EPIC start-ups prepare to launch! The top 100 finalists of EPIC (Elevator Pitch International Competition) 2025 are set to converge in Hong Kong at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal this November, vying for the title and up to US$105 million of targeted investment funding. Starting with nearly 1,200 start-ups from 70+ economies worldwide, including 85% non-local teams, this is the most international EPIC ever! Organised by Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, EPIC 2025 showcases breakthroughs in Digital Health Tech, FinTech and GreenTech. Get ready for Asia’s ultimate innovation showdown! Learn more: https://epic.hkstp.org/ Video: Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation HKSTP - Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation #hongkong #brandhongkong #asiasworldcity #IT #EPIC2025

This weekend, VITA325 was selected as a semifinalist at IT Arena 2025, pitching to a jury of global invest leaders. It was more than a milestone—it was a mirror reflecting the future of digital health. My Takeaways: +HealthTech is the new goldmine—but not for the faint-hearted. We operate at the intersection of research and real-world impact. The days of +MVPs without science are gone. Real startups need real science. Boom sectors: Health + Defense. +Defense is seeing extraordinary investment. HealthTech? Stricter regulations, rising demand, and a long overdue reckoning with evidence-based innovation. +EU-backed opportunities for startup founders are expanding. Grants, support programs, and open calls—especially for those combining impact with deep-tech. +Not all VC money is smart money. Generalist funds don’t care about your pilot users or signed LOIs. They care about revenue. If you're early-stage? Find aligned investors who value your mission, IP, and traction metrics beyond cash. +Ditch the cold emails—build strategic partnerships. Big Corps are your proving ground. Partner smart. Pitch often. But only to audiences who see your long game. Otherwise, you burn out chasing shallow yeses. At VITA325, we’re turning smartphones into AI-powered rehab labs. It’s not just tech. It’s post-trauma recovery. It’s rebuilding lives.

Mikael Säwström from Brewhouse Inkubator is in Vienna for CultTech Summit 2025 🇦🇹 Joining him are two of our startups: Vocalise, founded by Esther von Schoenberg, and Floede, founded by Filip Sternal - each exploring new ways to merge creativity, technology and artistry. 🎙️ Vocalise (Umeå) – www.vocalise.app Developing a science-based, AI-driven app that helps singers understand, track and improve their voices through personalized, data-driven feedback. 🎭 Floede (Gothenburg) – www.floede.com Building an open casting platform for the performing arts — helping artists and institutions connect through transparent, one-upload submissions and real-time collaboration tools. As Sweden’s only incubator focused on music tech, we’re proud to support these founders and bring fresh Swedish perspectives to the European creative tech scene. Culttech Accelerator #CultTech #BrewhouseInkubator #MusicTech #CreativeTech #Innovation #Vienna2025 #musictechhubgbg

WearableDose Accepted into Aspire MedTech 2025 — Accelerating Our Journey to Investor Readiness We are honored to join the Aspire MedTech 2025 cohort, a rigorous, accelerator designed to equip medtech startups with investor mentorship, due diligence simulations, and deal room readiness. At WearableDose, we’re not just innovating AI-guided dosimetry — we’re building a company built for serious capital markets. Over the next five weeks, we will sharpen our fundraising strategy, refine our investment materials, stress-test assumptions, and build confidence through one-on-one mentor coaching. This marks a new inflection point: we’re preparing to raise our institutional round within the next 12 months, with validated pilots, a clear roadmap, and the resilience to navigate headwinds. Thank you to the Aspire MedTech team, mentors, and our own team for rising to the challenge. #AspireMedTech2025 #InvestorReadiness #WearableDose #MedTech

🎬 Collaboration is key to accelerating digital health innovation! At #BNEWHealth, Eva Manrique, Chief Business Development Officer at the Hub, shared valuable insights on how public-private collaboration can strengthen the #digitalhealth ecosystem. In this interview, Eva highlights the importance of connecting institutions, startups, and corporations to turn innovative ideas into real solutions that benefit patients and society as a whole. 👇 Here you can watch her full interview at #BNEW2025 | Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona

