About the HealthTech Investor Summit

We believe the future lies at the crossroads of health and technology

 

There are unique opportunities at this intersection of health and tech. The space is diverse, encompassing many forms of technologies, including healthtech, medtech, and digital solutions.

These new tools combining health and tech have the power to revolutionize people’s lives.

But the European healthtech ecosystem is young and faces steep challenges. Whether start-up or scale-up, companies are struggle with funding, regulations, and more. Which is why we need this Summit.

"The HealthTech Investor Summit is the first European event dedicated to uniting healthtech companies with the investors, clusters and mentors they need to succeed."
Henk Joos
MEDVIA

This is the first event to welcome all different technologies with the potential to improve health. It’s about the aim, not the type of tech – the goal is to promote genuinely novel approaches dramatically improving the lives of patients and healthcare providers.

We provide a platform for showcasing Europe’s finest healthtech innovations, where companies can find the funding and expert advice they need to grow their ideas into market-ready products and make a real difference to people around the world!

Innovation is a collaborative endeavor - it requires entrepreneurs and funders, but also input from patients and healthcare providers.

For too long, health innovation has been a top-down industry. We aim to turn that model on its head, instead promoting patient-centric innovation, where patients and healthcare providers help drive the development of new technologies based on their needs and are actively involved in the innovation process.

MEDVIA is the Flemish innovation cluster paving the way to better health.

MEDVIA organizes the HealthTech Investor Summit with the support of Sponsors and Knowledge Partners from around Europe. 

The aim is clear: to grow a stronger pan-European healthtech industry and, ultimately, to change the world for the better. It’s not only about funding individual innovations – it’s about having everyone in the room working together to achieve real change to the system.

How will we revolutionize healthcare?

By joining forces with people looking for more than profit. This Summit is an essential event for healthtech entrepreneurs, investors, and clusters wanting to connect with others working to strengthen Europe’s health innovation and achieve real patient impact!

Together, we can transform the future of health through technology!

HealthTech Investor Summit Organizing Committee

Ann Van Gysel
MEDVIA
Henk Joos
MEDVIA
Roel Smolders
MEDVIA
Isabelle François
MEDVIA
Rita Prota
MEDVIA
Amy LeBlanc
MEDVIA

Pre-seed Pitching Jury

Ilse Vanhulle
imec
Paul Soons
Orthogonal Consulting
Krista Van Weert
LIOF
Johan Brants
brantsandpatents
Joël Henneghien
BioO2
Paul Vernooij
BOM Brabant
David Petiteau
Medicen
Florence Thueux
M2Care
Kyun Thibaut
Covartim
Arne Pauwels
Arne Pauwels
VUB

Start-up Pitching Jury

Claire Verschelde
ICOSA
Jurgen Figys
Crowell & Moring
Antoine D'Hollander
Capricorn
Sophie Sauvage
Wallonie Entreprendre
Eleanor Price
Thuja Capital
Natalia Violato
PwC
Lena-Sophie Schütter
High-Tech Gründerfonds
Filip Vandamme
Lumiares
Adinda Woelderink
ROM Utrecht
Max Rempt
Medtech Partners
Paul van Ooik
Paul van Ooik
Noaber
Lukas Stabel
Lukas Stabel
Comate
Amine Marouf
Kurma Partners
Rik Van den Hende
BAN Flanders
Olivier Rousseaux
imec
Thom Nefkens
Healthy.Capital
Paul Zantingh
Paul Zantingh
Yxion

Scale-up Pitching Jury

Soyoung Park
VU Fund
Nathalie Van Bruaene
PMV
Lien Callens
imec.xpand
Goedele Ertveldt
FPIM
Caroline Sage
PwC
Boris Polm
F.INSTITUTE
Sebastien Barthe-Batsalle
Ethias Ventures
Frederik Van Remoortel
Frederik Van Remoortel
Crowell & Moring
Tim Conings
Unitron Medx