Health Founders Estonia

🎄 Health Founders, don’t forget to wrap up your chores before heading off to celebrations!🎄 If you’re an early-stage health tech founder, give yourself the best gift for 2025 and apply to the Health Founders Accelerator! 🚀 💡 Program Overview: Pre-accelerator training: January – February 2025 💫 The top teams will advance to the accelerator (February – June 2025), featuring intensive training, expert mentorship, and a final pitch and demo day with leading investors in the region! 👉 Apply here: https://healthfounders.ee/ ✅ Applications close this Friday, 27th December. #HealthTech #StartupAccelerator #FoundersToFounders

🌍 Exciting Cross-Border Collaboration in HealthTech! 🤝   This week, Health Founders, Estonia’s leading healthtech accelerator, had the honor of hosting a delegation from Gangwon State, South Korea to explore exciting opportunities for collaboration in health technology innovation. The discussions focused on shared aspirations to advance digital health and data-driven smart solutions, with Gangwon State showcasing their groundbreaking Regulation-Free Special Zones—an innovative framework designed to accelerate progress in digital health and personalized medicine. Their visionary approach to fostering regulatory innovation is truly inspiring! Looking ahead, the collaboration continues as Mrs. Silja Elunurm, Consortium Manager of Health Founders and an esteemed expert in EU healthtech regulation, takes the stage at the "Regulation-Free Special Zones Innovation Week 2024" conference in Seoul next week. It was pleasure to host you and looking forward to see our collaboration bringing fruits in making regulatory processes more effective to support healthtech innovations! 🌐💡Gangwon State, Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Republic of Korea Katrina Laks Kristiina Sepp, Merit Fimberg-Espuch, Roomer Tarajev #HealthTech #Innovation #DigitalHealth #GlobalCollaboration #Estonia #SouthKorea

Hear hear! Christmas month keeps delivering! If I wouldn’t have a 5-year fixed contract that enables to impact and build into the New Nordics DeepTech ecosystem, I would apply for the CEO role of UniTartu Venture. This initiative already is, and will become, a crucial cornerstone in accelerating spinn-off process from universityies of science empowered companies in Estonia, and hopefully beyond! Join and help to build a futureproof tomorrow! #deeptech #enterpreneurship #venturecapital #founders Estonian Founders Society, Estonian Business Angels Network (EstBAN), Startup Estonia, Accelerate Estonia, CDL-Estonia, EIS, Health Founders Estonia, Estonian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EstVCA)

You are thinking about your next big adventure in the #healthtech sector? Well - this might be your call!

We not just teach the scientific method at University of Tartu, we also belive that science empowered products and services are hallmarks of future-proofing any market and ecosystem! University will invest 300k€ each year into research teams with scalable and impactful product ideas too early for VC, bussiness angles or even fff (friends-fools-family) to accelerate spin-off process of DeepTech compagnies One of many initiatives University of Tartu has committed to achieve Estonians vision of “500 deepthech by 2030” and becoming the “DeepTech unicorn nation” #deeptech #science #investing #HFE

Avame uue, järjekorras kaheksanda, RUPi taotlusvooru. Eelhindamise tähtaeg 21 veebruar 2025. New applied research funding call is announced. Deadline 21st of February 2025. https://lnkd.in/gyp7Vns2

Want to apply to Health Founders Accelerator, but have some unanswered questions? Join our Ask Me Anything Webinar and learn how we help early -stage digital health startups become investment ready! 📅 When: December 5, 2024, 15:30 (GMT+2) Online 🔗 Get free tickets here: https://lnkd.in/d-Y48mMi Meet Health Founders Team - Erki Mölder, Siim Saare, Katrina Laks and Keita Augstkalne as they answer all your questions about the program, application process, and what it takes to succeed in the accelerator. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights and take the first step toward transforming your healthcare startup! ❗ Applications to accelerator are closing on December 27th!

🌍 Exploring the Heart of Innovation: Lessons from Sweden's Startup Ecosystem 🚀 Two weeks ago, I visited Sweden with Startup Estonia on a study trip to learn from one of the world's most innovative startup ecosystems. 🇸🇪 is known for producing global success stories like Spotify, Klarna, and even Skype, our shared success story. Here are some key takeaways from this business mission: 1️⃣ Collaboration is Key: Sweden's startup success starts from strong partnerships among startups, universities, corporations, and government agencies. This Quadruple Helix (I know) innovation system creates an environment where innovation and sustainable growth thrive. Programs like AstraZeneca BioVentureHub, mobilityXlab, and Combient exemplify how these synergies work in practice. 2️⃣ Sustainability is a Core Value: Swedish startups focus not only on profit but also on solving global challenges. Green technology and impact-driven solutions are central to their approach, reflecting a strong commitment to sustainability. 🌱 3️⃣ A Culture of Openness and modesty: Knowledge sharing is a hallmark of Sweden's ecosystem. Founders and stakeholders openly share resources and expertise, creating a collaborative community that supports mutual growth, and what is interesting is that they don't brag like some nationalities 😎 4️⃣ Investing in Talent: Sweden's emphasis on education and upskilling ensures a steady flow of top-tier talent for the startup ecosystem. Initiatives like coding boot camps and mentorship programs highlight their commitment to nurturing human capital alongside businesses. 💡 What does this mean for Tartu and Estonia? These lessons are invaluable for shaping the future of our startup ecosystem. Embracing collaboration, prioritizing sustainability, fostering openness, and investing in talent are strategies we can apply to strengthen Tartu and Estonia's entrepreneurial landscape. The delegation included representatives from Sparkup Tartu Science Park, Tehnopol, the University of Tartu, UniTartu Ventures, Creative Destruction Lab, TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology, Civitta Estonia, TGS Baltics, the sTARTUp Day festival, Beamline Accelerator, New Nordics AI, Startup Estonia, and Enterprise Estonia. Innovation is a contact sport.

