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THE EVOLUTION
OF HEALTH.TECH

From Founder Festival to Europe’s Most Important Health Tech Event

Where we
come from

From a local founder festival to a global innovation stage.

Home of founders
Wild first years. Started with only 80 participants at Hofbräuhaus the event grows to 1,400 attendees.
2013-2015
2016
5,000 attendees come to see the founders of Virgin, Airbnb, and other inspiring personalities.
2017
Bits & Pretzels establishes its quality over size rule and limits the number of attendees to 5,000.
Tarana Burke, founder of the #metoo movement, opens the Festival to underline the commitment to diversity.
2018
President Barack Obama joins Bits & Pretzels and leads an amazing speaker lineup.
2019
What a return after a two year break. It was time to reunite the European startup ecosystem and everybody joined.
2022
Bits & Pretzels is home. The Home of Founders. People came for Michelle Obama and they stayed for the community.
2023
Bits & Pretzels hosts 7,500 founders, investors, and industry leaders for three days full of learning, networking & doing business
2024
INNOVATION & BUSINESS FOR
BETTER HEALTHCARE



A new
era begins


Backed by the founding partners Roche & EIT Health, the health.tech conference is born.
2022
Doubling attendance and welcoming the star and role model Michael J. Fox with his Parkinson foundation.
2023
2024 was the year health.tech emerged as Europe’s leading health technology event - setting a new benchmark and laying the foundation for everything that comes next.
2024

THE NEXT CHAPTER OF HEALTH.TECH BEGINS

A new joint venture between Bits & Pretzels and MCH Group marks the start of something bigger.

MCH brings decades of experience creating world-class events like Art Basel — and now, that energy is behind health.tech. Together, we’re building a serious summit for serious change, rooted in Basel, Europe’s health tech capital.

Find out more

past Speakers

Michael J. Fox
Parkinson's Activist, Author & Celebrated Actor
Michelle Obama
Former First Lady
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Actor, Businessman, Investor, Environmentalist, form. Governor of California
Barack Obama
Jessica Alba
Founder
The Honest Company
Reid Hoffman
Co-Founder
LinkedIn
Arianna Huffington
Founder & CEO
Thrive Global
Drew Houston
Founder & CEO
Dropbox
Richard Branson
Founder
Virgin Group
Mario Schlosser
Co-Founder & CTO
Oscar Health, Inc.
Gordon Herbert
Head Coach
German National Basketball Team
Dr. Philipp Rösler
CEO
Consessor AG, Former Minister of Health, Germany

what makes our events so unique?

WHERE FOUNDERS
GROW & SHOW

Become a better founder by learning from our handpicked speakers and sharing your own experiences on stage.

WHERE HEALTHTECH
MEETS & DISRUPTS

The HealthTech space is diverse, and so is our mix of attendees, bringing together top-notch innovators: payers, providers, pharma, startups, corporates and investors.

WHERE FOUNDERS DO BUSINESS & FUNDRAISING

The leading decision-makers and VCs in the startup ecosystem join Bits & Pretzels. Use your chance to meet them as well as potential customers, partners and talents.

WHERE GROWTH
IS SIMPLE

Invest in your ticket and we take care of the rest - we facilitate growth through hands-on health insights, innovation, strategic partnerships, funding and much more.

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