Nordic Health Incubators
Incubators, accelerators, and innovation hubs for digital health startups in the Nordics.
Norway =[edit]
Aleap (Oslo)[edit]
- Norway's leading health startup hub at Oslo Science Park
- 4,000 NOK/month
- Aleap Ventures fund
- Mentoring, investor network, lab space
- Connected to University of Oslo and OUS
- aleap.no
Norway Health Tech (Oslo)[edit]
- Cluster organization
- Member network, events, matchmaking
- norwayhealthtech.com
Startuplab (Oslo)[edit]
- General tech incubator with health vertical
- $32M fund (Dec 2025)
- startuplab.no
NTNU Accel (Trondheim)[edit]
- NTNU-linked accelerator
- Health tech focus
- Connected to SINTEF and St. Olavs Hospital
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- Life science incubator
- Lab space for biotech/health startups
Sweden =[edit]
Karolinska Innovations (Stockholm)[edit]
- KI Innovation — Karolinska Institute spinoffs
- Health-focused innovation from one of world's top medical universities
- Portfolio includes health tech companies
- kiinnovations.se
Sahlgrenska Science Park (Gothenburg)[edit]
- MedTech / health focus
- Connected to Sahlgrenska University Hospital and University of Gothenburg
- "Little Boston" — Gothenburg's life science cluster
- sspinnovation.se
Chalmers Ventures (Gothenburg)[edit]
- Chalmers University of Technology
- Deeptech including health
- Tech Matching for Encubation Program 2026
- chalmersventures.com
Sting (Stockholm)[edit]
- General accelerator with health vertical
- stingstockholm.se
Drive (Stockholm)[edit]
- Health-focused accelerator
- Connected to Karolinska
Denmark =[edit]
Copenhagen Health Tech Hub[edit]
- Digital health innovation
- Connected to Copenhagen hospitals
- SciTech model for piloting digital health
Novo Nordisk Foundation[edit]
- DKK 5.5 billion granted (2025) for innovation
- Health tech and life sciences focus
- novonordiskfonden.dk
BioInnovation Institute[edit]
- Novo Nordisk Foundation initiative
- Incubator and accelerator for life science startups
- bii.dk
Finland =[edit]
Maria 01 (Helsinki)[edit]
- Nordic startup campus
- Finnish startups tripled funding in 2025
- Health tech companies present
- maria01.org
Helsinki Partners[edit]
- City-backed innovation support
- Radical Health Festival Helsinki
Business Finland[edit]
- Government innovation funding
- Health tech startups funded
Vertical (Helsinki)[edit]
- Health-focused accelerator
EU-Wide (Nordic presence) =[edit]
EIT Health[edit]
- EU health accelerator with Nordic hub
- Bridgehead programme, Bootcamp, InnoStars Awards
- eithealth.eu
EIT Health InnoStars[edit]
- Focus on underserved regions
- Awards program for health startups
Universities Linked to Health Innovation[edit]
- University of Oslo (UiO) — Faculty of Medicine, OUS
- NTNU — Health technology, SINTEF
- Karolinska Institute — medical research, KI Innovations
- KU Leuven — health informatics
- Maastricht University — AIDAVA coordinator, health data research
- University of Gothenburg — Sahlgrenska
- Chalmers — deeptech, biotech
- University of Helsinki — health sciences
- Technical University of Denmark (DTU) — health engineering
- Aarhus University — health research