VALOTEC

Their core work

ValoTec is a French technology SME specializing in miniaturized electronic components and wireless systems designed for medical and in-body applications. Their work spans energy harvesting for ultra-small devices, wireless in-body communication, and point-of-care diagnostic solutions. Across their H2020 portfolio, they contribute expertise in making electronics small enough, efficient enough, and reliable enough to function inside the human body or in compact medical instruments. Their participation in projects ranging from smart energy sources to heart failure monitoring tools positions them at the intersection of microelectronics and healthcare.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

ValoTec's early H2020 work (2016-2017) focused on foundational technology: IoT energy sources, miniaturized form factors, and wireless in-body communication — the building blocks for putting electronics inside the human body. By 2019, their focus had shifted decisively toward healthcare applications: smart catheters, implantables, organ-on-chip, and personalized medicine. This evolution shows a company that moved from component-level R&D toward integrated medical device ecosystems.

ValoTec is moving from general-purpose miniaturized electronics toward dedicated medical device applications, particularly implantables and personalized diagnostics — expect future work in smart medical instruments.

How they like to work

ValoTec participates exclusively as a partner, never coordinating — consistent with a specialist SME that contributes specific technical components rather than leading large research agendas. With 72 unique consortium partners across 14 countries from just 4 projects, they work in large, multi-national consortia (averaging 18+ partners per project). This suggests they are a trusted niche contributor that larger consortia recruit for specific electronics expertise.

Despite only 4 projects, ValoTec has built a broad network of 72 unique partners across 14 countries, indicating they join large European consortia in the health-electronics space. Their reach is genuinely pan-European with no visible geographic concentration.

What sets them apart

ValoTec sits at a rare intersection: they bring microelectronics and energy harvesting expertise directly into the medical device domain. While many electronics SMEs target industrial IoT, ValoTec has committed specifically to in-body and healthcare applications — from wireless implant communication to smart catheters. For consortium builders needing a partner who understands both the electronics miniaturization challenge and the medical device context, ValoTec fills a very specific gap.

Highlights from their portfolio

• WiBEC
  Their largest funded project (EUR 460K) tackling the fundamental challenge of wireless communication inside the human body — a technically demanding and commercially promising niche.
• KardiaTool
  Applied their miniaturization expertise to a concrete clinical need — non-invasive heart failure diagnosis — demonstrating their ability to contribute to patient-facing medical solutions.
• HELoS
  A coordination/support action connecting the Moore-for-Medical community, signaling ValoTec's integration into the broader European healthcare electronics ecosystem.