Established by Roche and Plug and Play in 2018, Startup Creasphere was the first health focused innovation program in Munich. We connect startups with industry-leading corporate partners to pilot their technology and drive new digital health solutions.
We offer participating startups and corporate partners a well-organized co-creation framework to get the maximum out of their time-boxed cooperation (in the so-called batches).
The proven concept from Munich has built the ground for the global expansion and the Startup Creasphere programs in Singapore and the Silicon Valley.
Startup Creasphere creates an environment within the global network of Plug and Play where corporations and startups learn and share experiences and facilitate international expansion with the aim of transforming healthcare together.
At Plug and Play, we are excited about our strong global partnership with Roche Diagnostics and our joined mission to transform healthcare together. Launched in 2018, the 3 month program has successfully matched startups to corporate partners, enabling 92 pilot projects.
Roche is the worlds largest biotech company, and a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics. This combination has made Roche the leader in personalized healthcare, and the opportunity to have differentiated medicines throughout various fields such as infectious diseases, ophthalmology and central nervous system diseases.
For the most recent 3 month program of Startup Creasphere (Batch 8), the ventures team of Plug and Play sourced startups to support Roche in developing and innovating their practices and technology in four specific focus topics: Disease Management, Digital Biomarkers, Advanced Data Analytics and Clinical Decision Support.
Following certain requirements from Roche, we went through an iterative process to identify the right startup for each corporate challenge. In the end, the following startups were selected for the program and collaborative pilot projects: Cerascreen, Decentriq, MediBioSense, Neurotrack, and PxHealthcare.
The collaboration between Roche and Decentriq
Decentriq specializes in federated learning and confidential computing. The startup has built a SaaS platform that provides on-demand data clean rooms based on confidential computing to enable easy and secure working on sensitive data assets. The goal of their pilot project is to explore how to leverage the startup’s data clean room to shorten times and optimize processes & costs in early biomarker discovery.
The collaboration between Roche and MediBioSense
MediBioSense has built a biosensor wearable for the continuous monitoring of eight vital signs: single-lead ECG, heart rate, heart rate variability, respiratory rate, body and skin temperature, body posture, fall detection, and activity including steps. During Batch 8, Roche was exploring the integration of the startup’s ECG solution into Roche’s digital point of care platform.
The collaboration between Roche and Neurotrack
Neurotrack develops digital cognitive health solutions that enable people to assess, monitor, and strengthen their brain health to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s and other dementias. The goal is to leverage the startup’s eye-tracking and cognitive testing capabilities to improve clinical trials in the field of Alzheimer’s early detection.
The collaboration between Roche and Px Healthcare
PxHealthcare has developed a digital health platform that combines the collection of patient experience data with patient-reported outcome data to improve clinical outcomes in the field of oncology. The goal is to look for potential integration of the Owise app into Roche’s digital oncology solutions.
Source: Startup Creasphere, Sept 1, 2022
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Plug and Play is a global innovation platform. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we have built accelerator programs, corporate innovation services, and an in-house VC to make technological advancement progress faster than ever before. Since inception in 2006, our programs have expanded worldwide to include a presence in over 20 locations globally giving startups the necessary resources to succeed in Silicon Valley and beyond. With over 10,000 startups and 280 official corporate partners, we have created the ultimate startup ecosystem in many industries. We provide active investments with 200 leading Silicon Valley VCs, and host more than 700 networking events per year. Companies in our community have raised over $7 billion in funding, with successful portfolio exits including Danger, Dropbox, Lending Club, and PayPal.