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HEALTHTECH VENTURE PULSE

HealthTech Venture Pulse

HealthTech Venture Pulse is a high-impact meeting place designed to give promising startups visibility, feedback and access to capital.


Investors are introduced to carefully curated deal flow within Swedish healthtech innovation, in a personalized setting. An exclusive, invite-only forum for game-changing healthtech innovation and growth investors.


Hosted by Sahlgrenska Science Park, the event brings together global investors with carefully selected healthtech, medtech and digital health startups and scaleups from leading incubators and accelerators across the country, in collaboration with select angels, VCs and ecosystem partners.

HealthTech Venture Pulse

What to expect

The format is intentionally designed to to maximise the quality of interactions and business outcomes. Each edition of HealthTech Venture Pulse features a curated programme including:

International keynote speakers with experience from leading global healthtech markets

International keynote speakers with experience from leading global healthtech markets

Pitch sessions with selected, investment-ready startups and scaleups raising Seed–Series A rounds

Pitch sessions with selected, investment-ready startups and scaleups raising Seed–Series A rounds

Targeted networking sessions designed to foster meaningful investor and founder connections

Targeted networking sessions designed to foster meaningful investor and founder connections

How the pitch sessions work

Prior to the event, a group of experienced angels and VCs select startups from a pool of companies nominated by top incubators and accelerators across Sweden gearing up to raise their growth rounds.

Selected startups present their solutions to an invited audience of sector-focused and generalist investors looking to lead or syndicate rounds.

Each session highlights:

  • Business models and scalability

  • Market readiness and growth potential

  • Direct access to decision-makers

From pitches to partnerships

From pitches to partnerships

The objective of HealthTech Venture Pulse is to create concrete business opportunities through direct dialogue between founders and investors in a personalized setting.


The event serves as a platform for financing discussions, term sheets, strategic collaborations and long-term relationships within the healthtech ecosystem.

Who should attend

Who should attend

HealthTech Venture Pulse is primarily aimed at:


  • Angels, VCs, family offices and PE firms seeking high-quality Nordic deal flow and enriching their knowledge on the latest cutting-edge technologies

  • Healthtech, medtech and digital health startups preparing for their growth rounds


Participation is by invitation only to ensure relevance and a high level of quality in every interaction.

See Studio Specs

Studio specifications

Adjusted for easy scale-up for larger productions
The setup and all ingoing equipment are designed to fit external supplier’s technical equipment, providing a flexible upgrade through rental of additional technical equipment and support staff to use the same studio for larger events.
Sahlgrenska Science Park can offer additional support and tailored production services via partners on demand, such as production manager, video photographer, visual operator etc. The cost for added services is not included in above prices and will depend on requirements.
Sound equipment
Flexible sound equipment to secure three presenters with headsets and one handheld microphone for any guests. The system is compatible with standard rental equipment to be easily scaled up to several participants. Wireless microphone units with chargeable batteries including an extra setup of batteries and charger. Speakers for listening regarding e.g., incoming sound from Teams / Zoom etc. 16 channel audio mixer with programmable touch screen.
•    2 x Shure Dual Receiver 
•    3 x Shure Over Ear Microphones + Transmitter beltpacks 
•    1 x Shure Handheld Microphone 
•    Shure Chargeable batteries + charger 
•    1 x JBL Monitor Speakers with brackets 
•    1 x Soundcraft 16 channel Audio Mixer 
•    1 Touch screen Mixer User Interface 


Video, light, comfort & streaming equipment
Video-, light, comfort- and streaming equipment base setup to support a high branded level of internally managed Teams/Zoom meetings, as well as professional supported larger streamed events. For larger events the base setup can be supplemented with additional cameras, video micro, microphones etc.
•    1x Sony video camera, lens, viewfinder 
•    1 x Sachtler Tripod kit 
•    1x IPS LED 43" floor monitor w brackets 
•    1x Aperture studio lights with softboxes 
•    1x BlackMagic Web presenter w preview 
•    1x BlackMagic signal converters/splitters 
•    Signal and power cables, splitters 
•    55’ Samsung flatscreen monitor on floorstand (not featured on picture)

Value for participants

For investors and partners:


  • Early access to selected investment-ready companies

  • High-quality deal flow in healthtech, medtech and digital health

  • Direct interaction with founders and possibility to experience the products with live demos

  • Networking and syndication opportunities with other global investors

For startups:


• Direct access to specialized investors seeking to lead and syndicate rounds

• Qualified feedback from investors and networking opportunities

• Increased visibility in the Nordic and international healthtech ecosystem

Next HealthTech Venture Pulse

The next edition of HealthTech Venture Pulse is currently in planning. Programme details and participation information will be announced in due course.

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