Incubator 2025
Turning HealthTech Ideas into Impact
A fast-track journey to transform your digital health innovation into a validated, investor-ready solution.
A fast-track journey to transform your digital health innovation into a validated, investor-ready solution.
What is the DigiCare Incubator?
The DigiCare Incubator supports early-stage HealthTech startups from across Europe to co-create, prototype, and validate innovations in community care, addressing oncology, mental health, and primary care challenges.
Designed within the EIT HEI DigiCare Innovation project, this one-month sprint combines expert mentoring, university testbeds, and real-world validation opportunities — helping startups turn bold ideas into scalable healthcare solutions.
Designed within the EIT HEI DigiCare Innovation project, this one-month sprint combines expert mentoring, university testbeds, and real-world validation opportunities — helping startups turn bold ideas into scalable healthcare solutions.
Why Join – “Your Advantages at a Glance”
Expert Mentorship – Personalized guidance from clinical, business, and tech experts from 7 leading universities.
Access to Testbeds – Use real-world facilities in oncology, mental health, and primary care to prototype and validate your innovation.
Acceleration Pathway – Top startups graduate to the DigiCare Accelerator 2026 for market scaling and investor access.
Prestigious EU Network – Become part of a hand-picked community of innovators shaping the future of healthcare in Europe.
Access to Testbeds – Use real-world facilities in oncology, mental health, and primary care to prototype and validate your innovation.
Acceleration Pathway – Top startups graduate to the DigiCare Accelerator 2026 for market scaling and investor access.
Prestigious EU Network – Become part of a hand-picked community of innovators shaping the future of healthcare in Europe.
The DigiCare Advantage
Together, these infrastructures form a powerful European innovation ecosystem — connecting startups to testbeds, mentors, and investors across seven countries.
Meet the Organizers & Mentors
Program Leader:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ionuț Nistor – UMF Iași, MAVIS Center for Technology Transfer
Partner Institutions:
UMF Iași (RO) · Egas Moniz (PT) · CESPU (PT) · Hochschule Bielefeld (DE) · FHS Salzburg (AT) · KVK Klaipėda (LT) · Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (ES)
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ionuț Nistor – UMF Iași, MAVIS Center for Technology Transfer
Partner Institutions:
UMF Iași (RO) · Egas Moniz (PT) · CESPU (PT) · Hochschule Bielefeld (DE) · FHS Salzburg (AT) · KVK Klaipėda (LT) · Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (ES)
How the Program Works
Step 1: Learn – Join online and local workshops on ideation, validation, and business design.
Step 2: Build – Prototype your solution using access to DigiCare’s European testbeds.
Step 3: Pitch – Present your innovation at the final Demo Day before a European jury.
Step 2: Build – Prototype your solution using access to DigiCare’s European testbeds.
Step 3: Pitch – Present your innovation at the final Demo Day before a European jury.
Demo Day & Recognition
The program concludes with a DigiCare Demo Day, where startups pitch their solutions to a jury of healthcare experts, investors, and innovation leaders.
Two top-performing startups will graduate to the DigiCare Accelerator Phase (2026) and receive personalized mentoring for market readiness.
Two top-performing startups will graduate to the DigiCare Accelerator Phase (2026) and receive personalized mentoring for market readiness.
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