Science Meets Business: R&D Collaboration In Health Technologies – sTARTUp Day 2026
WHAT: A matchmaking session focused on collaboration opportunities between health technology companies and researchers, conducted in a speed-dating format.
FOR WHOM: Researchers and companies are invited to participate, presenting their research topics or challenges in a speed-dating format to find potential collaboration partners.
HOW TO PREPARE: Prepare a two-minute elevator pitch about your research or a specific challenge your company is facing. This will help you clearly and quickly communicate your needs and focus areas to potential partners.
This event will focus on the following topics:
Clinical tissue monitoring
Digital solutions in healthcare
Early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases
RNA technologies in biomedicine
Antimicrobial surface coatings in healthcare
AGENDA
2:45 PM Doors open
3:00 PM Intro
3:05 PM Inspirational keynote – Dmytro Fishman. Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer, Better Medicine
3:20 PM Round 1: Elevator pitches from companies and researchers at their tables. Introduction and clarification of opportunities and challenges, followed by open short discussions. Participants are encouraged to share their work openly.
4:25 PM Break
4:45 PM Round 2: Continuation of discussions from Round 1
5:45 PM Summary
6:00 PM Networking
You will also have the opportunity to learn about public sector funding and support programs, such as the SekMo mobility measure, TemTA thematic research and development programs, and funding measures from Horizon Europe and EIS, additionally, collaboration networks like the Tehnopol HealthTech Community.
The day will be moderated by Mariann Proos from Startup Estonia.
NB! The event will be held in English.
Facebook event page for the matchmaking.
Participation in the collaboration day is free of charge, the event is co-funded by the European Union through the TemTA program.
HealthTech Matchmaking is a side event of sTARTUp Day 2026 – the most startup-minded business festival, taking place for the 10th time on 28-30 January 2026 in Tartu. Learn more and get your tickets: www.startupday.ee