Health Innovation Hub Aargau

What Health Innovation Hub Aargau does

Health Innovation Hub Aargau (HIH Aargau) is a publicly co-founded regional innovation hub headquartered on the Kantonsspital Baden (KSB) Health Campus in Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland. Founded in 2023–2024 by four public entities — Kantonsspital Aarau (KSA), Kantonsspital Baden (KSB), Stadt Baden, and Kanton Aargau — the organization operates under the Baden 4.0 program and is supported by Standortförderung Aargau. Its mission is to connect clinical, research, and business stakeholders to promote innovation in digital health, medical technology, and healthcare across the Aargau region and into Zurich, Bern, and Basel.

The hub's core product is the Startup Hub at Partnerhaus 2, a co-working and office space located on ETH Zürich premises within the KSB campus, offering startups workstations and private offices with pricing aligned to ETH conditions. Around this physical anchor, HIH Aargau runs a portfolio of recurring events — InnoHealth (annual innovation conference co-hosted with KSA and KSB), Über den Tellerrand (cross-industry networking), Health & Hot Dogs (evening networking), and Life Sciences Morning Sessions (bi-annual briefings with Standortförderung Aargau). It supports seven active startup partners (44ai, DRYLABZ, Hemetron, heyPatient, Nakamo, Resmonics, Scanvio) and coordinates flagship projects such as the Smart Hospital patient-centered digital data space with KSB, heyPatient, Siemens, and Digital Switzerland.

The business model is a non-profit public-private hybrid: revenue is generated primarily through Startup Hub co-working rentals on a subscription basis at ETH-aligned rates, supplemented by event organization. The organization does not develop or sell its own technology products; instead it functions as an ecosystem orchestrator that connects startups to ETH Zürich research groups, the digital Trial Intervention Platform (dTip), KSB's clinical environment, and a tiered partner network including Diamond partners (KSA, KSB, Canton Aargau), Gold partners (Siemens, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Aargauische Kantonalbank, Stadt Aarau, hintag), and community partners across regional healthcare providers. Operating geographies are focused on Canton Aargau with stated reach into Zurich, Bern, Basel, and the broader Swiss health and medtech hub network.

Name

Health Innovation Hub Aargau

Legal name

Health Innovation Hub Aargau

Website

https://hih-aargau.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Health Innovation Hub Aargau is a publicly co-founded innovation hub that connects health and medtech startups with clinicians at Kantonsspital Baden and researchers at ETH Zürich through a campus-based co-working Startup Hub and recurring regional events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Innovation Hub Services

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Health Access & Social Care Innovations (Community Health, Telehealth for Underserved) (BPAGALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Digital Health, Health Information Systems & Data Programs (BPADAIAJ), Health Informatics & Digital Health Programs (EDAHAGAJ)

Keywords

• Health innovation hub
• Medtech coworking space
• Clinical test environment
• Healthcare networking events
• Startup support services

Headquarters

HQ city

Baden-Dättwil

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Startup Hub Rental: The hub offers workstations in open office space as well as entire offices at the Startup Hub located in Partnerhaus 2 on the ETH Zürich premises at KSB Health Campus. Pricing follows fair rates based on ETH conditions.
2. Event Organization: The organization hosts and organizes events including InnoHealth, Über den Tellerrand, Health & Hot Dogs, and Life Sciences Morning Sessions that connect healthcare stakeholders.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Health Innovation Hub Aargau operates a Startup Hub (co-working and private office space) on the Kantonsspital Baden health campus within ETH Zürich premises, providing health and medtech startups with direct proximity to clinical and research environments. It also runs a portfolio of recurring networking and innovation events (InnoHealth, Über den Tellerrand, Health & Hot Dogs, Life Sciences Morning Sessions) that connect clinical, research, and business stakeholders to foster innovation in digital health, medical technology, and healthcare across the Aargau region.

