Healthzilla Made It to the Finals at the 1st Health Economy Demo Day!
Healthzilla was among the Top 9 finalists in the first-ever Estonian-Finnish Health Economy Demo Day held on January 29th, 2021. The event provided a unique and cross-boundary platform for startups and investors to connect by bringing together over 80 investors, startups, and ecosystem partners to listen to pitches from promising health technology startups.
The participating teams were judged by an international panel of experts including Dr. Joseph Mocanu (Verge HealtTech Fund), Rocco van den Berg (Philips Ventures), Riku Seppälä (Icebreaker VC), and Juha Paakkola (Health Capital Helsinki). The jury appreciated the chance to see so many high-quality, innovative startups choosing to focus on serious, unaddressed problems in healthcare that affect millions of people around the world.
The two winners were Migrevention, the first fully digital headache clinic in the world, and VEIL.AI that helps healthcare actors utilize valuable data in ways that were not possible before.
The winners of the Health Economy Demo Day were Migrevention from Estonia and VEIL.AI from Finland.
“Our whole team was really excited to be chosen as a finalist and for the chance to participate in the showcase of potential future health tech unicorns along with other Estonian and Finnish startups,” says Laura Ranin, CEO of Healthzilla with a smile. “It is very encouraging to see that there are so many innovative startups which are trying to tackle global healthcare issues. Although we didn’t win this time, we can be very satisfied and happy to be fighting the good fight along with the rest of the companies!”
The Health Economy Demo Day was organized by Health Founders accelerator in Estonia and Health Incubator Helsinki in Finland.
About Health Founders
Health Founders is the first health economy accelerator in the Baltics with a mission to launch 100 new healthtech companies over the next 10 years. Based in Tallinn, Estonia, the unique program brings together ambitious founders, experienced mentors and forward looking industry partners to build the future of health.
About Health Incubator Helsinki
Health Incubator Helsinki is a comprehensive incubator program in Finland for research-based, early-stage teams and start-ups operating in the health sector. The incubator, initiated by the City of Helsinki and the University of Helsinki and operating in close co-operation with Health Capital Helsinki, started operations in 2020 with a first batch of 12 brilliant start-ups under its wing.