for health companies and research teams
Open calls, business opportunities, market entry programs, challenges, and pitching opportunities related to health and life science for Helsinki Metropolitan’s health startups, companies, organisations and research teams – we publish them all here.
Would you like to share an opportunity?
Send the information to taru.virtanen@healthcapitalhelsinki.fi
for health startups and companies
Open calls, business opportunities, market entry programs, challenges, and pitching opportunities, related to health and life science for Helsinki Metropolitan’s health startups, companies, organisations and research teams – we publish them all here.
Would you like to share an opportunity?
Send the information to taru.virtanen@healthcapitalhelsinki.fi
Interested in healthtech and entrepreneurship? Biodesign Finland is a 10-month long, full-time medtech entrepreneurship training program for talented professionals with engineering, IT, design, and business backgrounds.
The program goal is to establish a need-driven and research-based medtech startup and empower future healthcare globally.
The 13th edition of EC2VC Investors Forum and Pitch Competition will take place as part of the Radical Health Festival Helsinki 2023 on 12 June at the Helsinki Expo and Convention Centre. The event will gather the most active investors in digital health around Europe and beyond.
10 innovative startups, currently looking for investment, will be selected to participate in the Pitch Competition. They will present their solution in a 5-minute pitch and discuss it in front of a panel of the most influential digital health investors in Europe.
Great prizes: A cash prize of €5,000 by Innovestor, presentation in a conference keynote, free exhibition stand, coaching with Innovestor
Any early-stage startup based in Europe is welcome to apply!
Main prize: Minimum 100,000€ investment from angel investors.
Top 15 startups will get to pitch on the main stage of Arctic15 in Helsinki on 2 June.
Eastern Finland’s most unique business and networking event offers an energising experience for all business minded people! Pitch your way to the peak of Tahko Mountain, secure your spot amongst future business leaders and strike deals in an after-ski mindset with business professionals!
On 12 April (15:30-18:00), Kuopio Health is organising a side event targeted at healthcare investors, startups, research groups and others working in the field. The event offers an opportunity for networking and making new contacts. Investors are urging also very early phase ideas (not even RtoB yet) to come and introduce themselves. Register here!
Companies, do you need fresh, out-of-the-box thinking related to your digital services for health and wellbeing?
Digital Wellbeing Sprint is an intensive course organised by Laurea, Haaga-Helia and Metropolia University of Applied Sciences on 23-30 May 2023. The course is based on open innovation and co-creation methods. Project includes seven intensive working days when students in multidisciplinary teams create future digital services for health and wellbeing sector. Teams generate ideas and test user-friendly digital solutions for partner organisations.
Would your company be one of those partners? The deadline for final challenges from companies is 14 April. More information on the Digital Wellbeing Spint website and here: DWS23_Summary_for_companies
Contact: Project Manager Viljami Osada, viljami.osada@laurea.fi, 050 327 3049
Digital Wellbeing Sprint is organised using remote access.
CHISEL Healthcare InnoMatch 2023 is now open for submissions. Sign up for the information sessions to find out more!
Healthcare InnoMatch 2023 is looking for SMEs and startups with near market-ready, scalable, end-to-end solutions to reshape preventive care for a healthier population. Successful start-ups/SMEs will obtain funding support of up to S$400,000 to test bed their solutions in the healthcare environment, with the support of Singapore’s healthcare clusters.
To find out more about Healthcare InnoMatch 2023, join one of the information sessions:
Healthcare InnoMatch is an initiative of CHI (Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Singapore) under its CHI Start-up Enterprise Link (CHISEL).
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
There is a shocking shortage of competent employees in many fields in Finland, so employers compete for university students not only once their graduate but also during their studies. The Aalto University School of Business attracts talented foreign students who are looking to get in touch with the world of work in Finland and who, on the other hand, offer a solution to the labour shortage.
Act now and hire an international student from the Aalto University School of Business for an internship! Hiring an international student as an intern offers an easy and risk-free way for your company to try out international recruitment.
In addition, small and medium-sized enterprises, non-profit organisations and state organisations can receive a subsidy from the Aalto University School of Business for the salary costs of an international student, if necessary.
EIT Health introduces a unique competition and training programme, Catapult, that showcases life since and health tech start-ups to leading experts and investors across Europe.
Throughout the programme, start-ups will receive intensive training as they build their credibility and visibility through pan-European exposure.
The winner will get:
Check out the criteria and apply by 2 May!
Do you want to connect with a vast network of experts, access new markets and finance or learn new skills? EIT Health has a wide range of programs for students, healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs, or anything in between.
AstraZeneca and Business Tampere are offering a mentoring program for health technology and life science startup companies from all around Finland.
AstraZeneca offers ”one-off" business mentoring sessions for selected startups that are aspiring business and collaboration with the pharma industry. The selected startup companies will have a chance to meet dedicated AstraZeneca mentors representing a wide range of industry expertise. This is a great networking opportunity with experts from one of the world’s biggest pharma companies.
Save the date: Team Finland will organise a HealthTech Trade Mission to Israel on 4-7 September 2023.
Objective of the delegation is to meet the leading public and private hospitals such as Clalit Innovation, Assuta Hospital, ARC / Sheba Medical Center and Hadassah Medical Center. Objective is to find validation, pilot, testbed and business opportunities for Finnish companies.
Stay tuned for updates, or contact Sami Jääskeläinen for more information.
Team Finland helps companies by offering advice and building activities that connect Finnish companies to market opportunities. Explore the updating opportunities from different markets on Team Finland Market Opportunities website.
