Düsseldorf, 17 of November 2025
With over 250 submissions from across 60+countries, the Top 13 Health Techpreneurs of 2025 showcased their innovative solutions at the final pitch and award ceremony of the 17th Healthcare Innovation World Cup on November 17th, hosted at MEDICA.
Following live pitches and expert jury evaluation focused on innovation, go-to-market strategy, commercial potential, and sustainability, we are thrilled to unveil the Top 3 Health Techpreneurs of 2025:
1st place: Nanose Medical – Develops a table-top device to digitize and analyze breath samples in real time (Israel)
2nd place: Acorai – Provides non-invasive measurement of cardiac and pulmonary pressures to enable early heart failure detection and personalized therapy (Sweden)
3rd place: OxyPrem – Develops optical, non-invasive sensors for continuous monitoring of brain oxygen in newborns (Switzerland)
Public vote winner: Nanose Medical
As the Top 3 of the 17th Healthcare Innovation World Cup®, these exceptional innovators will now earn a place in the prestigious Innovation World Cup® Hall of Fame. Their journey comes with a wealth of advantages within the world’s foremost health tech ecosystem of MEDICA and the Innovation World Cup® Series. This includes 1-1 introductions to investors and corporate partners, free marketing packages, technical guidance, media exposure, and opportunities to speak at major international tech events.
Congratulations to all the Top 13 Health Techpreneurs of 2025 (alphabetically sorted):
- Clyype – Develops an advanced, reusable, and bidirectional respiratory protection system (Spain)
- Connected Consumables (ConnCons) – Streamlines infusion therapy for safer, more efficient patient care (Germany)
- E3A Healthcare – Transforms prenatal care with continuous AI monitoring (Singapore)
- FaceHeart Corporation – Transforms a standard mirror into a clinically validated, contactless health monitoring device (Taiwan)
- Flywallet – Merges double-biometric security with continuous, medica-grade vital-sign monitoring (Italy)
- Lilio Health – Monitors babie’s vital signs non-invasively (Germany)
- MYOact – Visualizes neuromuscular imbalances using EMG, AI, and biofeedback (Germany)
- Neurobit Technologies – Develops an AI-powered neuro-oculomotor diagnostic platform combining high-resolution infrared eye tracking with real-time analytics (Taiwan)
- Rheo AG – Develops a device that captures all five core vital signs (Switzerland)
- Watchibia – Turns any traditional wristwach into a health-monitoring device without altering its design (Switzerland)
The techpreneurs were examined by a panel of expert jurors who carefully assessed each pitch, thank you to the jury members:
- Daniel Kraft, Funder & Chair, NextMed Health, Digital.Health & Continuum Health Ventures
- Kay Balster, Principal, HTGF
- Oriana Dimarco, Global Segment Marketing & System Appl., Medical & Healthcare, STMicroelectronics
- Josef Hayoz, Senior Manager Medtech, CSEM
- Dr. Paul Lukowicz, Scientific Director, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
- Thomas Waldmann, Start-Up & Venture Manager, Würth Elektronik
- Emily Jordan, Angel Investor, former VC & Portfolio Manager EIT Health
- Abdulaziz AlRashed, Managing Director, Founder & CEO, HealthTech, Orthonova, Revive Center
The 18th Healthcare Innovation World Cup® is already accepting submissions! You can submit your solution free of charge and seize the opportunity to be among the Top 12 Health Techpreneurs of 2026 at MEDICA
More information at: www.innovationworldcup.com
Behind the scenes
The 17th Healthcare Innovation World Cup® is a part of the Innovation World Cup® Series, the world’s leading open innovation platform that supports breakthrough innovations to become reality. This year, on Monday, 17th of November, the finals of the 17th Healthcare Innovation World Cup® took place at the MEDICA INNOVATION FORUM, the international innovation hotspot for digital health.
The Innovation World Cup® Series was initiated by Navispace AG in 2003. Current partners include STMicroelectronics, Würth Elektronik, and VARTA Microbattery. A panel of international industry experts selects the best solutions based on the level of innovation, marketability, usability and sustainability. Participation is free of charge.
Further partners include Hannover Messe, WT | Wearable Technologies, BIM World MUNICH, EBV Elektronik, AiQ Smart Clothing, HTC VIVE, CSEM, AlpICT, ACCIO, Business OULU, G2 Startups, Gate Garching, Wolves Summit, Medical Valley, UnternehmerTUM, Team Côte D’Azur, French Côte D’Azur, Innovative City, Innovability, CENSIS, MEDICA, Polar Bear Pitching, MIT Enterprise Forum Poland, Technoport, THINGS Stockholm, Munich Startup, InfoShare, IFJ, IT2Industry, Paris Region Entreprises, GZDN INNKUBATOR, TechBBQ, TAITRA, Hong Kong Science Technology Park, Government of Canada, IOT Business News, and many more.
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