Start-ups and young dynamic companies all over the world are trying to defy the COVID 19 crisis and help other people with good ideas and innovations. Adapting business models is very important. A prerequisite is that start-ups are flexible and adaptable, but also resilient and innovative. The expansion of the product and service range is essential for medtech and digital health start-ups, especially in times of the corona crisis. For example, the „Ada Health“ and „Babylon Health“ platforms have attracted attention with apps that have developed new functions for detecting the symptoms of Covid-19 lung disease. Both platforms are intended to relieve the burden on the public health system, because above all non-risk patients are to benefit from the new apps. Carpooling services such as „ViaVan“ and „Ola“ will also relieve the burden on transport companies. As a Berlin car-sharing agency for up to three people per vehicle, „ViaVan“ offers a free service at night for health care employees, so that they can get to their work safely and quickly. „Fully charged“, a London startup, offers NHS employees electric bicycles free of charge. But other British companies also support the NHS health system there, such as „Hobs 3D“. The 3D printing studio, which normally develops and prints life-size models of building plans, specializes in the production of respirator masks, valves and visors now in times of crisis, helping to save lives. „DeliverAid“, a platform set up by an emergency medical practitioner, currently supplies food to NHS staff, supporting local food retailers, cafés, restaurants and caterers who all work together. „Deliveroo“, a delivery service app, for example, has also done well by donating 500,000 meals to NHS staff. Most of the start-ups helping with the COVID 19 crisis management have the necessary medical and technological expertise and are using their knowledge, contacts and also capacities, as Eric Savant, Managing Director at Hobs 3D, explains.
