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
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#1
in The Bertelsmann Foundation's Digital Health Index in 2024
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20
years of experience implementing national e-health infrastructure
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99%
of health data created today is digitised and everyone has an e-health record
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20%
of Estonians have given their genome data to the Estonian Genome Centre
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100%
Close to 100% of patients have a digital health record
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100%
Almost 100% of prescriptions are digital
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Community
Large community of early adopters
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E-residency
E-residency for every world citizen
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Visa
Startup Visa for health talents
News
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Five technologies, 24 students, five recommendations: Science-based Entrepreneurship 2026 at the University of Tartu
In September we invited Master’s and doctoral students to spend six weeks testing whether University of Tartu research results have…
November 6, 2026
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Estonian HealthTech Week 2026 in Tartu: personalised medicine, hospital innovation and what it takes to fund a health breakthrough
During Estonian HealthTech Week 2026, the Health Founders Estonia team spent a full day in Tartu. The afternoon took us…
September 30, 2026
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Meet the Second Health Founders Estonia Cohort
From antiviral therapies and monoclonal antibodies to AI-powered imaging and hospital triage, 39 teams are selected to the second Health…
August 25, 2026