruvirtanen

jorge-franganillo-6KO9KV8QP-c-unsplash — Finnish startup BrainCare created a CE-marked diary app for all neurological diseases
Jan 12, 2021/by taruvirtanen

Healthcare VR — First ever event to build bridges between investors and Finnish health research
Dec 17, 2020/by taruvirtanen

Kuvituskuva-Unsplash_web-1 — Sartar Therapeutics wants to revolutionize sarcoma therapy
Dec 10, 2020/by taruvirtanen

Health_TV_bg — HCH Health TV recording: How to benefit from the best Health Data in the world
Dec 8, 2020/by admin

VULCAM-Golf-iPad — VULCAM fights off sports injuries with advanced 2D video technology
Dec 8, 2020/by taruvirtanen

Veil_Ai_2020_Group_Compilation — VEIL.AI takes data anonymization and synthetization to the next level
Dec 2, 2020/by taruvirtanen

national-cancer-institute-unsplash_web — SCellex targets single cell resolution to boost cancer research
Nov 24, 2020/by taruvirtanen

healthzilla-mobile-phone_web — Healthzilla launches a personalized digital lifestyle intervention
Nov 19, 2020/by taruvirtanen

Flying_crop — Uute Scientific introduces natural microbes to cosmetic products to boost immune systems
Nov 12, 2020/by taruvirtanen

kuva_TestaCenter1 — Sciar brings better documentation to the laboratories through tech tools
Nov 9, 2020/by taruvirtanen

GranpaBridge_cropped-1500×630 — Digital Health Global: Does your country have a health capital? Apparently, Finland has one
Oct 30, 2020/by taruvirtanen

Terkko2_cropped — Terkko Health Hub 3 years – Developing healthcare through co-operation
Oct 29, 2020/by taruvirtanen

Acoustic booth turned into an e-health station — MedicubeX brings healthcare to you – via automation
Oct 27, 2020/by taruvirtanen

MikaelAhlfors_KEKSI_Slush_Helsinki-0125 — The Future of Health webinar recording: Finding the Right Innovations and Partners
Oct 22, 2020/by taruvirtanen

Cover-image-suggestion-unsplash — Medified created a new solution for mental health treatment
Oct 19, 2020/by taruvirtanen

v2osk-In4XVKhYaiI-unsplash — Maculaser combats blindness
Oct 15, 2020/by taruvirtanen

jesse-orrico-Us3AQvyOP-o-unsplash-scaled-e1601617312205 — EpiHeart fights off heart failure with new therapy
Oct 5, 2020/by taruvirtanen

GE Healthcare Finland factory worker — GE Healthcare Finland steps up production of “life-savers” for the pandemic
Sep 4, 2020/by taruvirtanen

PEILI app — Metropolia launches AI-driven app to help young men win the game of life
Sep 1, 2020/by taruvirtanen

Helsinki skyline gradient — Good Morning from Finland at HIMSS, 7-11 September 2020
Aug 24, 2020/by admin

Helsinki skyline gradient — HIMSS Digital Europe, 7-11 September 2020
Aug 20, 2020/by admin

therapist-helping-man-learn-to-walk-again — Simultaneous electrical and magnetic stimulation helped a spinal cord injury patient walk again
Aug 18, 2020/by taruvirtanen

MikaelAhlfors_KEKSI_Helsinki — Blog: Covid-19 supercharged digital healthcare, says Juha Paakkola
Aug 17, 2020/by taruvirtanen

Event at Allas Sea Pool — Takeda’s Nordic Innovation Hub seeks health startups with patient-first mindset
Aug 11, 2020/by taruvirtanen

Helsinki skyline gradient — Registration for the HIMSS European Digital Event is open
Jul 9, 2020/by taruvirtanen

tapio-haaja-8eO6zSoCKS8-unsplash_blurleft — From Angry Birds nation to a digital health hub – highlights of HCH Health TV show
Jun 30, 2020/by taruvirtanen

tapio-haaja-8eO6zSoCKS8-unsplash-1_cranes — First episode of HCH Talks podcast: Digital care pathways
Jun 24, 2020/by admin

