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Swiss Healthcare Startups
Swiss Healthcare Startups (SHS) is a non-profit organization established in 2016 that enhances the Swiss healthcare ecosystem by supporting innovative startups through networking and development services.
Overview
What Swiss Healthcare Startups does
What Swiss Healthcare Startups is
Swiss Healthcare Startups (SHS) is a non-profit organization established in 2016 that enhances the Swiss healthcare ecosystem by supporting innovative startups through networking and development services.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2016
- Approximate age
- About 10 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- March 31, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Swiss Healthcare Startups as a community
Community overview
Swiss Healthcare Startups (SHS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering innovation within the Swiss healthcare sector. It aims to empower startups by providing significant exposure and facilitating access to key stakeholders. SHS serves as a neutral platform to encourage dialogue, networking, and the exchange of ideas across the healthcare landscape.
Community focus
SHS focuses on supporting startups within the Swiss healthcare ecosystem. It connects startups with industry partners, healthcare providers, service providers, and investors. The organization emphasizes collaboration and transformative change in healthcare through various initiatives and events.
Member value
Members benefit from networking opportunities, exposure to key stakeholders, and access to various programs designed to enhance their visibility and connect them with potential investors and partners.
Membership
- Recorded members
- 800
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- hybrid
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- April 28, 2026
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Investors · Corporate Innovators
- Benefits
- network-access and mentorship
- Program types
- community, bootcamp, and fellowship
- Selection criteria
- open
- Sectors
- Healthcare
- Regions
- Europe
Community activity
Events and activity
SHS hosts various events including webinars on relevant topics for healthcare startups, pitch events for startups to present their ideas, and networking opportunities such as the SHS Healthcare Madness event and the Swiss Startup Tour.
Notable members
Notable companies in the SHS network include PRAMOMOLECULAR GmbH, Gondola Medical Technologies, and Lighthouse Tech, all of which have benefited from the networking and exposure opportunities provided by SHS.
Common questions
What to know about Swiss Healthcare Startups
Upseed classifies Swiss Healthcare Startups under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 31, 2026
Known limits
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