European Healthtech Investment Forum 2019[6]

Participants attending EHIF 2019

Jan Ameri

Partner

ArcticStartup (Finland)

Felix Arias

Free-lance advisor for entrepreneurs and investors & Independent Expert
European Commission EASME (Belgium)

Maria Arruda

Communications Manager
Business Finland (Finland)

Selma Baouch

Advocaat
AKD N.V. (Netherlands)

Admir Berbiu

Investment Associate
StarFinder Capital Fund (Poland)

Digital health

Sascha Berger

Partner
TVM Capital (Germany)

Life Sciences

Medtech

Digital health

Alexei Bezborodov

Commercial Director
Lux Research (Netherlands)

Paolo Borella

CEO & Co-founder
Vertical Health Accelerator (Finland)

Vincent Bouchiat

CEO
Grapheal (France)

Medtech

Digital health

Harry Brade

Partner
M&M Growth Partners (Finland)

Life Sciences

Frank Bulens

Partner
imec.xpand (Belgium)

Medtech

Andrea Büchler

Finance & Business Development Manager
Lunaphore Technologies SA (Switzerland)

Medtech

Tonni Bülow-Nielsen

Managing Partner, Venture Capital MedTech
Vaekstfonden (Denmark)

Medtech

Mario Caria

Venture Partner
SOFIMAC INNOVATION (France)

Medtech

Digital health

Evan Castiglia

Investment Partner
Philips (Netherlands)

Life Sciences

Medtech

Víctor Cervera-Carrascón

Head of Immunology
TILT Biotherapeutics (Finland)

Roop Chandwani

Managing Partner
Aggio Sergeant (United Kingdom)

Life Sciences

Tony Chang

Associate
M-Ventures (Netherlands)

personalized health

Digital health

Shi Ting Chen

Senior Advisor Investor Services, Growth Capital
Business Finland (Finland)

Rainer Christine

Partner
Earlybird Venture Capital (Germany)

Life Sciences

Tzali Cnaani

CEO
Carmel Diagnostics ltd. (Israel)

Life Sciences

Medtech

Digital health

Thijs Cohen Tervaert

Director
INKEF Capital (Netherlands)

Medtech

Digital health

Claudia Colciago

Investment Associate
MTIP (Switzerland)

Digital health

Teresa Cunha

Senior Strategic Advisor
Tech Tour (Belgium)

Jens Kristian Damsgaard

Partner
Science Ventures Denmark A/S (Denmark)

personalized health

Digital health

Normunds Daudiss

BD & Managing Board member
Cardiolyse LTD (Finland)

Geert Dauwe

Strategic, Financial and Banking Expert
EEN Vlaanderen (Belgium)

Medtech

Erik de Heus

SkinVision (Netherlands)

personalized health

Digital health

Denitsa Deneva

Senior Project Manager
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Blagovesta Dlagatseva

Investors Club Manager & Business Development
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Iana Dobreva-Faria

COO
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Tim Dolman

Investment manager
Noaber Ventures (Netherlands)

Digital health

Tanja Dowe

CEO of Debiopharm Innovation Fund
Debiopharm Innovation Fund (Switzerland)

Maciek Drozdz

Principal
Johnson & Johnson Innovation (United Kingdom)

Heikki E Rautajoki

Executive Chairman
Creax Health Oy (Finland)

Life Sciences

Digital health

Sophie Ehrlich

Director, HealthTech
Silicon Valley Bank (United Kingdom)

personalized health

Medtech

Digital health

Tarja Enala

Senior Advisor
Business Finland (Finland)

personalized health

Life Sciences

Lollo Eriksson

CEO
Trialbee (Sweden)

Life Sciences

Laureen Ferchaud

Business Development Manager
GALGO MEDICAL (Spain)

Life Sciences

Medtech

Ikonom Filipov

Business Developer
Tech Tour (Belgium)

Julien Finci

CTO and Co-founder
Aspivix (Switzerland)

Medtech

Marcus Fritsche

Global Solutions Architect – Healthcare and Life Sciences
Amazon Web Services (Luxembourg)

Patrick Frohnheiser

Investment Manager
SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement (Germany)

Life Sciences

Medtech

Xavier Guillem

Adan Medical Innovation (Spain)

Digital health

Harriet Gullstén

Senior Adviser
Business Finland (Finland)

Edward Haeggström

Nanoform Finland Ltd (Finland)

personalized health

Medtech

Mahmudul Hasan

MVision AI Ltd (Finland)

Rasmus Hautala

Business Director
Labrox Oy (Finland)

Medtech

Kaisa Helminen

CEO
Aiforia Technologies Plc (Finland)

Medtech

Digital health

Dennis Hens

Chief Innovation Officer
Global Core Medical B.V. (Netherlands)

personalized health

Medtech

Digital health

Shuntaro Hiroya

General Manager
Mitsui & Co. Deutschland (Germany)

Medtech

Jukka Holappa

Commercial Counselor
Business Finland (Finland)

Miriam Holstein

CEO
Bayer Nordic SE (Finland)

Eija-Riitta Hämäläinen

Senior Advisor
Business Finland (Finland)

