Press release - 10 April 2019 02:00

SelfDiagnostics from Estonia presents at MedTech Strategist Forum for investors

Joining French SME Aenitis as a guest of EIT Health at the meeting in Dublin

The Estonian SME Self-diagnostics was one of two particularly promising European start-ups that EIT Health chose to invite to the Medtech Strategist Forum, which unites more than 450 leading key decision-makers and investors in Dublin, Ireland during 9-11 April 2019.

SelfDiagnostics is a medtech company, headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia, that produces medical self-tests. The company’s NINAAT (Non-Instrumented Nucleic Acid Amplification) molecular diagnostics innovations, using PCR (polymerase chain reaction) technology, can be used for varying diagnostics purposes, such as pharmaceuticals, food, veterinary, agriculture, military, or cosmetics. The first product is a multi-test for sexually transmitted diseases.

Selected by EIT Health Investor Network

SelfDiagnostics was joined by the French SME Aenitis at the investor’s forum. They were selected from a wide range of promising European start-ups by EIT Health Investor Network programme, and EIT Health funded their entrance ticket to the forum, valued at €2 000.

The Investor Network programme is an EIT Health Accelerator programme to enable international co-investments of venture capitalists, business angels networks and associations, family offices etc. to start-ups selected by EIT Health.

About the MedTech Strategist Forum

The MedTech Strategist Forum is recognised as the leading medical technology investment forum in Europe. It provides the opportunity to companies to meet with large European investors and pitch their business ideas to them, to attract possible new investments or discuss IPO opportunities. EIT Health is a supporter of the MedTech Strategist summit and is also represented at the top-tier event.

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About EIT Health Scandinavia

EIT Health is a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) established by the EU body European Institute for Innovation & Technology (EIT). EIT Health is a collaboration between more than 150 Partners within pharma, medtech, healthcare and healthcare funders, research institutions, and universities. Backed by the European Union, EIT Health is Europe’s largest life science collaboration organisation, and one of the largest life science initiatives world-wide. EIT Health is active across three fields: business creation, education, and multidisciplinary healthcare innovation initiatives.

EIT Health has partners and programmes in 17 countries. The Regional Innovation Hubs are present in Barcelona, Paris, Dublin, Rotterdam, Heidelberg-Mannheim, Wienna and Budapest. The central office is located in Munich. EIT Health Scandinavia covers Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Estonia, with an office in Stockholm.