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FEBRUARY 2023

Discover the 7 selected startups of this second batch,  which will benefit from the program during the next months

Level 1 winners

Onescope


Description

Onescope SA, a Swiss-based startup, is decentralizing the diagnosis of respiratory diseases with Pneumoscope, a revolutionary pocket-sized medical device powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Onescope

In collaboration with the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and the Engineering School of Geneva (HEPIA), Onescope has created the first 3-in-1 medical device - Pneumoscope - combining a digital stethoscope, a pulse oximeter and a thermometer. Lung sounds, oxygen blood saturation, heart rate, and body temperature are simultaneously transmitted to an intuitive mobile app for real-time analysis and recognition of specific respiratory acoustic signatures by Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms.

The app not only informs the user on the likely diagnosis, but also gives the severity of the disease and suggests the best care pathway, notably for patients with chronic lung disease.

Our unique AI-based approach empowers doctors, nurses, pharmacists and patients themselves to perform rapid pulmonary screening to properly manage respiratory conditions. Onescope offers a decentralized solution that lowers healthcare costs and improves quality.

Thanks to our clinical studies that are ongoing in 10 countries around the world, we have collected large sound and medical databases. More than 3’000 patients, corresponding to >100K respiratory cycles, with multiple Respiratory Tract Diseases - pneumonia, asthma, COPD, bronchiolitis, COVID-19 - have already been included, and lung sounds recorded to feed our AI algorithms. These data have been used to develop, train and evaluate the performance of AI algorithms for automated diagnosis with groundbreaking results. We are proud to be in the process of publishing these results in the famous Nature Digital Health journal.

HealthMe Technologies SA

Description

Better healthcare through improved patient-doctor communication

HealthMe Technologies SA

HealthMe Technology is developing a software that records patient-doctor interactions for the benefit of the patient. This software allows patients to have a record of their conversations with their doctors, which can be useful for tracking medical history, monitoring treatment progress, and communicating with relatives and other healthcare providers. Additionally, this software may provide patients with a more comprehensive understanding of their medical conditions and treatment options, which can help them make more informed decisions about their health. The software is a mobile app that can be
integrated with electronic health records.

E.rupt

Description

e.rupt is the pocket therapist without side effects - for overcoming erectile dysfunction. Scientifically based, accessible for everyone, everywhere.

E.rupt

e.rupt is the pocket therapist without side effects - for overcoming erectile dysfunction. Scientifically based, accessible for everyone, everywhere.

Longevity Hub

Description

We are developing a personal digital companion that EMPOWERS healthy behaviors and healthy aging for elderly people, combining the insights from Behavioral Science with Artificial Intelligence. As 90% of our longevity depends on our lifestyles, our solution will help senior adults maintain healthier lifestyles.

Longevity Hub

As up to 90% of our longevity depends on our lifestyles, instead of inventing a magic pill against aging, we aim to contribute to improvement of lifestyles and habits of senior adults, thereby not only extending their life-spans, but also improving the quality of their lives. Our vision is to develop a digital companion, which, combining insights from Behavioral Science with Artificial Intelligence, will track and analyse biomedical, physical and behavioral data, and on its' basis, support senior adults in maintaining healthy behaviors, nudging them to lead healthier lifestyles.

One of our additional goals is to combat loneliness among senior adults. Thus the digital companion is intended to engage with senior adults in a personalised and meaningful way, measuring the indicators that contribute to loneliness, and producing personalised recommendations and nudges to increase the users' intrinsic motivation to lead the lifestyles that reduce their loneliness.

We have conducted over 30 interviews with senior adults, as well as an online behavioral experiment, trying to understand the precise needs of our target audience. Based on the insights that we gathered, we have developed a prototype, which is currently being tested. The prototype that have developed connects adult children with their senior parents, allowing parents to engage with the prototype and provide self-reported data about their emotions, preferences, wellbeing levels, while simultaneously giving adult children insights about their parent's state of being.

HappyGrandy

Description

HappyGrandy delivers an all-in-one solution for elderly to easily video-call loved ones and directly access telerehabilitation with their existing TV using a hassle-free user interface.

HappyGrandy

One out of four elderly becomes socially isolated, leading to a 50% increased risk of dementia and other serious health risks [1]. Further, it is difficult for elderly to have direct access to caregivers such as physiotherapists. Instead, they heavily rely on their family's willingness to help. HappyGrandy empowers elderly to live a more independent and happy life. To achieve this, we upgrade their existing TV to enable video-calling with family and loved ones on the big TV screen from their couch. Key to our solution is the hassle-free user interface, specifically tailored for elderly.

