Healthhub: Powering the Future of Health Innovation
Lisbon is quickly emerging as one of Europe's most dynamic tech ecosystems, and at the heart of its health innovation movement is healthhub by Unicorn Factory Lisboa. Designed to support the growth of health-driven startups and scaleups, healthhub connects founders, clinicians, corporations, and investors to accelerate real-world solutions across the full spectrum of health.
What Is the healthhub?
Healthhub is a dedicated innovation community focused on health, care, and life sciences. As part of the broader Unicorn Factory Lisboa initiative, it brings together the people building the future of health and gives them the network, expertise, and momentum needed to scale their solutions globally.
It is a community built around a shared mission: making meaningful, lasting impact on how we prevent illness, deliver care, and live longer, healthier lives. From early-stage founders to established companies bringing innovation into clinical settings, healthhub creates an environment where the right people meet at the right time.
Part of the Innovation Hubs
The Innovation Hubs by Unicorn Factory Lisboa are specialized communities designed to strengthen Portugal's innovation ecosystem through sector-focused knowledge, connections, and collaboration. By bringing together startups, entrepreneurs, corporate partners, investors, industry experts, researchers, and other key stakeholders, we create powerful vertical communities where innovation can thrive.
Our mission is to support startups at every stage of their journey by giving them access to the people, insights, and opportunities that matter most within their industry. Whether you are already part of a Unicorn Factory Lisboa program or new to the ecosystem, the Innovation Hubs serve as a gateway to:
Specialized, industry-focused knowledge and learning opportunities
Meaningful connections with experts, corporates, and ecosystem leaders
Industry-specific resources and opportunities
Privileged access to industry-leading corporate partners
Collaboration and synergies across the innovation ecosystem
Connecting is at the heart of what we do. By building strong vertical communities, we help startups create lasting impact within their industries. HealthHub is where that mission meets the world of health.
The Areas We Cover
Health innovation is broad, and healthhub is built to reflect that. Our community spans multiple areas:
Digital Health: software, platforms, and data-driven tools transforming how health is managed and delivered
Virtual Care: remote monitoring, telehealth, and care models that reach patients wherever they are
Wellbeing: solutions for prevention, healthy living, and everyday quality of life
MedTech and Medical Devices: hardware and technology powering diagnosis, treatment, and clinical workflows
Mental Health: tools and services improving access to and outcomes in psychological care
BioTech and Therapeutics: science-led companies developing the treatments and discoveries of tomorrow
Longevity: research and innovation focused on extending healthy lifespan
Together, these areas form a connected ecosystem where founders across the health spectrum can learn from one another and find unexpected collaborations.
A Launchpad for Health Startups
Healthhub is more than a network. It is a growth platform. Members gain access to a curated ecosystem designed to help them move faster and smarter in one of the most demanding and high-stakes fields there is.
Key benefits include workshops, events, and knowledge-sharing sessions focused on health and emerging technologies; a collaborative community of health-focused founders and professionals; access to clinical experts, mentors, and industry advisors; and connections to corporate partners, hospitals, and pilot opportunities.
This combination of support helps startups validate ideas, navigate regulation, refine products, and scale internationally.
Why Lisbon?
Lisbon offers a unique blend of talent, affordability, and global connectivity. With a growing pool of skilled professionals, strong clinical and research institutions, and the support of Unicorn Factory Lisboa, the city has become a strategic base for health companies looking to expand in Europe.
Healthhub leverages this environment to give startups both local opportunities and international reach.
Who Should Join healthhub?
Healthhub Lisboa is built for:
Health, care, and life sciences startups and scaleups
Corporations exploring health innovation and partnerships
Clinicians, researchers, and technical experts
Investors focused on health, biotech, and longevity
Whether you are already part of a Unicorn Factory Lisboa program or not, we are open to everyone in the health ecosystem.
Building the Future of Health
Health innovation is no longer the work of a few large institutions. It is a fast-moving field where startups, clinicians, corporations, and investors all have a role to play. Healthhub provides the community, expertise, and momentum needed to turn ideas into solutions that reach real patients.
By bringing together talent, science, and opportunity, healthhub is helping shape the future of health in Lisbon and beyond.
Location & Contact
healthhub is based at Praça Dom Pedro IV 74 in Lisbon, Portugal. To learn more about joining the community or to schedule a visit, contact us at healthhub@unicornfactorylisboa.com.