Health_TV_bg — HCH Health TV recording: Discover how the nation of Angry Birds combats Covid-19 with Digital Care Pathways
Jun 24, 2020/by admin

Helsinki_playground — MobiHealthNews: Finnish health tech innovators feel the COVID-19 effect
Jun 22, 2020/by taruvirtanen

Helsinki_Grandpas_bridge — Survey: Covid-19 has had a positive impact on Finnish companies with health tech solutions
Jun 17, 2020/by taruvirtanen

ProApp_Etsimo — Finnish health tech startups: Etsimo Healthcare built an AI-based diagnosis engine
Jun 11, 2020/by astakivi

The first 11 startups selected for Health Incubator Helsinki

Jun 8, 2020/by taruvirtanen

Lumoral mouthpiece — Finnish health tech startups: Koite Health created a hi-tech mouthwash
May 28, 2020/by taruvirtanen

himms20_thumb — First ever HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Digital Event, 7-11 September 2020
May 26, 2020/by taruvirtanen

D16C9A47-9774-405A-ABBA-6D43700C5B79 — Developing digital health solutions – three points to start
May 20, 2020/by admin

HIMSS Nordics webinar speakers — Covid-19: Lessons from the Nordics
May 18, 2020/by admin

TrueMed app cell phone — Finnish health tech startups: TrueMed uses AI to fight counterfeits
May 13, 2020/by admin

Ambulance — Finnish research: The world’s first AI-based algorithm capturing changes in TBI prognosis
May 13, 2020/by admin

cancer_immunotherapy — €10M investment boosts Finnish capabilities in cancer immunotherapy
May 12, 2020/by admin

Patient-looking-Buddy-Healthcare-app — Finnish health tech startups: Buddy Healthcare aims at 5-star patient experience
May 7, 2020/by admin

Ninchat employees in group photo — Finnish health tech startups: COVID-19 created a boom for Ninchat
May 7, 2020/by admin

Juha Paakkola — Blog: What a year so far, says Juha Paakkola
May 5, 2020/by admin

Keksi Agency via City of Helsinki_communications — How to track coronavirus symptoms? Buddy Healthcare has an answer
Apr 2, 2020/by admin

Health Incubator Helsinki – a unique business development environment to nurture growth of promising health sector start-ups

Mar 18, 2020/by admin

Computer screen — HUS Helsinki University Hospital breaks new ground in the search for international innovation
Mar 17, 2020/by admin

Aching knee — Finnish health tech startups: Askel Healthcare fights cartilage damage via impressive implant
Feb 24, 2020/by admin

photosensitive-mouthwash — New high-tech mouthwash uses light to kill harmful bacteria on teeth
Feb 14, 2020/by admin

smart_jumpsuit — A smart jumpsuit provides information on infants’ movement and development
Feb 14, 2020/by admin

Shutter — MobiHealthNews: “Finland one of the go-to areas in Europe when looking at digital health”
Feb 12, 2020/by admin

virtual-nature-wall — Helsinki pilots a multisensory room in elderly care
Feb 10, 2020/by admin

Juha Paakkola — Blog: Health Capital Helsinki is here for you, says Juha Paakkola
Feb 4, 2020/by admin

Finnovations_2020_event — #Finnovations2020: Finland’s ideal health ecosystem for data-driven innovation
Feb 3, 2020/by admin

HIMSS webinar title — HIMSS Webinar: Smart Communities & Cities – cases from Finland
Jan 31, 2020/by admin

Anne Heatherington — Finnish health tech innovation system showcased its strengths to Takeda’s Global R&D
Jan 27, 2020/by admin

Aalto University — In ten years, Aalto University has created a world-class centre of expertise
Jan 23, 2020/by admin

Health Capital Helsinki team photo — Health Capital Helsinki team appointed
Sep 15, 2019/by admin

Juha Paakkola — Juha Paakkola nominated as Director, Health Capital Helsinki
Apr 24, 2019/by admin