Moreover, through our software platform we give elderly direct access to telerehabilitation. Their personal physiotherapist selects the right exercises for rehabilitation. Our AI-based solution tracks exercises done by elderly at home, gives feedback and stimulates self-encouragement. The progress will be shared with the physiotherapist for follow-up and intervention if necessary (e.g., by having a physical session). In addition, the platform provides elderly daily exercises and rewards them with points which can be accumulated in a Duolingo-like fashion and shared with family and fellow elderly. These points can be redeemed for discounts on local activities in the region.

For the caregiver, it allows them to optimize their work schedule, avoiding the need for always physical sessions. Further, caregivers will get more efficient access to a larger segment of the elderly population, which could otherwise not be treated due to mobility issues.

[1] National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults: Opportunities for the Health Care System.

Level 2 winners

Ylah

Description

YLAH is a digital therapeutic (DTx) in the field of psychotherapy and enables the continuation of therapy between sessions with an interactive web and mobile application for therapists and patients.

YLAH

YLAH is a Swiss early stage HealthTech Startup with big ambitions in the field of mental health. The growing team translates breakthrough clinical research into practice. The product: a digital therapeutic (DTx, Medical Device Class IIa, under MDR. MVP: non-certified, fast implementation to generate first revenue)

YLAH’s interactive web and mobile application for therapists and patients enables the continuation of therapy between in-person sessions. This blended (combined) approach has been proven as more effective, efficient and sustainable than in-person visits or digital interventions only. First use case: Created with and for private clinics in Switzerland.

Ancora.ai

Description

Ancora.ai is a patient-first, AI-driven precision oncology clinical trials matching solution that diversifies and accelerates cancer clinical trial recruitment. Our best in class, proprietary technology structures unstructured clinical text to deliver personalized trial options for any cancer patient at scale.

Ancora.ai

Ancora.ai [https://www.ancora.ai/] is a patient-first, AI-driven precision oncology clinical trials matching solution that diversifies and accelerates cancer clinical trial recruitment. Our best in class, proprietary technology structures unstructured clinical text to deliver personalized trial options for any cancer patient at scale. With our solution, we transform the outdated and inefficient $44B trials industry to bring in the era of personalized medicine.

We launched in 2020, won multiple grants and awards, raised a pre-seed round, scaled our patient & provider network, and validated our solution in a peer-reviewed publication [https://jgo.amegroups.com/article/view/57434/html].

SEPTEMBER 2022 WINNERS

Discover the first 10 selected startups in digital health which will benefit from the program during the next months

Level 1 winners

Ylah

Description

YLAH is a digital therapeutic (DTx) in the field of psychotherapy and enables the continuation of therapy between sessions with an interactive web and mobile application for therapists and patients.

YLAH

YLAH is a Swiss early stage HealthTech Startup with big ambitions in the field of mental health. The growing team translates breakthrough clinical research into practice. The product: a digital therapeutic (DTx, Medical Device Class IIa, under MDR. MVP: non-certified, fast implementation to generate first revenue)

YLAH’s interactive web and mobile application for therapists and patients enables the continuation of therapy between in-person sessions. This blended (combined) approach has been proven as more effective, efficient and sustainable than in-person visits or digital interventions only. First use case: Created with and for private clinics in Switzerland.

Consulto

Description

An early-stage start-up building the world-first virtual clinic specialized in team-based ambulatory care. We are building an ecosystem that offers holistic and personalised care for complex patients.

Consulto

Our start-up builds the world's first clinic specialized in Virtual Team-Based Care. We host independent doctors, generalists, and specialists, who team up to deliver holistic care for their patients. In achieving our mission, we aim to make the health care journey of people with complex health needs easy, coordinated and efficient, whenever interaction between different health professionals is required.

Consulto aims to transform how out-patient care is delivered. Our start-up brings this transformation by democratizing Team-based care and taking it beyond hospital walls. Through Consulto's virtual team-based care, every independent doctor can provide better care to their patient. In a world where Consulto exists, independent doctors are connected to one another with no organizational hierarchy.

GLUCOPLAY

Description

Glucoplay is a game-based mobile application with signaling function that helps the children to better understand their condition due to diabetes. The game educates them to take responsibility for themselves and their health, and moreover to perform certain actions for supporting their condition in a safe state in order to live a full life without social restrictions.

