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Startups can now apply for EIT Health Accelerator 2017

We are pleased to announce that startups can now apply for EIT Health Accelerator 2017 programs until 31 March 2017. Start-ups can get funding, expertise and access to Europe’s biggest health care initiative EIT Heath. It gathers 140 partners from industry, academia and public stakeholders from 16 countries.

What kind of programs do we offer?

For founding teams and early-stage startups: INCUBATE!-programs

  • LaunchLab: LaunchLab  is  a two-month  pressure  cooker  for  not-yet  entrepreneurs  from  all  over Europe  to  explore  the  opportunities  of  their  health  tech  idea.
  • VentureLab: Tailored training program covering subjects on topics such as strategy, marketing and networking, organizing, technology and product development, and financing.
  • LaCaixa Impulse: Addressed to research projects with the aim of transferring a protected or protectable result in the market, grants of up to 70,000€ per project.

For startups that need validate their product or service: VALIDATE!-programs

  • Product/Market FIT: Get funding for your validation activities in European markets such as ES, FR, UK, DE, NL or BE, providing access to a wide network of market experts with specific local knowledge.

For scale-ups that either want to grow in their home market or even want to expand on an international level: SCALE!-programs

  • Investor Network: Upload your startup profile and a video pitch on www.startups4.eu to get an invitation to the EIT Health Investor Network
  • European Health Catapult: Compete with the best biotech, medtech and digital health startups in Europe for the “European Health Catapult” award with a prize money up to 135,000 € in total.
  • GoGlobal: The GoGlobal programs helps startups to reach international markets by connecting them to market experts and companies who have already gathered experience in these markets. Furthermore, there are specific programs for Brazil, China and the United States of America.
  • Head Start funding: Get up to 50,000€ to reach the next milestone (non-dilutive, of course). Please send an email to headstart@remove-this.eit-health.de if you would like to get the application form for Germany and Switzerland. Please note that applications are possible until 8 September 2017.

Please find detailed information attached and online: http://eithealth.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/InvitationForParticipation_IncubateValidateScale_16.02.2017_Final.pdf

In case you have general questions about the EIT Health Accelerator, do not hesitate to contact Angelika Leppert, BioM (leppert@bio-m.org).

For detailed questions about the programs, you will find a contact person in the linked PDF.


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