ABOUT HEALTH TECH CHALLENGERS 2025
Health Tech Challengers is a premier platform for discovering and supporting innovative digital health startups that make a difference in the world. Each year, we host an epic pitch competition for entrepreneurs who develop disruptive products revolutionising the future of health.
To enter, startups must be innovators in one of the eight tracks fostering the digital health revolution – Connected Care, AI Supported Healthcare, TechBio, Disruptive Diagnostics, Chronic Disease Management, Consumer Tech & Wellness, Women’s Health, Solving X (Wild Card).
8 application tracks
HOW DOES IT WORK?
80 companies are shortlisted by a distinguished panel of industry experts from leading corporations, Venture Capital, ecosystem builders and media partners.
The Top 80 startups are invited to pitch live at Health Tech Forward 2025, the leading industry conference of the year, offering valuable media and PR attention, as well as vast networking opportunities.
One company is announced as the ultimate winner of the Health Tech Challengers 2025 award.
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STARTUP APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED
Each of the 80 finalist companies (10 per each track) are granted 1 complimentary ticket to Health Tech Forward 2025. It’s an event that you don’t want to miss!
WINNERS OF 2025
ULTIMATE
CHALLENGER
Adora Digital Health is a company offering a digital, evidence‑based app and support platform to help people navigate perimenopause and menopause. Their service gives users personalized menopause plans, symptom tracking, lifestyle advice, and access to specialist clinicians and gynaecologists via online consultations.
ULTIMATE
CHALLENGER
Adora Digital Health is a company offering a digital, evidence‑based app and support platform to help people navigate perimenopause and menopause. Their service gives users personalized menopause plans, symptom tracking, lifestyle advice, and access to specialist clinicians and gynaecologists via online consultations.
TOP 8 finalists
Elixion Medical is a health-tech company building an IoT + AI system that automates real-time patient monitoring in hospitals. Their platform replaces manual tasks like fluid-line tracking and feeds live data into hospital IT systems. By doing so, they aim to boost patient safety, improve care quality, and lighten the workload of nurses and clinical staff.
Kardi Ai is a Czech health-tech company offering a wearable + AI system for long-term heart monitoring. Their solution combines a chest strap (for ECG recording) with a smartphone app – the AI analyzes heart rhythm and can detect several types of arrhythmias. This makes it easier to monitor heart health continuously from home, potentially catching issues earlier than traditional periodic tests.
WHYZE Health is a digital-health company building an AI-powered platform that connects patients, clinicians, researchers, and healthcare providers using real-world evidence. Their system gives patients control over their health data, tracks patient-reported outcomes and treatment progress, and helps doctors choose personalized treatments.
LightHearted AI is a health‑tech company developing a novel, non‑contact medical device that uses laser sensing + AI to assess heart function – extracting ECG, heart sounds and blood pressure remotely. Their tool aims to deliver fast, clinically validated heart‑disease screening without the need for physical electrodes or traditional hardware.
Adora Digital Health is a company offering a digital, evidence‑based app and support platform to help people navigate perimenopause and menopause. Their service gives users personalized menopause plans, symptom tracking, lifestyle advice, and access to specialist clinicians and gynaecologists via online consultations.
Metyos is a med‑tech startup building a wearable, microneedle‑patch device that continuously monitors biomarkers (like potassium and other ions) through the skin – no blood draw needed. Their goal is to help people with chronic conditions track their health in real time from home, making it easier to manage diet, medication, and treatment under doctor supervision.
Poppins is a digital parenting‑support platform offering on‑demand parent coaching and 24/7 pediatric care. Users get access to certified parent coaches for help with behavior, routines, sleep, school and family dynamics, plus a medical team available around‑the‑clock for kids’ health concerns.
Plas‑Free is an Israeli health‑tech company developing blood‑filtration devices to improve treatment of severe bleeding. Their flagship product, ClearPlasma, is a sterile, single‑use filter that removes fibrinolytic proteins from donor plasma, boosting clotting ability and helping stop bleeding faster.
JURY MEMBERS
Altuna Akalin

Amine Benmoussa
Anastasiya Markvarde
Bibi Sattar Marques
Christian Lautner
Daniel Moreno Martinez
Delphine Demeestere
Donna Parr

Elena Torrente Segarra

Eudald Mas Hurtado
Eric Machado
George Syrmalis

Giovanni Rizzo

Helena Torras
Hanna Villa
Ida Luka - Lognoné
Jaanika Merilo

Grace Cordovano

Jack Cox
Jordi Jordà Compañó

Jose Manuel Fernández
Katharina Soell

Louise Warme
Lucia Orozco
Madeleine Durand
Malcolm Boyd
Malin Johansson
Marko Kuisma
Marvin Amberg
Maxime Huerre
Michella Botto Andrade
Mirko Stange

Nicolas Artzimovitch

Paolo Gentile
Patricia Ripoll Ros

Pratik Popat
Ritesh Patel

Ruth Coleman

Samantha Jérusalmy
Sarah Luppino
Sílvia Vinyes Roca
Thom Rasche

Tom Gibbs

Valentina Isetta

Beatriz Gandarias

Yolanda Puiggrós Jiménez de Anta

Lukas Seemann

Patricia Falagan de la Sierra

Moritz Große

Markus Törstedt

Philipp Harnischfeger

Oscar Sala Palomés
Alberto Rodríguez Cañada

César Velasco Muñoz

Elena Canetti

Raúl G. Saraiva

Albert Cot
Paolo Pio
Omar Al-Nehlawi
Ana Santana Garriguet