Simo Hännikkälä

CEO & Co-Founder
NurseBuddy (Finland)

Digital health

Sara Härmälä

Director
Upgraded (Finland)

Juha Jouhki

Thominvest (Finland)

Nora Kaarela

Head of Health Industry
Business Finland (Finland)

Oliver Kahl

Fluxunit - ams OSRAM Ventures (Germany)

personalized health

Medtech

Aino Kalervo

Head of Business Management
TILT Biotherapeutics (Finland)

Life Sciences

Mihal Kambarev

Business Development Executive
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Laura Kangasluoma

Kauppalehti (Finland)

personalized health

Medtech

Digital health

Daniela Karadzhova

Project Manager
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Joni Karsikas

Investment Director
Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment) (Finland)

Mikko Kauppinen

CEO
Health Innovation Village at GE / Zanitaz (Finland)

Alexander Kempe

President & Founder
37celsius (United States)

personalized health

Digital health

Maximilian Kerz

Chief Technologist - Digital Health G4A Partnerships at Baye
Bayer G4A (Germany)

Life Sciences

Miikka Kiiski

Business Development Executive
IBM Finland (Finland)

Digital health

Paula Kivistö

Senior Program Coordinator
Business Finland (Finland)

Aki Koivistoinen

StartUp Health Ambassador, Europe & Israel
Startup Health (Finland)

Life Sciences

Medtech

Digital health

Minna Komu

Network director
BusinessOulu (Finland)

Jukka Kortelainen

BrainICU-startup / CMVS, University of Oulu (Finland)

Medtech

Timo Koskela

Cerenion Oy (Finland)

Life Sciences

Medtech

Tuomas Kosonen

Partner
Inventure (Finland)

personalized health

Digital health

Kalle Kotilahti

Co-Founder
Hapekas Medical (Finland)

Medtech

Kai Kronström

assisting entrepreneur
Hapekas Medical (Finland)

Life Sciences

personalized health

Medtech

Charity Kufaas

Vice President, Strategy & Business Development EMEA
Medtronic (Switzerland)

Medtech

Niklas Lahti

CEO
LS CancerDiag (Finland)

Life Sciences

personalized health

Medtech

Laura Laine

Finance Manager / Start-ups and SME's
Finnvera plc (Finland)

Life Sciences

Petri Laine

Managing Partner
Innovestor Ventures (Finland)

personalized health

Ari-Pekka Laitsaari

Growth Capital and Innovation Finance
European Investment Bank (Luxembourg)

Marc Lambrechts

Investment Director
Capricorn Partners (Belgium)

Digital health

Christian Lardot

Senior Business Advisor
NewCo Helsinki (Finland)

Susanna Lehto

Communications Assistant
Business Finland (Finland)

Mikko Leino

Partner
M&M Growth Partners (Finland)

Life Sciences

Francesco Leone

Coach, Copilot and Fundraiser
Start up Business Copilot (Italy)

Life Sciences

personalized health

Medtech

IVAN LESAY

CEO
Slovak Investment Holding, a.s. (Slovak Republic)

Life Sciences

personalized health

Medtech

Polo Looser

Co-Founder, Managing Partner
Asteroidea AG (Switzerland)

Life Sciences

Digital health

Santiago Lozano

Funds Manager
CLAVE CAPITAL (Spain)

Life Sciences

Jussi Maatta

CEO
Buddy Healthcare (Finland)

Digital health

Seppo Makinen

Partner
Pathena (Portugal)

Life Sciences

Medtech

Svitlana Malovana

Raccoon.World (Germany)

personalized health

Medtech

Digital health

Tuuli Marvola

Manager, Business development
Oy Medfiles Ltd (Finland)

Tapio Melgin

Engagement Manager
McKinsey & Company Finland (Finland)

Pauliina Meskanen

Investment Manager at Wave Ventures
Wave Ventures (Finland)

Julie Meyer

CEO
VIVA Capital AG (Switzerland)

Digital health

Jari Mieskonen

Managing Partner
Conor Venture Partners Oy (Finland)

Digital health

Claes Mikko Nielsen

Managing Director
Nordic Business Angel Network (Finland)

Monita Mo

Founder and Partner at Ascend Capital Partners
Ascend Capital Partners (United States)

Elaine Mo

Management Consultant
Ascend Capital Partners (United States)

Hiromasa Mori

Head of Neurology Patient Technology Europe, Innovative Solutions Mission
UCB (Belgium)

Medtech

Virpi Muhonen

CEO
Askel Healthcare Ltd (Finland)

Medtech

Pekka Mäkelä

CEO
Glucostratus Oy (Finland)

Digital health

Marika Mäkelä

Senior Advisor Investor Services, Growth Capital
Business Finland (Finland)

Jokke Mäki

GlucoModicum Oy (Finland)

Medtech

Natalia Mühlemann

Global Business Manager - Medical Devices
Nestlé Health Science (Switzerland)

personalized health

Danail Naydenov

Business Development Manager
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Christof Neuman

IPDx (Estonia)

Life Sciences

personalized health

Medtech

Shinichi Nikkuni

Managing Partner
NordicNinjaVC (Finland)

personalized health

Life Sciences

Medtech

Claes Mikko Nilsen

Investment Director
NordicNinjaVC (Finland)