🌅Join us for the Morning Health Talks -Where are we now? – Navigating Growth in Health Innovation! 🚀 This event offers an overview of the current state and growth trends of companies in the EIT RIS countries supported by EIT Health. It also provides a platform for our health community to discuss future directions for #healthinnovation. 📅 Date: 19 November 2024 🕒 Time: 10:00-12:30 EET 🌍 Place: Tallinna Ettevõtlusinkubaator, Veerenni 24, 10135 Tallinn / online 🔗 Register Here: https://lnkd.in/dFUhpPJz AGENDA 09:30 – 10:00 Morning Coffee & Networking 10:00 – 10:10 Welcome and Opening Remarks 10:10 – 10:30 Keynote Presentation – Jan-Philipp Beck, Partner at Vintura An inspiring talk from an industry leader, discussing the current state of healthcare innovation, and trends. 10:30 – 11:10 Company Spotlight: Lessons from the Field – Migrevention, Nanordica Medical , DocuMental. Speakers from companies share their experiences and challenges in scaling their companies. 11:10 – 11:15 Short Break 11:15 – 12:00 Panel Discussion: Transforming Healthcare: The Impact of Health Technologies Over the Next Decade The panel, moderated by Sven Parkel from Tartu Biotechnology Park, will feature Katrina Laks from Migrevention, Anna-Liisa Kubo, PhD from Nanordica Medical, Prof Eduard Maron from DocuMental, Jaanika Merilo from the Sotsiaalministeerium / The Ministry of Social Affairs of Estonia and Karl Henrik Peterson from Tervisekassa (Estonian Health Insurance Fund). 12:00 – 12:15 Q&A Session 12:20 – 12:30 Closing Remarks & Networking

Time to polish your pitches and warm up your hand-shaking hands - New Nordics HealthTech Matchmaking is only a week away!! 🕕🔥 To gear up for THE matchmaking event of the year, take a sneak peek at the startups who will have a booth at the event: https://lnkd.in/db3tBh3U - It's no small feat to organise an event like New Nordics HealthTech Matchmaking. 🙌 That's why we're honoured to have Health Incubator Helsinki as our co-organiser, and our collaborators - key players from the Finnish and European life sciences ecosystem - supporting us: 🔷 Health Incubator Helsinki is a unique three-year comprehensive incubator program for research based startups operating in the health sector in Finland and abroad. The program was initiated in 2019 by the City of Helsinki and the University of Helsinki to drive the transformation of health innovation, research findings and expertise into international business, and to attract new talent and companies to Helsinki. 🔷 HealthHub Finland EDIH is a group of experts with a focus on the health and wellness industry from Finnish regional development companies, universities and the national FINBB biobank co-operative. A part of the EDIH Network, a pan-European partnership of over 150 European Digital Innovation Hubs. 🔷 The Tampere Health (Business Tampere) Technology and Life Sciences Ecosystem is a dynamic regional business ecosystem providing partnerships and business opportunities in the Tampere Region. Their mission is to enhance the health of individuals and communities worldwide. 🔷 Kuopio Health is an ever-growing, international community of entrepreneurs, seasoned business professionals, educational, medical and governmental experts who are dedicated to working together towards discovering and accelerating relevant ideas based on pressing human needs and ultimately transforming them into viable commercial applications. 🔷 Health Founders Estonia is a non-profit industry alliance founded by the Estonian Health Economy Association, University of Tartu, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu Science Park, and CIVITTA. They are on a mission to create Europe's most dynamic early-stage life science and health technology ecosystem and 10x the number of successful Estonian companies with global impact. 🔷 Health Tech Hub Copenhagen is a purpose driven innovation hub. They believe every person should have access to good health. They work with startups, businesses and governments to make adoption of Health Tech possible — at scale. 🙏 A huge thank you to our collaborators for helping make the event happen! - New Nordics HealthTech Matchmaking 20 November at 18-22. Terkko Health Hub, Haartmaninkatu 4, Helsinki.