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

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

Sharelab (Oslo) edit

  • 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

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

See Also edit