For Startups & Investors

Start in Baltics: from idea to investment-ready visibility

This part of Life Sciences Baltics 2027 brings together different innovation tracks designed for different stages of maturity. If you are at the beginning of the journey, apply to the 1:1 Innovation Showcase. If you are already building a company and ready to pitch your growth potential, the Startup Pitch Battle is the right track for you. For investors and partners, this creates one place to discover both: what is emerging next and what is already ready to scale.

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Startup Pitch Battle

For life sciences startups ready for visibility, connections, and growth: this track is designed for startups that have moved beyond the idea stage and are ready to present their solution, market relevance, and growth ambition to a high-level life sciences audience.

We are looking for R&D-driven life sciences companies that have:

Strength of the innovation
Market need and commercial potential
Readiness for growth and exposure
Clarity of the company’s proposition

Track fit: alignment with the life sciences and One Health focus of the track, a Europe-based and R&D-driven company profile, company age of up to 10 years, and a stage advanced enough to demonstrate secured investment and benefit from investor and partner attention.

What selected Startup Pitch Battle participants receive:

A 4-minute pitch slot in a highly visible startup track built to generate attention and momentum  An EXPO ticket
Access to investors, pharma, strategic partners, potential clients, and pilot-seeking organisations
Pitch training and expert pre-feedback before the event
A dedicated startup lounge for meetings, visibility, follow-up conversations, and added exposure during a time of international media attention around LSB 2027

Valuable jury feedback on commercial potential, market fit, and investment readiness
The right setting for meaningful follow-up, with the full life sciences ecosystem gathered in one place
A place among 20 selected startups, with 10 presenting each day
A chance to win cash prizes and other growth-oriented opportunities

Moments from Pitch Battle 2025

1:1 Innovation Showcase

This track is intended for PhD candidates, postdocs, researchers, and young innovators working on early-stage innovations in health, medicine, and life sciences, where data plays a meaningful role and the idea has the potential to contribute to One Health solutions.

We are looking for ideas with a clear purpose, defined scope, and credible future potential – innovations grounded in strong research or development, but also showing relevance beyond the lab: for real-world use, decision-making, market application, policy, or wider system impact.

The 1:1 Innovation Showcase is a curated space for emerging innovators to test relevance, gain visibility, and start meaningful conversations with the people who can help shape what comes next – from future partners and industry to investors, experts, and decision-makers.

What selected 1:1 Innovation Showcase participants receive

A place in the Young Innovators Lounge, a dedicated space designed to keep selected innovations visible, approachable, and easy to discover
Direct 1:1 conversations with investors, industry representatives, researchers, innovation leaders, and potential future partners
Visibility within Life Sciences Baltics 2027, where regional strengths, international attention, and cross-sector decision-makers come together
An EXPO ticket

A place among 20 selected innovations
A chance for 1 selected innovation to present on the Main Stage
An Audience Favourite opportunity, based on visitor engagement during the event
Feedback from a high-level selection committee to help sharpen the innovation’s relevance, positioning, and next steps
A follow-on opportunity for 1 selected innovation — designed to support its next stage of development through continued exposure, immersion, or connection to a leading-level innovation environment

Selected innovations will be considered based on:

Innovation strength
Use of data as a core driver
Relevance of the challenge addressed
Credibility of future application
Potential for real-world impact
Clarity of purpose and scope
Fit with the One Health focus

Applications will be submitted through an online form and must include a 3-minute video presentation of the innovation. All applications will be reviewed by a selection committee. Selection will be based on both the strength of the innovation and the quality of its presentation – including clarity, relevance, credibility, and audience fit.