1st edition

The Institute of Mother and Child is the originator of the Mother and Child Startup Challenge competition addressed to startups from Poland and abroad. This is the first project of this type in Poland and one of the few in Europe bringing together state medical entities for a common goal – using the potential of medical technologies and innovations aimed at health and life protection.

The official announcement of the competition took place on May 12, 2022, during the speech of Dr. Tomasz Maciejewski, Director of IMiD, at the unique and prestigious Impact CEE event in Poznań.

The initiative of the Institute of Mother and Child in cooperation with 4 clinical hospitals was intended to ensure the development of the most innovative projects or process solutions in health care. This is an important step in forming an ecosystem conducive to cooperation between agile enterprises and medical centers.

The competition is addressed to startups and entities creating the most creative product or process innovations, of significant importance for patients and the health care system, covering broadly understood medical technologies (including medical devices, solutions in the field of diagnostics, pharmacotherapy and teleinformation technologies). We pay special attention to supporting Ukrainian technology companies.

Thematic scope of the competition:

Clinical activities,
Prevention and screening tests,
Patient education and support in specialist training,
Process and documentation management, data analysis.

Finalists of the 1st edition

Winners of the 2nd editio

Infermedica

Infermedica supports patients and healthcare workers at every stage – from the first symptoms, through medical consultation, to prevention and post-care.

The platform consists of three modules: Triage, Intake, Follow Up. In addition to directing patients to appropriate care, it gathers preliminary medical history, assisting professionals in delivering medical services more efficiently.

MedApp S.A.

MedApp S.A. is a technology company operating in the field of artificial intelligence, analysis of large medical data sets, and visualization and holographic modeling of image data. The technology offered by MedApp revolutionizes the way in which human life can be treated and saved.

MedApp is developing technology to support imaging diagnostics in augmented reality and next-generation digital medicine, constantly expanding its portfolio of services to meet the needs of a changing world and new areas of application.