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This year we are happy to host again the Rising Stars – Global Seed Session and a sponsored Rising Stars – EIT Health e.V. Seed Session. Both sessions focus on MedTech, Digital Health, Device and Diagnostics companies and will take place in the afternoon on the 18th of February.
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The format is a 3-minute elevator pitch followed by a couple of questions by the moderator/audience (if timing allows), 4 minutes total. Please see below the list of selected companies presenting in the Rising Stars – Global Seed Session and Rising Stars – EIT Health e.V. Seed Session.

​Rising Stars – EIT Health e.V. Seed Session

BestHealth4U, Unipessoal Lda

BestHealth4U is a company specialized in developing new medical adhesives and materials solutions for medical applications. Its developments are patent protected and commercialized via out-licensing to biotech and medical companies, e.g. manufacturers of medical dressings and devices.

The company relies on its human capital to innovate and offer the best solutions to its clients.

The company has a team of committed entrepreneurs with vast experience in research in the field of nanomaterials and biomedical engineering, clearly focused on fulfilling the market needs, and help improve patient’s health and quality of life.

http://besthealth4u.pt/

​Insignals Neurotech

Insignals Neurotech is developing technologies to support an objective evaluation of motor symptoms of neurological diseases, such as Parkinson's Disease.

The company is a spin-off company from INESC TEC, an R&D institute in Portugal, and was incorporated with Frontier IP Group Plc to explore the technologies developed by a research group in the last years, whose work has attracted the interest of hospitals and market players in the healthcare industry.

iHandU is one of our technologies that consists of a non-invasive wearable device that is ergonomically suited in the patient’s hand to evaluate wrist rigidity effectively. We are tackling the improvement of the "wearing-off" motor episodes in Parkinson's Disease, either improving the diagnostic/follow-up of the disease, either improving the therapeutic outputs in Parkinson's Disease patients that are submitted to Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) when drugs don't have a significant effect.

IPDx

​IPDx developed the technology that will unlock the immune system, similar to how next generation sequencing unlocked genomics and kickstarted the precision medicine revolution. We call our technology MVA; it's a high throughput method to identify immune signatures and map the billions of antibodies to their antigens. We employ a services/tools model that feeds assets into our product development. Our current pipeline consists of products in autoimmune and allergy indications. 

​http://www.ipdx.eu/

Koatum

Koatum is a MedTech company providing novel methods for implant coatings. Koatum developed a method of medical implant coating, which allows to purposefully influence the process of reparative osteogenesis. It was made possible by introducing a new hybrid method of medical implant coating, which allows us to combine 100% safety and increased bioactivity characteristics on one implant surface by creating multiple increasingly adhesive layers. Another important benefit of Koatum’s solution is its ability to implement drug delivery systems (DDS) straight from the micro-thin HA layer (up to 5 microns), allowing controlled targeted drug dissolution for simultaneous anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, analgesic, and osseointegration effects.

​http://www.koatum.com/

​Lipozyt Marker GmbH

Lipozyt Marker provides world-leading diagnostic tests that for the first time allow directly to plan customised treatment for patients with metabolic diseases and (later on) with certain obesity related cancers. Using mRNA-analysis and AI Lipozyt Marker will help patients to increase their complaint free life-span and get the best treatment available for their disease immediately.

http://lipozyt-marker.com/en/

​Medical Simulation Technologies

We are advanced medical technologies company introducing to the market an innovative simulation system for cardiac examination and micro-invasive heart procedures based on datasets from real patients. MST is already present with its products on 4 continents and is constantly working on the best simulation solutions for cardiologists and cardiac surgeons.

http://​www.mstech.eu/

​MOWOOT

MOWOOT is a growth stage medical device company created in 2014, with headquarters in Barcelona. MOWOOT has developed and manufactures a purely physical, non-drug, non-invasive solution to chronic constipation, an unmet need for over 250 million people in Europe and USA.

The MOWOOT device and it´s Intermittent Colonic Exo-Peristalsis; (ICE) technology are on the market since 2017 and not only address a huge unmet need by complementing the current treatment options, but also fit perfectly into the current step-by-step treatment approach recommended by medical professionals.

https://www.mowoot.com/en/

munevo GmbH

The munevo GmbH was the first company to develop a head control for electric wheelchairs based on Smartglasses, munevo DRIVE. This special control helps people with disabilities to achieve independent mobility and more self-determination. The Munich-based company was founded in 2018 and has been selling munevo DRIVE in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since January 2019.

https://munevo.com/

Plusimple S.r.l.​

​Plusimple is a secure Plug & Play technology that connect the entire healthcare loop in a fast growing healthcare network. Plusimple connect the entire healthcare ecosystem on a single clinical network, empowering providers, patients, patient’s association and health facilities to engage and communicate seamlessly and securely. Healthcare's patients experience is broken. Patients want to choose for options and value a convenient, complete and frictionless interaction. Furthermore bad and fragmented communication in Healthcare is the first cost, generating bad outcomes and losses of data and furthers cost. Plusimple is the web and mobile platform aimed to connect patients and health stakeholders to engage and improve communications.