Life Sciences

personalized health

Medtech

Juhana Ojala

Co-Founder
VideoVisit Ltd (Finland)

Harri Ojala

Director, Business Tampere
Business Tampere (Finland)

Medtech

Digital health

David Oliver

Businedd Development Manager
Ascend Capital Partners (United States)

Luke Parsons

Vice President
Summit Partners (United States)

Medtech

Digital health

Jarkko Penttilä

Bedrock (Finland)

Medtech

Digital health

Kustaa Piha

CEO and Investor in Healthcare and Medtech
Athensmed Oy (Finland)

Medtech

Digital health

Tero Piispanen

Director, Internationalisation Services and BioTurku®
Turku Science Park Ltd. (Finland)

Life Sciences

Timo Poijärvi

SaluStim Group Oy (Finland)

Medtech

Digital health

Jose Manuel Pérez Marzabal

Commercial, e-commerce & IT lawyer, Guest Lecturer, investor
MTN Projects (Spain)

Nardev Ramanathan

Associate Research Director
Lux Research Inc. (Singapore)

Tiina Rantakoski

Suomen Yrittäjät (Finland)

Life Sciences

personalized health

Medtech

Jari Rantala

co-founder
Hapekas Medical (Finland)

Medtech

Ilkka Rasanen

Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund (Finland)

Life Sciences

personalized health

Medtech

Esko Raunio

Managaing Director
Business Finland Venture Capital Oy (Finland)

Medtech

Digital health

Vijaygopal Rengarajan

Sperk (India)

Giovanni Rizzo

Chief of Innovation Division
Z-Cube srl (Italy)

Life Sciences

Molly Rogstadius

Innovation Coach
RISE - Research Institutes of Sweden (Sweden)

Ulla Saari

Tampere University (Finland)

Life Sciences

personalized health

Medtech

Eeva Salminen

Senior Director, Health & Consumer business
Business Finland (Finland)

Seppo Salorinne

CFO
KAMU Health Ltd (Finland)

Laurent Samama

Partner
Jolt Capital (France)

Digital health

Sampo Sammalisto

Program Manager, Personalized Health
Business Finland (Finland)

personalized health

Guillaume Santamaria

Tech Investor - Growth Equity
Idinvest Partners (France)

Life Sciences

personalized health

Medtech

Mikko Savola

CEO
Monidor (Finland)

Medtech

Digital health

Arne Schlenzka

Co-founder & CEO
Osgenic (Finland)

Digital health

MJ Manoj Sharma

Business Agent
Physio R&D ApS (Denmark)

personalized health

Medtech

Digital health

Tapio Siik

Senior Business Advisor
Business Tampere (Finland)

Tero Silvola

CEO
BC Platforms (Switzerland)

personalized health

Digital health

Kari Sinivuori

Head of Business Development
Helsinki Innovation Services (HIS) (Finland)

Visa Sippola

CEO, Co-founder
Surgify Medical Oy (Finland)

Medtech

Lauri Sippola

CEO
Kaiku Health (Finland)

Digital health

Eligiusz Skwara

CEO
Concepts2Capital GmbH (Germany)

Ilya Sloutsky

CEO
Medme Group B.V. Amsterdam (Russian Federation)

Digital health

Patrik Sobocki

Senior Investment Director
Industrifonden (Sweden)

Digital health

Walter Stockinger

Managing Partner
Hadean Ventures (Norway)

Life Sciences

Mikko Suonenlahti

Founder
Growth Management (Finland)

Life Sciences

Paul Swinckels

LifeSense Group (Netherlands)

Medtech

Digital health

Lasse Sørensen

Startup Consultant
Copenhagen Business Hub (Denmark)

Gen Tamjar

Commercialisation Officer
Helsinki Innovation Services (HIS) (Finland)

Manu Tamminen

CTO
Genomill (Finland)

Life Sciences

personalized health

Marjo Tiitto

Communications & External Affairs Manager
Bayer Nordic SE (Finland)

Shani Toledano

HT BioImaging (Israel)

Medtech

Digital health

Iva Tsigularova

Project Manager
Tech Tour (Bulgaria)

Birgitta Tunning

Health Unit Director
IBM Nordic Market (Denmark)

Paul van den Biggelaar

Sensius (Netherlands)

Medtech

Ninni Virkki

Executive Assistant
Business Finland (Finland)

Tuukka Visuri

CEO
Nukute Ltd. (Finland)

Life Sciences

personalized health

Medtech

Matti Vänskä

Vice President of Portfolio Development
Nokia Growth Partners (Finland)

Digital health

Tero Weckroth

Aceman Pharma Oy (Finland)

Life Sciences

Digital health

Max Westling

Trialbee (Sweden)

Life Sciences

Digital health

Jeffrey Williams

Jr. Investment Manager
Brightlands Venture Partners (Netherlands)

personalized health

Medtech

Digital health

Mark Wilson

Principal
Strategic Technology Bioconsulting (United Kingdom)

Diana Yawari

Corporate Investor
Mitsui & Co. Deutschland (Germany)