Accelerating Health Tech Partnerships

For Garmin Health, innovation is about more than technology. It is about empowering digital health solutions with reliable data, meaningful partnerships and real-world impact.

That is why the company chose 4YFN as a platform to connect with healthcare leaders, showcase innovation and strengthen collaboration across the digital health ecosystem. 

“For Garmin Health, 4YFN is where technology, healthcare and business converge, creating a unique opportunity to accelerate partnerships and turn connected health innovation into real-world outcomes.”

Jörn Watzke, Senior Director Garmin Health Global Sales 

Bringing Connected Health Innovation to the Right Audience

Garmin Health is the dedicated health division of Garmin, serving organisations across healthcare, research, employee wellbeing, insurance, fitness and defence. The company helps digital health providers bring objective health and biometric data into scalable solutions through the Garmin Health Connected Ecosystem. 

When attending 4YFN, Garmin Health had three clear objectives:

• Generate strategic connections with healthcare decision-makers
• Showcase real-world health outcomes enabled by Garmin wearable technology. 
• Empower digital healthcare solutions through data integration and connected health services. 

As healthcare organisations increasingly look for innovative and scalable solutions, 4YFN provided a focused environment where Garmin Health could engage directly with startups, enterprises and healthcare stakeholders exploring the future of health tech. 

Using 4YFN as a Strategic Innovation Platform

To maximise its presence, Garmin Health combined exhibition, thought leadership and ecosystem engagement. During the event, the company:

• Exhibited its portfolio of health technologies and data integration services. 
• Participated in panel discussions to share insights on how continuous biometric data can improve people's lives.
• Connected with startups, healthcare innovators and industry leaders interested in building data-driven health solutions. 

According to Garmin Health, one of the key benefits of participating was the ability to engage with multiple stakeholders in a single, highly concentrated innovation environment.

“4YFN provided a concentrated environment that combined high-quality startups, relevant stakeholders and global visibility in a single platform.” 

Meaningful Connections and New Business Opportunities

Participation at 4YFN resulted in a range of tangible outcomes for Garmin Health. The company successfully connected with healthcare decision-makers and other relevant stakeholders while showcasing innovative projects developed through the Garmin Health Connected Ecosystem. 

Following the event, Garmin Health reported several key benefits:

• Increased awareness of the products and data integration capabilities available through the Garmin Health Connected Ecosystem. 
• Generated qualified leads and sales opportunities across Europe
• Strengthened relationships with existing collaborators and partners. 

For Garmin Health, these outcomes reinforced the value of participating in an ecosystem designed to connect startups, corporates, investors and industry leaders around shared innovation challenges. 

Why the 4YFN Ecosystem Matters

As health tech continues to evolve, collaboration between technology providers, healthcare organisations, startups and investors becomes increasingly important.

Garmin Health sees 4YFN as a place where those connections can happen.

“4YFN brings together the startups, healthcare innovators, investors, and enterprise leaders who can transform Garmin Health wearable data and ecosystem into scalable digital health solutions.”

Jörn Watzke, Senior Director Garmin Health Global Sales 

The company continues to build on the relationships, visibility and insights gained through its participation, supporting organisations that are advancing the future of digital health through connected data and technology. 

A Platform for Growth

Garmin Health's experience highlights how 4YFN helps organisations move beyond visibility and towards meaningful business outcomes.

By bringing together healthcare innovators, startups, investors and enterprise leaders in one place, 4YFN creates opportunities to:

• Connect with decision-makers. 
• Build strategic partnerships. 
• Showcase innovation to relevant audiences. 
• Generate business opportunities and strengthen market presence

For Garmin Health, 4YFN became more than an event. It became a platform to strengthen relationships, increase visibility and accelerate conversations that support the next generation of digital health innovation.