https://about.plusimple.com/

​RheoDx

RheoDx develops a portable in-vitro diagnosis device for the analysis of the elastic properties of red blood cells. The product is composed by the electronic device and the consumables, that integrate electronics and microfluidics technology. This test provides evidence about alterations in the biomechanical properties of red blood cells, associated with several acquired and hereditary conditions of a wide range of families, from malaria to hereditary anemias. Thus, it improves considerably the efficiency in many hematology processes. It uses no reagents, which makes it more cost-efficient than conventional analyses. It only needs a drop of blood and takes about 5 minutes to get the results. The technology was developed by researchers in the fields of Mathematics, Physics and Engineering, from two Catalan institutions, Universitat de Barcelona and Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, and the company was born in a Venture Builder program from the Mobile World Capital.

http://www.rheodx.com

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​Rising Stars – Global Seed Session

Annaida Technologies SA

A growing number of couples has trouble conceiving. Overall, 1 in 10 couples turn to IVF to solve the problem, but just 1 in 3 succeed after the first IVF cycle. Current methods for finding viable embryos, by examination under a microscope or by taking a biopsy for genetic testing, are slow and unreliable in predicting viability. 

Annaida’s breakthrough technology will give doctors the ability to perform a fast, non-invasive and quantitative embryo screening, providing patients with an improved overall IVF success rate.

http://​www.annaida.ch/

​BOCAhealthcare GmbH

BOCAhealthcare GmbH is the fluid management Company of the future that wants to revolutionize the way chronic patients are treated inside and outside the hospital. BOCAhealth is the first portable body composition device connected with a smartphone App able to diagnose and predict decompensation events in heart failure and kidney disease patients.

https://boca-health.com/

Canostix GmbH

​Canostix is developing a software solution that combines vibrational spectroscopy with big data analysis algorithms in order to create a fast, highly accurate, cost-efficient and accessible cancer screening blood test. 

https://canostix.com

​Epios

Epios addresses the need for long-term, remote monitoring of brain activity outside the clinic and with minimal interference in daily life. This is achieved with the use of electrodes that are implanted beneath the scalp. The electrical activity of the brain is recorded and stored temporally in a wearable device. The data is then uploaded to a cloud-based platform where it can be accessed by authorized medical doctors. In addition, the data is processed by machine learning/AI algorithms to extract insights and support decision-making.

​https://www.wysscenter.ch/project/epios-brain-monitoring/

GenomeUp S.r.l.

GenomeUp is a Precision Medicine Solution based on A.I., distributed as a Software As Medical Device platform, to diagnose and treat rare genetic diseases in less than 24h. We operate as Clinical Decision Support to streamline the diagnosis journey. GenomeUp will be the reference tool for any health body for the acquisition, retention and adherence engagement of rare genetic patients.

http://www.genomeup.com/

haako GMBH

“Breathe” is a cloud-based asthma platform that helps parents and doctors achieve continuous care and optimal outcome for children with pediatric asthma. Our approach is to enable and guide parents through disease management according to best practices and serving as a “doctor in your pocket” by delivering instant diagnosis of their child’s current condition. Recommendations are made, based on predicted future conditions and presence of asthma trigger factors existing in their vicinity. Doctors use “Breathe” to remotely monitor their patient’s current asthma, access automated analyses and predictions, as well as to update treatment plans, contact parents or call in children between scheduled checkups. Combined, this leads to better care and outcome for children at lower costs.

http://haako.io/

​Healthy Networks OU

World’s most affordable smart stethoscope for lungs.
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Backed by early VC, distribution and manufacturing leaders. Our mission: save 100 000 000 lives by making early lung disease detection super accessible for everyone. 94% pneumonia detection accuracy as compared to chest radiology. Early evidence for COPD/asthma exacerbation prediction. Mass production line ready. On the market in mid 2020. EU distribution signed. Targeted for inclusion into clinical practice in home country (Belarus). Raising pre-A to launch sales, boost top-tier studies, develop new product lines, get China / US clearance.

​http://lungpass.com

MEDBOX

Anytime and anywhere - worldwide - in just one App. Digitalization will revolutionize the Medical World. 

A necessity for that is the availability of existing patient data.

