Short summary of the background behind the evolution of Hungarian e-Health startup landscape. First I highlighted a fact than show a startup example. Also at the end there is the Debrecen (Hungary's second biggest city) example of a working startup ecosystem.

1. Hungarian
e-Health startup
landscape
Máté Rab
e-Health expert
Managing Director, DTMP Nonprofit Ltd.
16.02.2017 | BelgaBiz e-Health Seminar

2. Fact #1
Patients get
health-related
information online

3. 3
Information source and relevance
GP (General Practitioner) 5,5
Specialist 5,9
Pharmacist 4,9
Health portal
(e.g. Webbeteg.hu)
4,5
Friends, family members,
acquaintances
3,8
-12%
-8%
-21%
-22%
-37%
77%
81%
60%
43%
23%
Rather not credible (1-3)
Rather credible (5-7)
96%
95%
91%
83%
82%
Source: Szinapszis research | April 2016 | N=611
TOP 5

4. 4
Digital records – Laborom
Cloud based medical
organiser to assist you
during your therapy,
making life with a
chronic disease easier.
Digital Medical
History App
 50.000+ patients worldwide
 From 188 countries
 11 languages available

5. Fact #2
Doctors are
digitalized

6. 6
Country % of household
with broadband
internet access
Total mobile
phones
(million)
Mobile phone
per capita
Total internet
users (million)
Percent of
population
Source: The World Factbook; Internet Live Stats; Eurostat, The World Bank
Bulgaria 59%
9.9 M 1.37
4.2 M 59%
Estonia 87%
2.1 M 1.62
1.2 M 91%
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
14%
3.5 M 0.90
2.3 M 62%
Croatia 76%
4.5 M 1.00
3.1 M 74%
Latvia 74%
2.5 M 1.26
1.5 M 76%
Lithuania 67%
4.4 M 1.52
2.2 M 77%
Serbia 20%
9.3 M 1.30
4.6 M 54%
Hungary 75%
11.7 M 1.18
7.9 M 80%Slovenia 78%
2.3 M 1.17
1.5 M 72%
Slovakia 78%
6.4 M 1.17
4.5 M 83%
Digitalization
in Central and
Eastern Europe

7. 7
MedNetTrack – Doctors’ digitalization
OWN WEBSITE
2013
HEALTH PORTAL MEMBERSHIP
COMMUNICATION WITH PATIENTS
2015
13%
14%
2013
2015
49%
28%
2013
2015
61%
PROFESSIONAL USAGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
2015
35%
2015
16%
The number of doctors communicating
online with the patients are getting
significantly higher.
Source: Szinapszis research | 2015 | HU GP: N=99; HU SPEC: N=108
69%

8. 8
Learning online
Human Anatomy
Atlas on mobile
The world’s first
social anatomy
atlas application.
 10.000+ downloads
 Own profile, med friends
 800+ pictures, full human atlas
 Android, iOS, Windows, PC

9. Fact #3
Private healthcare
getting significant

10. 10
Reasons behind private healthcare
64%
51%
47%
6%
29%
31%
31%
7%
18%
22%
93%
Less waiting time
Higher quality of service
Personalized attention
Other
Mainly this Rather this None of them
Source: Szinapszis research | March 2014 | N=1005
„Why have you / would you paid for private healthcare?”
55+ PEOPLE
151-300K HUF
WOMEN
MAX 35-YEAR OLD
151-300K HUF
WOMEN
MAX 35-YEAR OLD
HIGHER DEGREE
ACTIVE
MAX 35-YEAR OLD
SECONDARY DEGREE
BUDAPEST
Above average

11. 11
Science for babies
Personalized IVF.
Science for babies.
Personalized IVF,
where the implantation
window is determined with
a simple test.
 +20% chance of getting pregnant
 Unique methodology
 International expansion

12. Fact?
There are more
place for e-Health
startups

13. 13
Booster for the ecosystem
 JEREMIE Funds: 70% from EU, 30% from private investors
 Investment all over Hungary, except the country's Central Region
 2013-2016: 130 billion HUF (more than 420 million EUR) for 26 Fund Managers
 From 2017: 150 billion HUF (480m EUR) will be invested by far less Funds
 1st step: Hiventures got 50 billion HUF (160m EUR) to invest into ~800 startups
 Incubation: 10-20k EUR
 Seed: 100k EUR
 Startup: 200k EUR

14. 14
iKnife: Great idea + Investment = Exit
iKnife (or OncoKnife) is a surgical
knife, which tests tissue as it
contacts it during an operation,
and immediately gives
information as to whether that
tissue contains cancer cells.
 Started at Semmelweis University
 400 million HUF investment
 Successful exit to Massachusetts
Waters Corporation

15. 15
Healthcare investments
Worldwide vs Hungary
AngelList
13.02.2017
All Health Care
Health and
Wellness
Life Sciences Mobile Health All Health
Companies 2 656 808 15 574 0,59% 8 427 0,32% 7 401 0,28% 1707 0,06% 33 109 1,25%
All Jeremie Funds 26
Funds with Healthcare investments 14
Rate 54%
Number of Healthcare investments 53
Rate 24%
Aggregated rate of HC Investment /
All Investment
13%
20%
18%
16%
14%
10%
6%
6%
4%
6%
MedTech
Healing
LaborTech
Diagnostic
Research
Education
Doctor-Patient comm.
Adherence
Other
!

16. 16
Reconnect with your autistic child
Picture-based communication
for autistic children to
maximize their independence.
 Winner of CEE Women Startup
competition
 Easy to use, innovative

17. 17
Ecosystem
Map of connections
and programs of the
local underground
ecosystem
in Debrecen, Hungary.

18. 18
Ecosystem
Debrecen has/had:
 Huge university,
strong economy,
well-paying jobs
 Thought-provoking
website
 Monthly and yearly
meetups, conferences
 Startup training
program
 Coworking offices (2!)
 Incubator, investor
What do we need?
 More Startups 

19. Whowillbethenextsuccess?
Digital Medical
History App
Lady's Diary
Period Tracker
19
Examples
World’s First
Diagnostic Chatbot
Personalized IVF.
Science for babies.
Intelligent Dental
Software, 3D anim.
Human Anatomy
Atlas on mobile
Virtual Patients. Real
diagnostic experience.
Voice controlled
eyewear for the
visually impaired
Tep – Motivational
Activity Tracker
Doctorslearningonline
Privatehealthcaresolutions
Patientsgetdigital

20. Thank you for
your attention!
Máté Rab
Managing Director
DTMP Nonprofit Ltd.
+36 30 381 0830
mate.rab@dtmp.hu