Nordic Fit Mama, which provides digital health and wellbeing services for mothers, is one of the Finnish market leaders in the field. Now the company is heading to the world market. In Italy, digital maternity services are still scarce, but there is...
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Lapsi Health harnesses sound to boost health
Startup Lapsi Health wants to transform the way auscultatory sound is used in medicine and pharma-biotech development. The idea behind the company is to provide better holistic digital medicine by using sound to create new digital biomarkers –...
Lapsi Health raised $0.6M to develop digital biomarkers
Dutch medtech firm Lapsi Health recently announced that it has raised $0.6M in a pre-seed funding round to advance its work to develop new digital biomarkers based on auscultatory sound. The funding round was led by several tech investors spanning...
Finnish health tech startup MedicubeX raised a seed round of €0.3M
Finnish health tech startup, Health Incubator Helsinki company MedicubeX has raised a seed round of 310.000€ to take their eHealth Station and business further. MedicubeX is developing a self-measurement station that measures vital signs...
Health Incubator Helsinki welcomes 9 promising health startups
Nine health and life sciences startups with great growth potential have joined the ranks of Health Incubator Helsinki, Finland’s unique health incubator program. Health Incubator Helsinki is a long-term incubator program driving transformation of...
Finnish Organ-On-Chip startup Finnadvance raises a €1.2 million seed funding round
Finnish Organ-On-Chip startup Finnadvance has secured a €1.2 million seed financing round led by Finnish investor Athensmed. Several existing investors, such as deep tech VC Voima Ventures and early-stage VC Icebreaker, are participating in the...
MedicubeX is fundraising to produce automated self-measurement stations
The Finnish healthtech company MedicubeX has developed a self-measurement station automatically and hygienically measuring vital signs for preventive healthcare. Based on AI and sensor guided technology the station collects and analyzes data on the...
Mindler acquires Health Incubator Helsinki company Medified to improve digital treatment solutions in mental health care
Swedish Mindler, one of Europe's leading mental health treatment platforms, has announced the acquisition of Finnish health tech startup Medified Solutions Oy. Medified was founded by medical students in 2019 and has developed and clinically...
Study: Online coaching is a good addition to maternity clinic’s offering
A study conducted by Health Incubator Helsinki company Nordic Fit Mama, Oulu University of Applied Sciences and the Ouluhealth Lab finds online coaching an excellent tool in post-partum rehabilitation. Digital coaching was praised by both...
Helsinki’s long-term health incubator seeks promising startups
Health Incubator Helsinki is a long-term, customised business incubator program for research-based growth companies operating in the health sector. This is the third time that the program is seeking new, promising startups. Health Incubator Helsinki...
Finnish and Estonian health tech startups showcased their high-level innovation
Finnish-Estonian Health Economy Demo Day brought together investors, startups and health ecosystem players from the cross-border region to hear the pitches of eight promising health tech startups. The investor jury awarded Phonolyser (FIN) and...
The Finnish science based Uute Scientific Oy has completed a financing round of 1.2 million euros
Health Incubator Helsinki startup from batch of 2020, Uute Scientific Oy, has completed a financing round of 1.2 million euros. The main investor in the additional financing round was Butterfly Ventures, which had previously invested in the company....
Season’s Greetings and Happy New Year 2022
Health Incubator Helsinki team wants to thank the driven startups within our incubator program and all collaboration partners for a great, active year! Wishing you a happy and relaxing holiday season and all the best for the year ahead!🌟🎄
New angel investor for femtech company Nordic Fit Mama
A recent survey by Health Capital Helsinki shows that access to funding is by far the biggest challenge for healthcare startups. Most of the responding companies need funding immediately or within a year. Health Incubator Helsinki startup Nordic Fit...
Health Economy Demo Day showcases promising startups from the Finnish-Estonian health innovation ecosystem
Following a successful first Demo Day in January 2021, Health Founders from Tallinn and Health Incubator Helsinki are joining forces again to give 8 bright startups a floor to present their groundbreaking solutions in order to ease and prevent the...
Uute Scientific is attracting global cosmetic brands
A growing number of companies have noticed the potential of microbial extract developed by a Health Incubator Helsinki startup Uute Scientific. The world’s largest cosmetic brands also want to get their hands on the innovative extract. Health...
Finnish health startups show great growth potential – funding is urgently needed
Finland offers great potential for investors looking for new health innovations. According to a survey commissioned by Health Capital Helsinki, Finnish health startups are facing urgent need for funding. There are approximately 400 health startups in...
Phonolyser is the winner of the MEDICA 2021 Startup Competition
More than 250 startups from all over the world took part in the 10th MEDICA Startup Competition with their solutions in AI in healthcare, health apps and robotics. The main prize in the Medical Startups category went to Health Incubator Helsinki...
Trialwell connects people and researchers for a clinical trial win-win
To improve their quality of life, lots of people would benefit from access to clinical trials. At the same time, researchers setting up clinical trials are usually hard-pressed to find enough participants. Could the solution lie in building a bridge...
Health Founders and Health Incubator Helsinki are inviting you to the second FinEst Health Economy Demo Day!
