Break into digital health markets
Break into the digital health market with visibility, credibility, and direct access to the investors, buyers, and partners who can accelerate your growth. WHX Tech 2026 is where early-stage innovators and scale-ups connect with the ecosystem that funds, deploys, and scales breakthrough healthcare technology.
Why WHX Tech for Start-Ups?
Get in Front of the Right Investors
Pitch live to a global panel of healthcare investors, corporate innovation leaders, and venture capital firms actively backing digital health, AI, MedTech, and health IT solutions. Through the Xcelerate Start-Up Pitch Competition and curated Investor Lounge access, you'll connect with decision-makers ready to write cheques, not just exchange business cards.
Accelerate Commercial Partnerships
Meet C-suite executives, CIOs, CTOs, and procurement heads from hospitals, health systems, and government agencies actively sourcing new technologies. The Connections Programme delivers curated 1-on-1 meetings with qualified buyers who have the authority and budget to deploy your solution.
Gain Credibility on a Global Stage
Exhibiting at WHX Tech positions your start-up alongside 300+ global brands and 100+ innovators shaping the future of healthcare. Whether you're pre-seed or Series A, showcasing at WHX Tech signals that your solution is ready for real-world deployment.
Access Mentorship and Ecosystem Support
Beyond the pitch, WHX Tech connects you with founders, advisors, and ecosystem partners who've scaled healthtech companies globally. From investor readiness sessions to founder-led masterclasses, you'll gain the insights and connections that accelerate growth.
The Xcelerate Start-Up Pitch Competition
Where breakthrough healthtech meets capital, credibility and scale
Xcelerate is one of the region's largest healthcare start-up competitions, showcasing the next generation of health innovation across digital health, AI, MedTech, health IT, biotech and women's health.
Start-Up Exhibition Packages
Choose the package that matches your stage and growth objectives. Every package includes visibility, networking access and the opportunity to connect with the investors and buyers who can accelerate your journey.
What Start-Ups Gain at WHX Tech
Investor & Start-Up Forum
A dedicated programme connecting healthcare investors, founders and ecosystem partners driving innovation. Topics include healthtech investment trends, structuring partnerships, regulatory readiness, building scalable teams and founder growth strategies.
Masterclasses & Founder-Led Content
Learn from founders who've successfully scaled healthtech companies. Sessions cover fundraising, go-to-market strategy, regulatory navigation and building investor-ready businesses.
Curated Investor Matchmaking
Through the Connections Programme, start-ups gain access to private, invitation-only lounges where strategic conversations with investors, corporate innovation leaders and ecosystem partners take place.
Networking Receptions & Gala Events
Connect with the global healthtech community in environments designed for high-value engagement, partnership building and long-term collaboration.
Who You'll Meet
Investors
Venture capital firms, corporate VCs, angel investors and family offices actively backing digital health, AI and MedTech
Buyers
Hospital CIOs, CTOs, CDOs and procurement heads sourcing new technologies
Ecosystem Partners
Accelerators, incubators, government innovation programmes and strategic advisors
Founders & Innovators:
Fellow start-ups, scale-ups and healthtech leaders building the future of care
WHX Tech
Ready to Launch?
If you're building AI-enabled, data-driven or next-generation healthcare solutions, WHX Tech 2026 is where funding conversations, pilots and partnerships accelerate.
“We’re proud to exhibit at WHX Tech 2025, where innovation meets impact. At SURGiA, we’re transforming how healthcare systems manage supplies through AI-driven procurement and B2B integrations. Events like WHX Tech help shape the future of healthcare across the MEA.”
Ahmed Yahia
Co-Founder & CEO,
SURGiA
“WHX Tech connects us with those driving real change in healthcare. As a startup reimagining medical processes through digital innovation, it's the ideal platform to grow and make an impact.”
Eng. Mahmoud Arafat
Head of Software Development,
Myriad Innovations
“Having led transformative digital initiatives across the globe, including at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic, I am thrilled to share insights at WHX Tech 2025. Together, we will explore the future of healthcare technology!”
Gareth Sherlock
Senior Advisor
Boston Consultancy Group (BCG)
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Meet the startups driving healthcare innovation. Connect with founders building scalable solutions and shaping the future of digital health.
