February 28, 2025
Startup Creasphere Expo Day Recap: AI in Action
At Roche Rotkreuz, industry experts and startups showcased AI-driven healthcare innovations, shaping the future of digital health.
About
Startup Creasphere
We are a global digital health innovation platform that strives to Transform Healthcare Together with startups.
We offer startups an environment within Roche’s global ecosystem to co-create solutions and services, drive investments, learn and share experiences, and facilitate international expansion.
We have a unique pilot-driven focus: All startups selected into our 3-month Startup Creasphere program work on dedicated pilot projects with our corporate partners.
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Our Approach
Established by Roche in 2018, Startup Creasphere offers a variety of collaboration streams based on Roche’s and the startup’s strategic needs as well as the potential impact on patient’s lives, such as a) co-creation of solution concepts, b) user and market testing, technical evaluations, and innovation challenges facilitating the integration of innovative technologies into clinical practices.
Through local innovation hubs and strategic partnerships with startups, Roche and Startup Creasphere champions collaborative approaches that enhance patient care and drive positive societal impact in the world’s healthcare ecosystem.
Global Innovation
Program
In our integrated program, we want to co-create and test new solutions in specific healthcare systems and gain a deep understanding of technologies. In addition to the chance to pilot a concept or solution within a well-organized co-creation framework, the startups benefit from a mentoring program and networking opportunities from Roche’s global network. At the end of the program, startups and pilot owners jointly decide on the future cooperation.
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Innovation
Challenges
The challenges focus on specific areas of healthcare for which we search for startups and hospital projects with a working solution ready to be tested with real patients.
Following with a call for applications, the selected startups and hospitals that meet the requirements receive support in the form of mentoring and workshops on various topics during the Innovation Challenge program.
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Our Approach
Established by Roche and Plug and Play in Munich in 2018, Startup Creasphere was the first health focused innovation program in Europe to connect startups with industry-leading corporate partners to pilot their technology and drive new digital health solutions. Leveraging the existing Plug and Play health innovation program in the Silicon Valley that was launched in 2015, we introduced a digital health innovation hub in the US in a next step. Following the success of program in the two existing locations, we launched our third location in Singapore in 2020.
Today, we run an integrated program across all three locations as well as innovation challenges for specific health care areas.
Global Innovation
Program
In our integrated program across the three locations Munich, Silicon Valley, and Singapore, we want to co-create and test new solutions in specific healthcare systems and gain a deep understanding of technologies.
In addition to the chance to pilot a concept or solution within a well-organized co-creation framework, the startups benefit from a mentoring program and networking opportunities globally. At the end of the 3-month program, startups and pilot owners jointly decide on the future cooperation.
learn more
Innovation
Challenges
The challenges focus on specific areas of health care for which we search for startups and hospital projects with a working solution ready to be tested with real patients.
Following with a call for applications, the selected startups and hospitals that meet the requirements receive support in the form of mentoring and workshops on various topics during the Innovation Challenge program.
learn more
News & Events
October 9, 2024
Two startups and the University Hospital of Navarra awarded by Startup Creasphere in Spain
In this edition of the Startup Creasphere, the Roche innovation platform in Spain focused on ophthalmology and hepatocellular carcinoma, with a total of 56 participating startups from Spain and various European countries.
June 13, 2024
Startup Creasphere meets health.tech 2024
From June 4 to June 6, Munich was the place to be for startups, corporates, VCs, insurers, and further players interested in transforming healthcare together.
News & Events
February 28, 2025
Startup Creasphere Expo Day Recap: AI in Action
At Roche Rotkreuz, industry experts and startups showcased AI-driven healthcare innovations, shaping the future of digital health.
October 9, 2024
Two startups and the University Hospital of Navarra awarded by Startup Creasphere in Spain
In this edition of the Startup Creasphere, the Roche innovation platform in Spain focused on ophthalmology and hepatocellular carcinoma, with a total of 56 participating startups from Spain and various European countries.
June 13, 2024
Startup Creasphere meets health.tech 2024
From June 4 to June 6, Munich was the place to be for startups, corporates, VCs, insurers, and further players interested in transforming healthcare together.
Upcoming Event
Kick-off
Autumn Program
October 8, 2024
We’re looking forward to kicking off the autumn program for our global innovation program.
Stay tuned!
Upcoming
Event
Kick-off
Autumn Program
October 8, 2024
We’re looking forward to kicking off the autumn program for our global innovation program.
Stay tuned!
Startups and Scaleups
We scout and collaborate with the best digital health startups around the globe that challenge clinical practices, improve data analytics, and enhance the patient journey across the continuum of care with their solutions.
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Startups and Scaleups
We scout and collaborate with the best digital health startups around the globe that challenge clinical practices, improve data analytics, and enhance the patient journey across the continuum of care with their solutions.
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