What’s your mission?
Do you want to bring your invention to the patient? Let's join forces!
Combining an academic outlook with entrepreneurial activities can be a rocky road. At NLC, we share your goal: we want to bring your healthtech invention to the patient! NLC secures 100.000€ in startup funding right from the start and has collected valuable experience in overcoming obstacles by building startups at scale. We know the ins and outs of filing patents, securing start-up capital, and organizing clinical trials. We know the best ways to bring your inventions to the market. You choose your degree of involvement. As a result, you can continue your academic work whilst developing your invention. Let us help you bring your invention to life!
For Inventors
Do you want to make your mark in the World? Lead an innovative venture!
For each healthtech venture that we build, we recruit a start-up CEO to help pave the road ahead. They are responsible for fundraising, strategy and bringing the invention to the market. NLC's team of experienced experts and advisors is here to help every step of the way! We promise you are in good hands.
For Entrepreneurs
Do you want to make a meaningful investment? Invest in healthtech ventures!
NLC offers professional and private investors unique access to both direct and fund investment opportunities in healthtech innovation. Your investment could be the driving force behind a life-saving venture coming to the market! We ensure that the most promising, impactful, and life-changing technology reaches our investors through continuously gathering data and learnings in healthtech venture building.
For Investors

Do you want to lend your expertise? Explore how you can help bring medical inventions closer to the patient's bedside!
NLC looks at thousands of inventions per year. We have a great team who diligently assesses innovations, examines the impact it could bring to patients, and translate these so it could be brought to the clinic. As a clinician, your knowledge in the field is a tremendous and essential support to make this happen.
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TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE QUALITY MANAGEMENT BY REAL-TIME MONITORING
Let hospitals and supervisory bodies know there is a quality issue the moment it arises, using publicly available sources
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IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF STROKE TREATMENT
Nico.Lab provides an algorithm to interpret medical scans of stroke victims, to make quick, calculated decisions on treatments and monitoring
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See all newsINTRODUCING PROVASCTEC : A CELL THERAPY FOR PATIENTS WITH CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA
PRESS RELEASE March 20, 2023 ProVascTec, an NLC venture, will help patients with critical limb ischemia by triggering cell induced new vascular tissue growth. …
Read moreINTRODUCING HEAT2MOVE: A NON-MEDICAL AND NON-INVASIVE PAIN RELIEVING TECHNOLOGY
PRESS RELEASE March 6, 2023 HEAT2MOVE, an NLC venture, sets out to provide a home care chronic pain relief option that is based on…
Read moreINTRODUCING ANSANA: A NEW STERILIZATION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE HEALTHCARE & PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY.
PRESS RELEASE February 28, 2023 Ansana, an NLC venture, is on a mission to develop and launch a cutting-edge system for observing and confirming…
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