Portabel Health: Crowned Winner of Flemingsberg Science STARTUP Award 2025

Quickly finding the right personnel is one of the healthcare sector’s major challenges, especially in times of staff shortages and increasing demands for efficiency. Portabel Health offers a modern solution to these problems through a digital platform that makes it easy for care providers to access qualified nurses and healthcare professionals.

Unlike traditional staffing agencies, Portabel Health enables flexible and cost-effective staffing, where the right competence can be matched with the right assignment on short notice. The platform manages the entire process—from matching and scheduling to communication, resulting in reduced administrative burden.

“Winning the Flemingsberg Science Award STARTUP 2025 is proof that we’re on the right path and that our work is being recognized. It gives us even more motivation to continue building a solution the healthcare system truly needs.” — Omar Ahmed, COO and Co-Founder

By combining technology with a deep understanding of healthcare needs, Portabel Health helps ensure high quality of care—even during sudden changes in staffing. The result is a more sustainable staffing solution that strengthens both the work environment and patient care.

“This win opens doors for us to grow faster and continue developing in an environment that fosters innovation. It’s a significant step in our journey and in our mission to create societal value.” — Abdullah Hariss Qurashi, CEO and Founder of Portabel Health

Portabel Health’s innovative work has not gone unnoticed. This year, they are the winners of the Flemingsberg Science STARTUP Award. In addition to the prize of 10,000 SEK, they gain access to coworking spaces in Novum Labs—a creative, knowledge-driven hub for the next generation of tech and healthcare companies, located in the heart of Flemingsberg.

OptiCell Solutions – A Key Player in Cell and Gene Therapy Establishes in Flemingsberg

Flemingsberg continues to be a natural choice for knowledge-intensive and innovative businesses. OptiCell Solutions is a company that recently launched its operations at Novum Labs on the Flemingsberg Campus. Founded in 2024 by specialists from Karolinska University Hospital and entrepreneurs from the Life Science industry, the company specializes in improving the availability of high-quality target cells for cell and gene therapies, a critical component of the growing ATMP (Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products) sector.

Drivhuset Stockholm – Where Future Entrepreneurs Take Their First Steps

Imagine a place where young ideas are free to grow, where passion meets ambition, and where the entrepreneurs of tomorrow take their first steps toward greatness. That’s exactly what Drivhuset Stockholm offers – a springboard for the next generation of entrepreneurs. Located on Campus Flemingsberg, we support students every day as they bring their ideas to life and build the skills needed to create real change. Our mission? To provide them with a safe, inspiring environment where they can test and develop their business ideas for real.

Hitchhiker’s Guide to Startup Success: Mastering the Art of the Perfect Pitch

Earlier this fall, we launched the first event in our seminar series, Hitchhiker’s Guide to Startup Success, which we are organizing together with Miltenyi Biotec. The inaugural session featured an inspiring workshop led by pitch expert and coach Malcolm Larri. The event gathered innovators and entrepreneurs in the Life Sciences sector, with a particular focus on Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMP)—a rapidly growing field with tremendous potential to revolutionize healthcare.

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