GLUCOPLAY

The idea of Glucoplay came to the Ostrowski family after their two-year-old son was diagnosed with type 1 Diabetes. Families with chronic-diseased kids typically face all sorts of difficulties. In case with type 1 diabetes one of the challenges is the early age of the diagnosed child and therefore his ability to understand peculiarities of his diagnosis, and consciously behave in a more safe and convenient way in accordance with his condition, and to understand basic factors of potential risks and dangerous situations.

Glucoplay game’s idea is to help children with diabetes to take responsibility for themselves and their health, and moreover to perform certain actions for supporting their condition in a safe state in order to live a full life without social restrictions.
The game-based application will be connected to a CGM (continuous glucose monitoring) device, such as Dexcom, which will give an opportunity for the child to monitor his condition in the real moment of time and act accordingly.

Neuria Digital Therapeuthics

Description

Neuria develops evidence-based, gamified, digital therapeutics interventions to improve (over)consumption behaviors and addictions by restoring healthy brain reward responses to environmental cues.

Neuria Digital Therapeuthics

Neuria is a spinoff of the Neurology Unit of the University and Hospital of Fribourg developing digital therapeutic interventions for behavioral change and neuropsychiatric remediation. Our digital therapy is a true game-changer in the field of overconsumption behaviors and addiction. This is demonstrated by our first target condition: overweight and obesity.

We have identified specific cognitive tasks whose repeated practice induces highly targeted brain plasticity in the reward brain regions, resulting in a progressive reduction in the attractiveness of target foods items (the underlying human-machine interface was patented by the founder of Neuria). One month of training with our software induces long-lasting reduction in the attractiveness of the targeted unhealthy palatable foods: eating less of them becomes easier, their consumption decreases, weight decreases, and health improves.

VitalizeDx

Description

VitalizeDx is an innovative startup dedicated to preventative medicine operating in the longevity space. At VitalizeDx, we provide accessible actionable diagnostics for personalized welllness through 16 proprietary salivary biomarkers and bundled personalized nutriceutical programs for the areas of immunity, vitality, metabolism and strength.

Vitalize Dx

VitalizeDx is an innovative startup dedicated to preventative medicine operating in the longevity space. At VitalizeDx, we provide accessible actionable diagnostics for personalized welllness through 16 proprietary salivary biomarkers and bundled personalized nutriceutical programs for the areas of immunity, vitality, metabolism and strength. Our products are delivered with real-time and interactive feedback through the AI-driven VitalizeDx app. Our business model is binary: B2C with incremental subscription plans renewable every 4 months from 69 chf/month to 149 chf/month targeting retail customers of every demographic. B2B, such as beauty clinics and precision gyms with more than 500 clients, with pay per use plan and a minimum of 2 years contract. VitalizeDx is a spinoff of SICHH and has an executive team of three female technologists with more than 40 years of cumulated experience in Biotech. With its revolutionary mission to democratizing health through preventative precision medicine based on solid science and machine-learning augmentation, VitalizeDx is a unique startup with unmatched competitive positioning.

Level 2 winners

biped.ai

Description

biped is a smart shoulder-worn harness that uses self-driving technology to guide blind and partially-sighted people with 3D sounds.

biped.ai

270 million visually impaired people worldwide use sounds to move. Most obstacles like electric vehicles, bikes, or pedestrians are silent, yet dangerous. To prevent collisions and guide you, companies developed smart canes to avoid obstacles, smart glasses to describe the scene, smart wristbands to get GPS instructions... Biped is a smart and discrete harness, worn on the shoulders, with wide-angle cameras working like a pedestrian-level self-driving car. Biped generates intuitive 3D sounds to warn you about the position of important obstacles, vehicles, pedestrians or urban elements based on risk of collision. It also provides GPS instructions. Delivered with bone conduction headphones to leave your ears free.

DETECTRA

Description

DETECTRA is a game-changing digital biomarker for arthritis (Rheumatoid Arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis). Thanks to image recognition and artificial intelligence, DETECTRA is able to detect and monitor inflammation and swelling in joints using a smartphone picture from the hand. This technology has a significant potential to improve arthritis monitoring and patient care. We aim to develop an app-based monitoring tool that people can regularly and easily use to monitor their disease activity.