Product overview

Health Innovation Hub Aargau is a regional innovation hub (not a software product company) that operates the Startup Hub am Kantonsspital Baden as its primary physical offering—a coworking and office space for health and medtech startups on the KSB health campus. The organization facilitates innovation through networking events (InnoHealth, Über den Tellerrand, Health & Hot Dogs, Life Sciences Morning Session), clinical test environments, and connections between startups, ETH Zurich researchers, and cantonal hospital clinicians. The Hub does not develop or sell its own software products; rather it enables AI-driven healthcare innovations through its startup ecosystem, including projects in AI-powered CT imaging, patient data platforms, cough detection sensors, and administrative automation developed by member startups.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Startup Hub am Kantonsspital Baden
• InnoHealth Innovation Conference
• Über den Tellerrand Networking Event
• Health & Hot Dogs Networking Evenings
• Life Sciences Morning Sessions

Quantifiable outcome

• Successful clinical collaborations with startups including Resmonics and Scanvio Medical documented via KSB media releases

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered core, supporting and minor.

• Kantonsspital Aarau (KSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of two founding cantonal hospitals and Diamond Partner. KSA is one of Switzerland's leading hospitals with over 50 clinics, treatment centers, and diagnostic institutes, covering a large part of the Aargau healthcare network. Approximately 5,000 employees provide medical services from primary to highly specialized care.
• Kantonsspital Baden (KSB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding hospital and Diamond Partner. Central healthcare provider for East Aargau with modern healthcare campus described as 'hospital of the future'. Multiple awards as best employer in Swiss healthcare and most innovative hospital in Switzerland. ETH Zürich has been based at KSB since 2018.
• ETH ZürichcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership providing access to know-how and skills. ETH has been based at KSB since 2018 and establishes research groups with direct proximity to patients. ETH hosts digital Trial Intervention Platform (dTip) on campus and supports Bachelor in Human Medicine at KSB.
• FHNW (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership providing access to additional know-how and skills alongside ETH Zürich.
• Stadt BadencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding city partner. Business Contact Point launched Baden 4.0 in 2023 for innovative development of key sectors. Health Innovation Hub Aargau is part of the main Baden 4.0 program.
• Kanton AargaucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding partner and Diamond Partner. Supported by Standortförderung Aargau with goal to further strengthen canton's economy and promote innovation. One of Switzerland's economically strongest cantons with attractive position in life sciences industries.
• SiemenssupportingTechnology or IntegrationGold Partner participating in flagship Smart Hospital project for patient-centered digital data space alongside HIH Aargau, KSB, heyPatient, and Digital Switzerland.
• Stadt AarausupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGold Partner alongside Kantonsspital Aarau representing the Aarau region in the ecosystem.
• hintagsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGold Partner in the ecosystem.
• ResmonicssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerStartup Partner with documented collaboration with KSB on AI coughing sensors for hospital hygiene. KSB issued media release on this partnership.
• Scanvio MedicalsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerStartup Partner focused on AI-based endometriosis detection. CEO Dr. Stefan Tuchschmid provided testimonial on optimal connection to KSB and ETH. KSB issued media release on partnership.
• heyPatientsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerStartup Partner participating in Smart Hospital flagship project for patient-centered digital data space.
• 44aisupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerStartup Partner in the health innovation ecosystem.
• DRYLABZsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerStartup Partner in the health innovation ecosystem.
• HemetronsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerStartup Partner in the health innovation ecosystem.
• NakamosupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerStartup Partner in the health innovation ecosystem.
• BarmelweidminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity Partner - psychiatric care institution in the ecosystem.
• ClieniaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity Partner - psychiatric care provider.
• Hightech Zentrum AargauminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity Partner supporting high-tech innovation in Aargau.
• PDAG (Psychiatrische Dienste Aargau)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity Partner - psychiatric services of Aargau.
• Solothurner SpitälerminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity Partner - hospitals in Solothurn region.
• Spital MuriminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity Partner - regional hospital.
• Reha RheinfeldenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity Partner - rehabilitation clinic.
• tiliaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity Partner - foundation supporting the ecosystem.
• Standortförderung AargaucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEconomic development agency supporting the initiative with goal to strengthen canton's economy and promote innovation. Organizes Life Sciences Morning Sessions with HIH Aargau.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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