The European HealthTech Funding Events & Dealflow Map 2025

Did you know that over 65% of European healthtech VC deals in 2024 were initiated at conferences, accelerators, or investor roadshows? In healthtech, deals don’t just happen in boardrooms—they happen in expo halls, demo days, and 1:1 partnering sessions.

Europe’s healthcare innovation ecosystem is powered by an event-driven dealflow circuit: a calendar of flagship conferences, regional festivals, and niche summits where startups, corporates, and investors collide. Knowing where to show up (and how to prepare) can mean the difference between a stalled seed round and a Series A breakthrough.

Here’s a structured Funding Events & Dealflow Map—six categories that every founder, investor, or ecosystem partner should know in 2025.

1. Global Flagships: Where Europe Meets the World

These mega-events attract global pharma, medtech, and venture capital. Missing them = missing the entire European dealflow pulse.

• HLTH Europe (Amsterdam) — health innovation + VC mega-show.

• Web Summit Health (Lisbon) — cross-industry, investor-rich health track.

• BIO-Europe (Vienna) & BIO-Europe Spring (Milan) — Europe’s premier pharma/biotech partnering events.

• Frontiers Health (Berlin) — curated investor–startup matchmaking.

• MedTech Forum (Brussels) — the EU’s medtech leadership hub.

• Hello Tomorrow Global Summit (Paris) — deeptech + digital health track.

• Health Tech Forward (Barcelona) — VC-structured meetings.

System to leverage: Build a conference-to-closure pipeline:

1. Pre-event → map investors, pre-book meetings.

2. During event → position yourself with short, outcomes-focused pitches.

3. Post-event → run structured follow-ups within 72 hours.

2. DACH (Germany–Austria–Switzerland): Europe’s Health IT Powerhouse

DACH is home to hospital IT adoption, medtech suppliers, and pharma hubs. Many EU pilots start here.

• DMEA (Berlin) — Europe’s largest hospital digitalization showcase.

• MEDICA (Düsseldorf) — the world’s biggest medtech marketplace.

• Bits & Pretzels HealthTech (Munich) — founder–VC collisions.

• Swiss Biotech Day (Basel) — deep biotech dealflow.

• DayOne Digital Health (Basel) — pharma–digital partnerships.

• BIONNALE (Berlin) — early-stage partnering.

Framework to use:
DACH = pilot market → scale EU-wide. Use German/Swiss pilots to validate reimbursement, then expand into EU with DMEA and MEDICA connections.

3. Nordics: Testing Grounds for Health Data & Digital Health

The Nordics lead in health data access, decentralized trials, and telehealth adoption.

• Nordic Life Science Days (Gothenburg/Copenhagen) — cross-border partnering.

• Slush + Y-Science (Helsinki) — global investor magnet with health tracks.

• WHINN (Odense) — innovation + B2B matchmaking.

• Latitude59 (Tallinn) & TechChill (Riga) — Baltic health startup springboards.

• Norway Life Science Conference (Oslo) — policy + investor dialogues.

System to leverage:
Use Nordic health data pilots (e.g., Sweden’s 1177.se, Finland’s KELA) to secure validation and present at NLSD/Slush as proof for VCs.

4. UK & Ireland: NHS as Gateway to Scale

The UK dominates with NHS procurement, medtech pilots, and global capital.

• Digital Health Rewired (London) — NHS buyer access.

• HETT Show (London) — procurement-focused IT event.

• LSX World Congress (London) — biotech + healthtech scaling.

• GIANT Health (London) — digital health expo.

• Jefferies London Healthcare Conference — investor-only mega-deal room.

• Anglonordic Life Science Conference — UK–Nordics bridge.

Framework to use:
NHS → credibility → investor traction. Secure pilot deals via Rewired/HETT → showcase at LSX/Jefferies for Series A/B investors.

5. France / Benelux: Policy Meets Innovation

This region is heavy on government-backed healthtech programs and reimbursement innovation.

• VivaTech (Paris) — major healthtech track with corporates.

• SantExpo (Paris) — Europe’s hospital & health system expo.

• MedFIT & BioFIT (Lille) — medtech/diagnostic early-stage focus.

• HealthTech Innovation Days (Paris) — curated investor sessions.

• World of Health Care (Rotterdam) — global partnerships.

• Health-RI Conference (Utrecht) — EU health data space.

System to leverage:
Pair France’s PECAN reimbursement pilots with exposure at MedFIT/HTID → gain traction for French/EU payer adoption.

6. Southern Europe: Momentum Hubs for Scale

Southern Europe is exploding with startup expos and global crossover events.

• 4YFN @ MWC (Barcelona) — Europe’s startup showcase.

• Health Revolution Congress (Barcelona) — fast-growing digital health event.

• South Summit (Madrid) — major health & wellbeing track.

• BIOSPAIN (Barcelona) — biopharma investor magnet.

• One Health Conference (Rome) — cross-sector health.

• Portugal Health Innovation Summit (Lisbon) — payer-facing event.

Framework to use:
Southern Europe = visibility region. Use events like 4YFN & South Summit for media/partnership buzz → then convert into VC dealflow at BIOSPAIN or Health Revolution.

The Missing Link: Turning Events into Funding

Most founders treat these events as “expo days.” But the real power is building a system:

• Market Map of Events → know where to show up by stage & sector.

• Investor Targeting Engine → pre-event outreach to warm leads.

• Post-Event Dealflow CRM → structured follow-up to move meetings toward term sheets.

That’s exactly what I help with. At GrowthVybz, I work with founders and investors to:

• Map their event-to-investor strategy.

• Prepare decks & proof points aligned with what VCs want.

• Run structured follow-ups that convert meetings into funding.