Welcome to Finnish-Estonian Health Economy Demo Day on Wed, 15 December, 2021, showcasing the rising stars of the cross-border health innovation ecosystem! In this online event, 8 promising healthtech startups from Finland and Estonia will showcase...
Fighting infertility with computer algorithms
Fertility treatments often lack predictability, leading into uncertainty and frustration. Through the power of machine learning, however, it is possible to improve the over-all effectiveness of fertility treatments. New Finnish startup Knewborn wants...
DataSolu takes on CV diseases armed with lab-grown cardiomyocytes and deep learning
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally, estimated to cause 17.3 million deaths every year. Furthermore, there is an expected increase of up to 23.6 million deaths by the year 2030, representing 31% of all global deaths. In...
Jasmine Pro boosts drug delivery
Presently, a “Holy Grail” of sorts for drug developers is creating drugs that home into their target cells – reducing toxicity or adverse effects. Advanced drug delivery systems deploy polymers as facilitators to try and do just that, but the...
AnalysisMode speeds up scientific discovery
For science, the lab is often the true battleground where breakthroughs are made. But what if you could run tests as simulation – and have a Virtual Home Lab at your disposal? Meet Finnish startup AnalysisMode, one of the promising startups selected...
Phonolyser tracks down Congenital Heart Disease in newborns
Helsinki startup Phonolyser is taking on Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) which is a structural heart defect present already at birth. As it is also the most common birth defect in the world, all medical solutions are of critical importance in order to...
Health Incubator Helsinki companies Maculaser, Finnadvance and Sartar Therapeutics secured new funding
Finnish startups are breaking records in growth funding year on year, with 2021 most likely becoming yet another record-breaker. When looking at the health sector, there’s tremendous potential in Finnish startups. We’re happy to share the recent...
Cardiomtec is making whistleblower software for the heart
Cardiac problems represent a significant and much talked about public health challenge. More than a million people die each year, in the western countries alone, due to coronary heart disease. Meet Finnish medtech startup Cardiomtec, working on early...
Uute Scientific started a Series A financing round
Health Incubator Helsinki company Uute Scientific fights against immune-mediated diseases with its microbial extract Reconnecting Nature™ that can be added to consumer products. Currently, the extract is already available in 16 different cosmetic...
Flux Polymers targets antibacterial plastic surfaces
The need to keep plastic surfaces clean has been highlighted – to the extreme – by the COVID-19 crisis. Startup Flux Polymers has come up with a simple and easy way to make plastic surfaces antibacterial. The company is one of the promising startups...
Henkaus makes remote vital signs tracking possible
Medical measuring devices are notorious for interfering with patients’ normal lives – but what if those same measurements could be taken without you noticing, without physical contact? Finnish digital health startup Henkaus provides medical-grade...
Cancer-fighting Evexia arms doctors with better data to improve treatment
How do you help doctors make better, more informed decisions in treatment of cancer? Helsinki-based digital health startup Evexia has come up with a solution that provides an easy way for patients to gather data that supports doctors in making the...
Nordic Fit Mama helps moms reclaim their bodies after childbirth
Finland has the best maternity healthcare in the world – but there are still some pitfalls down the road. One of the issues concerns bouncing back from childbirth, an area that has been somewhat overlooked by even the so-called experts....
Finnadvance develops microfluidic organ-on-chips for pharmaceutical drug R&D
Oulu-based Finnadvance manufactures multi-channel 3-D microfluidic organ-on-a-chips that simulate the activities, mechanics and physiological response of entire organs and organ systems. What this means, in essence, is that the Northern startup...
Medified launches a free app for mood monitoring
Health Incubator Helsinki startup, Medified Solutions Oy, has launched a new AI-based mood monitoring app – available for anyone, free of charge. The app helps to identify factors affecting the daily mood and provides tools to enhance wellbeing. ...
MedicubeX launches its first demo eHealth station
MedicubeX, one of the first batch Health Incubator Helsinki companies, has almost completed its demo eHealth station that measures vital signs and personal cardiovascular disease risk factors Health Incubator Helsinki startup MedicubeX has reached a...
13 promising startups selected for Health Incubator Helsinki
13 health and life sciences startups with very high growth potential have been selected for the second program of Health Incubator Helsinki, starting in April 2021. In total, the incubator received 34 high-quality applications from Finland and around...
Meet the second batch of Health Incubator Helsinki startups
13 health and life sciences startups with very high growth potential have been selected for the second program of Health Incubator Helsinki, starting in April 2021. Congratulations to all the teams – we’re excited and happy to support you on your...
Sciar is looking for investments
Health Incubator Helsinki startup Sciar Company Ltd is ready to expand. The company is now looking for funding to take their business to the next level. Sciar, one of the companies participating in Health Incubator Helsinki aims to change the life...
Business incubator boosts success in the health tech sector
Health Incubator Helsinki helps early-stage startups to develop their business idea and obtain valuable contacts and funding. Maculaser and EpiHeart’s experiences of the incubator are very good. Two startups participating in the incubator program of...