Paris-based Juisci , a fast-growing HealthTech startup, has closed a €5.5 million Seed funding round to expand its AI-powered platform that simplifies scientific literature for healthcare professionals. The round was led by Big Pi Ventures, with participation from Ring Capital, Bpifrance, and a group of strategic business angels. Founded in 2021 by Robin ROUMENGAS and Dr. David Luu, MD, Juisci offers a mobile-first SaaS platform that distills massive volumes of peer-reviewed research into digestible summaries, personalized content, videos, and infographics — helping doctors stay informed without being overwhelmed. Medical knowledge is now doubling every 73 days, creating a flood of complex research that’s nearly impossible for physicians to keep up with. Juisci tackles this crisis with a proprietary AI engine specifically trained on scientific literature, turning technical data into clear, actionable insights delivered via an intuitive mobile app. By offering real-time, evidence-based insights, the platform is designed to fight misinformation, support clinical decisions, and drive medical progress across the globe. https://lnkd.in/dz9vZDW8

🎥 Highlights from HealthTech Week in Tartu! From hospitals to sandboxes, HealthTech Week brought together clinicians, researchers, founders, and policymakers to turn ideas into real-world impact. Watch the video for insights from Dr. Joel Starkopf on how hospitals can better integrate innovation and collaborate with startups, Dr. Henry Ho on what makes Estonia’s healthtech ecosystem stand out, and Sven Parkel on what HealthTech Week is all about👇 HFE program is funded by the EU through Enterprise Estonia in collaboration with Startup Estonia.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 some of 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗧 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆? We spoke to 6 Over the past five months, we’ve sat down with A*STAR spin-offs that once stood on the global #SLINGSHOT stage 🏆 — and asked them what happened after the spotlight faded. What we found were not just updates, but stories of persistence, purpose, and people. Conversations that reminded us why founders do what they do — to solve hard problems, to create impact, and to keep learning along the way. From Matwerkz to Lucence, WaveScan to REVIVO Biosystems, Augmentus to Soundeye — each founder brought a unique perspective on what it takes to grow deep-tech #innovation from Singapore to the world. Laughter, setbacks, breakthroughs — it’s all here. And through it, one thing stands out: passion doesn’t stop after the pitch. 🎙️ Watch the full episodes on one-north-stories, featuring candid voices from Singapore’s deep-tech ecosystem. Do check out the candid voices at their LinkedIn page: Yew Wei LEONG – CEO and Founder of Matwerkz Technologies Min-Han Tan – CEO and Medical Director of Lucence Kush Agarwal – CEO and Founder of WaveScan Yeow Kee Tan – CEO of SoundEye Daryl Lim – CEO and Co-founder of Augmentus Robotics Massimo Alberti – CEO and Founder of REVIVO BioSystems 🎧 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆: https://lnkd.in/gwmeW5Eq 🎧 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁: https://lnkd.in/g53BKMhz Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) Startup SG Enterprise Singapore A*STAR Institute for Infocomm Research (A*STAR I²R) #SLINGSHOT2025 #deeptech #astartupjourney #innovatewithastar #talkshow #podcast

Technology shapes society, and #accelerators and #hubs have the power to amplify that impact. We choose to support #startups building a more sustainable, inclusive music ecosystem. Acceleration goes beyond mentorship, networking and funding indeed. As Rita Gimenez 瑞塔 (she/her) from Music Tech Hub (MTH) perfectly expressed: accelerators and hubs allow startups to test their impact by participating in publications and research that help frame the policy with institutions. This transforms individual startup success into systemic change across creative industries. Startups increase their industry #credibility while helping build an ecosystem with sustainable competitive advantage based on collective progress. Are you ready to be part of something bigger? Find out how in the comments. Deadline: October 12. #MTEA2025 #MusicTech #CreativeIndustries  ________________ MTE Academy is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and is coordinated by Music Innovation Hub (Italy) in partnership with Media Deals (Germany), Technoport SA (Luxembourg), MESO Events (Greece), and Music Tech Hub (MTH) (Spain).

What began with a simple goal, connecting innovators across borders, has evolved into a mission to support founders building the future of biotech and MedTech. Our CEO, Wesley O., shares how CUBiO is expanding opportunities for early-stage founders through new initiatives like the Investment Room, the MedTech Accelerator, and our growing global partnerships, all designed to help innovators scale and succeed.