150th SICTIC Investor Day @ sitem-insel, Bern

We’re returning to Insel Campus Bern for another SICTIC Investor Day dedicated to early-stage MedTech innovation. This event brings together smart-money investors and founders who are shaping the future of healthcare technology. Hosted in collaboration with sitem-insel, the Sitem Startup Club, and UBS Bern, it’s designed to spark connections, insights, and new investment opportunities. What to Expect Startup Pitches: Selected MedTech entrepreneurs will present bold ideas and breakthrough solutions live. Matchmaking: After initial presentations, we facilitate one-on-one connections between investors and startup founders for follow-up conversations. Networking: A high-value networking session to engage with fellow investors, ecosystem partners, and emerging MedTech teams. Investor Community Access: As usual, attendees from our investor community will be able to review startup decks and business cases in advance.

Startups on stage

  • ALP AI

    ALP AI is reengineering antibodies to solve immunogenicity, based on our tonsil organoid-trained AI platform.

  • Apersys

    Innovating transplantation. Accelerating research.

  • ClearideBio

    ClearideBio (ex-NBE team; $1.4B exit) develops safety-led efficacy next-gen ADCs.

  • Hemetron AG

    Transforming chronic care from episodic centralized interventions to remote disease management via at-home monitoring

  • Lungstream

    Lungstream is designed to improve patient safety during flexible bronchoscopy by preventing procedure-related hypoxemia.

  • Monix

    Monix is developing a wearable biosensor that measures clinical grade female hormones in real time for women's health

  • Neurosoft Bioelectronics

    We build minimally invasive brain computer interfaces to generate massive high-quality brain datasets

  • Novonexile

    Novonexile overcomes the limits of current grafting materials in digital implant dentistry with injectable hydrogels.

  • OrthoSens SA

    OrthoSens makes implants talk by turning orthopedic implants into smart devices, empowering surgeons with real-time data

  • Rhovica Neuroimaging AG

    Rhovica Neuroimaging develops a new neurosurgical navigation and monitoring technology to improve patient treatment.

  • Skaaltec

    Skaaltec gives new hope for arm function recovery through non-invasive, automatic brain stimulation.

Event Agenda

16:30 – Registration (On-Site Attendees)
17:00 – Welcome by Dr. Heiko Visarius, Moderator, and Dr. Thomas Dübendorfer, President SICTIC
17:10 – Welcome by Geghetsik Gabrielyan, CEO at Sitem StartUp Club
17:15 – Keynote by Prof. em. Dr. Christian Leumann, Chairman of the BoD sitem-insel: How Sitem-insel Helps to Bridge the Gap Between Basic Science and Clinical Application
17:35 – 90s Elevator Pitch Session (11 startups)
18:00 – Keynote by Cyrill Gyger, CEO & Co-founder QUMEA – HealthTech Is Not Tech: What It Really Takes to Build a MedTech Success Story
18:20 – Networking Break
18:40 – Startup Pitching Session + Q&A (5 startups, 7mins pitch + 3mins Q&A)
19:40 – Wrap up
20:00 – Networking Apéro / Livestream ends
21:00 – Event ends

Registration

Startup Applications

Startups: If you want to pitch, please submit your project here. If accepted to pitch, you will get two free tickets to attend. We encourage startups that fulfil our investment criteria to submit their business case. We offer this service and the pitching at one of our events free of charge to startups. For each SICTIC Investor Day, a jury will select the eight most promising startups for pitching at the event.

Submit your startup project

Important: In case you don’t express your interest to pitch at an event in your application form, we will assume you would rather just to want share your business case with SICTIC members and investors and will not include your project in the selection process.

Investor Registration

This event is intended primarily for angel investors (also novices). Family offices, fund managers and venture capitalists that want to invest in Swiss Startups are also welcome to attend.

SICTIC Investors and invited guests please use your promotion code to get your free ticket.

Investors: You can read the startup business cases before the event by joining our SICTIC Investor Community. You can then attend SICTIC Investor Days for free and get access to our online deal platform.

Limited seating. No entry without a valid ticket. No ticket sale at the event.

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Location

Freiburgstrasse 3, 3010 Bern

We meet at the:

sitem-insel Gebäude, E0.211 Felix Frey Auditorium (same building as in 2024!)

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