Epiheart raised €0.6 million in funding for novel cardiac therapies
Finnish medtech startup, Health Incubator Helsinki company Epiheart has raised a €0.6 million seed funding for the advancement of their first cardiac therapy that aims to provide added value for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgeries....
Maculaser raised €1.2 million in funding to combat blindness
Finnish medtech startup, Health Incubator Helsinki company Maculaser has raised a €1.2 million funding round for their patented laser treatment technology that aims to halt the progression of blinding retinal diseases. Maculaser, a Finnish startup...
First ever Estonian-Finnish showcase of potential future health tech unicorns
The first of its kind Estonian-Finnish Health Economy Demo Day brought together over 80 investors, startups and ecosystem partners to listen to pitches from 9 promising health technology startups. Organized by Health Founders accelerator in Estonia...
Health Incubator Helsinki open for applications in February
Do you have an amazing idea in the health sector?Health Incubator Helsinki, Finland's first long-term business development environment for research-based health sector startups, is welcoming new applications from 1 February until 15 March 2021. After...
BrainCare has a vision for remote, long-term neurological monitoring with an emphasis on epilepsy
Diary Apps have become more common in treating illnesses. Katrina Wendel-Mitoraj, PhD, wanted to develop an easy-to-use diary app for epilepsy patients. Her spin-off company from Tampere University of Technology, BrainCare Oy, was launched in 2013 to...
Sartar Therapeutics wants to revolutionize sarcoma therapy
Today, the focus of cancer therapy is continuously moving towards more personalized medicine. However, very few efficacious therapies are available for sarcomas. For example, advanced soft-tissue sarcomas are rare and often lethal cancers, posing...
VULCAM fights off sports injuries with advanced 2D video technology
Musculoskeletal injuries occur often in all sports – too often. Many of the injuries could be prevented with technology and new solutions. VULCAM is a new, exciting tool for preventing and evaluating injuries, as well as for injury rehabilitation,...
VEIL.AI takes data anonymization and synthetization to the next level
There are vast amounts of health data that can not be properly used because it is sensitive, containing information of identifiable private citizens. However, if these privacy issues could be solved, this would open up brand new horizons for...
SCellex targets single cell resolution to boost cancer research
Better understanding of cancer provides scientific keys to combating the disease itself. Helsinki startup SCellex is developing a novel spatial gene sequencing technology that links microscope image to the sequence data – a “genetic microscope,” of...
Healthzilla launches a personalized digital lifestyle intervention
The alarmingly rising costs of lifestyle diseases are currently burdening healthcare systems around the globe. People’s everyday lives can be incredibly taxing – but what can you do? Helsinki startup Healthzilla wants to tackle this formidable...
Uute Scientific introduces natural microbes to cosmetic products to boost immune systems
How does life without immune-mediated diseases sound to you? Helsinki startup Uute Scientific Oy is working towards accomplishing just that, taking on, for instance, diabetes type 1, allergies and asthma. These immune-mediated diseases are a big...
Sciar wants to bring better documentation to the laboratories through modern tech solutions
In laboratories around the world, there is the same problem: as research is being conducted, the documentation of the research findings is frequently compromised in some manner. Science requires accurate, detailed information – but extracting that...
Terkko Health Hub three years – Developing healthcare through cooperation and innovation
Terkko Health Hub, which marks its third anniversary this autumn, has been engaged from the outset in promoting a new form of collaboration between research, enterprise and healthcare in the field of health and life sciences. This centre for...
MedicubeX brings healthcare to you – via automation
In today’s medical practice, it takes a medical professional to examine a patient and take his/her vitals at the point of care. But how about… tomorrow? Helsinki-based startup MedicubeX wants to be the leading provider of eHealth stations in Europe...
Driven by data: Medified introduces a new solution for mental health treatment
The field of mental health is plagued by ineffective and non-personalized treatments. Presently, clinicians can’t effectively monitor patient recovery process and aren’t therefore able to base the personal treatment decisions on dynamic treatment...
Maculaser combats blindness
Blindness – caused by major retinal diseases – is a significant health challenge around the world. According to estimates, the global direct healthcare burden caused by retinal diseases is currently over € 400 billion. Introducing temperature-control...
EpiHeart fights off heart failure with new therapy
The medical community is well aware of cardiac muscle damage caused by lack of oxygen and certain other conditions – which often lead to heart failure and subsequent death. So far, there has been a large number of patients suffering from this – but...
The first 11 startups selected for Health Incubator Helsinki
Health Incubator Helsinki, the first incubator program in Finland focusing solely on health, kicks off with 11 startups with high growth potential. Health Incubator Helsinki is a unique long-term incubator program driving transformation of health...
Fighting the pandemic – COVID-19 research at the University of Helsinki
Researchers at the University of Helsinki are actively working on solutions to fight COVID-19 and to support society in these challenging times. On Thursday 11.6.2020 at 10-11am, four researchers will tell about their current research and discuss how...
Health Incubator Helsinki – a unique business development environment to nurture growth of promising health sector start-ups
Helsinki’s objective is to be one of Europe’s most captivating locations for innovative start-ups. In particular, Helsinki wants to further strengthen the position of the Meilahti campus, one of the best medical campuses in Europe, as an...
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