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.
Global Innovation
Established by Roche in 2018, Startup Creasphere was the first digital health-focused innovation program in Munich. We connect startups and scaleups with Roche to pilot their technology and drive new digital health solutions. The proven initial concept has built the ground for the global expansion of Startup Creasphere. Over time, we have developed from a program with specific locations to a globally integrated program, offering participating startups a well-organized co-creation framework for their time-boxed cooperations with Roche, as well as mentoring and networking opportunities around the world.
Global Innovation
Program
Established by Roche and Plug and Play in 2018, Startup Creasphere was the first digital health focused innovation program in Munich. We connect startups and scaleups with industry-leading corporate partners to pilot their technology and drive new digital health solutions. The proven concept from Munich has built the ground for the global expansion and the Startup Creasphere programs in Singapore and the Silicon Valley. Over time, we have developed from a program with three locations to a globally integrated program, offering participating startups a well-organized co-creation framework for their time-boxed cooperations with corporations (in so-called batches) as well as mentoring and networking opportunities around the world.
Structure
Selection
Leveraging our ongoing global scouting activities, we run a selection process to nominate the best startups for our corporate partner’s focus areas before each batch.
Kick-Off
Every batch starts with a kick-off event where the newly selected startups present their pitches, get to know the other participants and have first project meetings with their corporate pilot owner.
Deep Dives
Over the course of the batch, startups and pilot owners meet during 3 deep dive for updates on the pilot projects. Startups get coaching and mentoring sessions with industry experts.
Expo Day
At the end of the 3-month program, the startups and their pilot owners present the results of their co-creation at the Expo Day event.
Structure
Selection
Leveraging our ongoing global scouting activities, we run a selection process to nominate the best startups for our corporate partner’s focus areas before each batch.
Kick-Off
Every batch starts with a kick-off event where the newly selected startups present their pitches, get to know the other participants and have first project meetings with their corporate pilot owner.
Deep Dives
Over the course of the batch, startups and pilot owners meet during 3 deep dive weeks for updates on the pilot projects. Startups get coaching and mentoring sessions with industry experts.
Expo Days
At the end of the 3-month program, the startups and their pilot owners present the results of their co-creation at the Expo Day event.
Focus Areas
Technology
Advanced
Data Analytics
Digital
Biomarkers
Lab of the
Future
Disease
Management
Clinical
Decision Support
Digital Service
Solutions
Indication
Cardiometabolic
diseases
Oncology
Obesity
Women‘s
Health
Neurodegenerative
diseases
Infectious
Diseases
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 4, 2024
Meet the finalists for the Startup Creasphere Innovation Challenge in Spain
Roche Pharma Spain has already selected the projects that will enter the final stage of this call, focusing this year on the areas of ophthalmology and hepatocellular carcinoma.