DETECTRA

DETECTRA is a game-changing digital biomarker for arthritis monitoring. Thanks to image recognition and machine learning, it uses smartphone pictures of hand to track minor arthritis-mediated changes in finger fold patterns to monitor disease activity. It is non-invasive, specific, reliable and easy to use on a regular basis at home, by the patient himself. It is the first arthritis biomarker of its kind using this technology, and is a patented tool. It will be implemented in a mobile app to be easily usable at home by patients.

Use-case description of DETECTRA: "At home"

- Patient has app at home

- Once a week, he takes a picture of his hand for disease monitoring

- If the score given by his app is increasing or shows irregularities, the patient is invited to visit his doctor for treatment adjustments

- The doctor will use the historical monitoring data as a baseline for treatment adaptation, with the goal to shortcut upcoming flares and improve treatment outcomes

Gossik

Description

Gossik is the digital productivity assistant that helps people with ADHD structure their day and get their things done.

Gossik

Spending the last 2.5 years in the market made clear that people with ADHD are struggling as one of the most to have all their things under control and get their things done. This is why we focus on this target group for the next 2-3 years before we open up to the more general market as soon as it makes sense.
Specifically, people with ADHD often fail to a) estimate how long tasks take, b) prioritize their tasks and decide what to work on, c) plan & structure their day, and d) not forget things. To battle with these things every day is extremely stressful and discouraging.
Here we can help. We have developed a digital productivity assistant that 1) guides users through their day by assisting them in estimating the duration of tasks, planning their day, prioritizing, etc., 2) actively interacts with its users to build up a personal relationship, and 3) gets to know its users (routines, most productive time, optimal structure of day, etc.) to become a better assistant every day.
We have generated over 5,000+ installs and are also collaborating with ADHD coaches, schools, and companies for their employee benefit programs. As the focus on people with ADHD is rather recent, we are applying for the fund to adjust the product to their needs and establish ourselves in the community.

Level 3 winners

Ocumeda

Description

Ocumeda is a telemedicine startup that offers easy, quick and affordable access to eye care at the highest medical standards. Early detection could prevent 75% of blindness worldwide. Hence, we aim to prevent unnecessary vision loss - globally. We do this in a hybrid offline and online customer interaction in combination with AI.

Ocumeda

With Ocumeda we work on three playing fields:
1) Medical Play: Offering patients the best access to eye care through a combination of online and offline interaction. Currently, the focus lies on medical eye screenings to detect eye diseases early on. We offer this service i) through coopration with leading opticians (e.g. Fielmann) ii) or through mobile teams in elderly homes and corporates. In this approach, assistants interact with our patients and generate the required data (medical history, eye pressure, fundus picture). These data are uploaded into our telemedical cloud and analyzed by board certified ophthalmologists, supported by best-in-class medical AI.
2) Data Play: We use the vast amount of generated & labeled medical data to build AI algorithms to i) improve the screening and detection of eye diseases and ii) decode the human eye to detect e.g. cardiovascular diseases. Parallely, we partner with researchers and pharma companies to support the development of treatment options in eye care.
3) Network play: we connect the relevant players in eye care (patients, opticians, ophthalmologist, research institutes, pharma, insurances) and steer patients flows efficiently in a triage model. Thereby, we leviate the health care system from preventable costs by keeping healthy patients out of the system and directing pre-diagnosed patients to the right point of care.

Genknowme

Description

We are the swiss epigenetic company estimating the environmental and lifestyle impacts on biological age, an innovative measure of premature aging and overall health.

Genknowme

We developed a new blood test estimating the environment and lifestyle impacts on health and longevity with epigenetics. We currently sell a lifestyle assessment to private clinics, including epigenetic testing and support, to improve personalized programs for their patients. Our goal is to increase our customer reach, while costs decrease with volume, ultimately with a worldwide direct-to-consumer approach.

Our epigenetic profile estimates biological age, a measure associated with health and longevity, and its link to environmental and lifestyle factors. By analyzing which factors are responsible for premature aging, our product helps health professionals individualize health knowledge and personalize actions for a healthier life.

Semira Gonseth Nusslé and Sébastien Nusslé, developed their idea during a four-year postdoctoral stay at the University of California San Francisco and Berkeley, inspired by their research on the epigenetic links between cancer and lifestyle and the thriving ecosystem of the Silicon Valley. The goals of the company are to perform laboratory analyses, to commercialize medical devices and consumer goods products, and to perform medical research. As of today, 100% of shares are distributed between the two founders and their associates.