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About us

Health Founders Estonia (HFE) is the official government-backed operator of Estonia's healthtech ecosystem.

Our mission is to create Europe's most dynamic early-stage life science and digital health ecosystem by building the world's first country-level health technology accelerator.

We welcome startups, healthcare providers, patient organisations, universities, policy makers, and investors to join the community and build the future of health together!

A new operating model

Health Founders Estonia supports healthtech companies across the entire innovation journey from idea to market. We are introducing a new ecosystem-wide operating model that brings together key stakeholders to help early stage healthtech companies develop breakthrough ideas into sustainable business models.

Estonia is the perfect place to build a healthtech startup

#1

in The Bertelsmann Foundation's Digital Health Index in 2024
20

years of experience implementing national e-health infrastructure
99%

of health data created today is digitised and everyone has an e-health record
20%

of Estonians have given their genome data to the Estonian Genome Centre
100%

Close to 100% of patients have a digital health record
100%

Almost 100% of prescriptions are digital
Community

Large community of early adopters
E-residency

E-residency for every world citizen
Visa

Startup Visa for health talents