Still today the data storage and transfer of this data (ehr, xrays, mri, ct, dental intra-oralscans etc) is not yet sufficiently solved for patients and medical professionals. Present solutions are: poorly spread and accepted by Patiens & medical Professionals / have poor benefits for Patients & Professionals / are not international utilizable, and not keeping up with globalization and increasing mobility.  MEDBOX developed a revolutionary solution with a simultanoeus value for Patients & medical Professionals - anytime and anywhere worldwide in just one App. MEDBOX is a global accessible App for storage, management and exchange of personal medical and dental data which is providing all requirements for a fast and worldwide acceptance.

midge medical GmbH

Midge has developed the first compact digital blood testing solution for home use. With its 2cm diameter, our single-use device is so small that it fits easily between your thumb and index finger. It has a digital read-out in real-time, is virtually painless with a tiny needle and enables digital anamnesis and care models. Our go-to-market biomarker is a protein that indicates inflammation and is helpful to establish whether antibiotics need to be prescribed.

http://midgemedical.com/

mimiX biotherapeutics 

​At mimiX Biotherapeutics we re-define patient’s accessibility by offering a Point-Of-Care, cost efficient Tissue Engineering approach to regenerative, patient-tailored precision medicine. At the core of our game-changing innovation is a proprietary biofabrication process exploiting acoustic waves to trigger tissue morphogenesis:  A multitude of personalized, functional tissue grafts such as skin, cartilage or gingiva can be produced by using autologous tissues harvested and processed intra-operatively. The building blocks of these grafts can be micro-tissues, micro-vascular fragments, mesenchymal stem cells and others, obtained from tissue biopsies, adipose tissue, or blood extracts, which are processed intraoperatively through our biofabrication process based on acoustic wave patterning of cells.

http://www.mimixbio.com/

​My-Vitality Sàrl

​My-Vitality (MVT) has developed a simple – inexpensive - digital method of objectively measuring levels of fatigue through the analysis of pulse waves.  By identifying specific, more narrowly, defined aspects of fatigue, MVT has been able to correlate the pulse wave contours and its variations with specific aspects of fatigue that are associated with well-defined gold standards. Using these gold standards and through over a dozen clinical studies, MVT has correlated groups of pulse wave features with fatigue types. This permits MVT to not only measure general levels of fatigue from collected pulse wave signals but also to discriminate between physical fatigue, mental fatigue and sleep deprived fatigue.

http://www.mypulses.com/

​Nutrix

Nutrix is the future of glucose monitoring. We are developing high tech nanosensor that placed on the tooth detects level of glucose in saliva and sends this information to an external app. Nutrix is non-invasive, patient friendly and invisible. Our target market are patients with diabetes and pre-diabetes. Glucose monitoring is our first indication. Our sensor platform has big growth potential as saliva is source of different biomarkers. 

http://www.nutrix.tech/

PreComb Therapeutics AG

PreComb Therapeutics AG is a privately held Swiss biotech company focused on the development of technologies for point-of-care testing of cancer drugs to improve cancer management. The automated 3D microtumor-based production and profiling platforms are tailored for on-site integration in research and clinical facilities. The 3D3 technology enables functional, clinically relevant and cost-effective evaluation of multiple cancer drugs, drug combinations and drug concentrations directly on patient-derived microtumors to find the optimal therapy for the patient.

https://www.precomb.com/

Swiss Vault AG

Data is the new gold. Organizations that can manage healthcare data will be able to innovate healthcare using Machine Learning and AI. The vision of Swiss Vault is to disrupt the fundamental economics of data management and enable healthcare organization to efficiently store and access every piece of data forever, while protecting data privacy & our fragile environment. Our solution is designed to help healthcare organizations to reduce costs to store & analyse patient data for long-term. The product is data storage hardware + software, lowers the electrical energy requirement by 80%, space requirement by 95%, and is 1/10th the cost over the long-term, compared to conventional data storage  The global market for precision medicine data is worth $20 Billion. We are raising our SEED round of $2.0 Million to commercialize the Mini platform.

http://www.swissvault.io/

TERAPET SA

TERAPET, a CERN start-up, is founded by two CERN physicists and a leading radio-oncologist from HUG. The purpose of TERAPET is to develop and commercialize innovative solutions for a safer, more precise and time-saving proton therapy for cancer treatment. With our solutions, TERAPET aims to bring proton therapy to the next level.

http://​www.terapet.ch/

VisionHealth GmbH

VisionHealth designs and implements innovative digital health solutions at the highest level, which, in an interconnected world, enable real progress and improvement of therapy standards for patients. Its first product Kata® is a groundbreaking digital respiratory therapy assistant that enhances inhalation therapy and supports patients with chronic respiratory diseases, such as asthma and COPD.

http://www.visionhealth.gmbh/

Wello.ai

Wello - an artificial intelligence platform in nutrition for overweight kids, who can change the way families understand and relate to their health. A better, happier and longer life for the entire family.  We create happier families by teaching kids to love nutrition. 

Based on the daily activity and food tracking of the children monitored by smart devices, we are advising the parent with a personalized meal plan recommended by the Artificial Intelligence system and our nutritionist experts. We offer a digital platform with certified information and based on user location; we are recommending restaurants, diets, products that are customized for your family.  We are helping families to improve their progress by challenging them with gamification and rankings.

https://wello.ai/