
A 3-6 month Venture Building programme directed to EIC Pathfinder and EIC Transition innovators that aims to accelerate their development and guide, support, and challenge founders with the digital health startup creation process. A venture architect will guide start-ps during the programme with a tailor-made approach. Under this programme E-Health Venture (EHV) offers full-time access to its co-working facilities in Brussels; an online communication channel for raising needs-questions-issues; templates for structuring and operations; access to potential customers, coaches, healthcare, and IT professionals (in-house or outsourced experts). First, EHV assesses if the Beneficiary matches the requirements to participate in the programme in a free 2-hour session. beneficiaries will have the opportunity to pitch their project/idea to EHV team. Solutions that show a good level of maturity and attractiveness will be approved for the subsequent phases of the programme. The venture-building phases are as follows: Customer discovery, during which beneficiaries receive up to 5.000€ in cash, and support to identify and prove market interest in the concept/solution; Prototyping, under which “Proven” projects receive up to 5.000€ in cash to support and develop a prototype and test it with potential users; Building Team and Regulatory Roadmap, in which “Prototyped” projects receive support on management, recruitment and on GDPR and Medical Device Regulation (MDR) roadmaps. Each phase duration is limited to 2 months and EHV consultants support innovators for a maximum of 20h/month. Hybrid implementation (max 50% online); Offline activities will take place in EHV facilities in Brussels, Belgium.
If selected and admitted to the program, beneficiaries grant EHV an equity stake in the company.
Travel-hotel-transportation expenses (PER DIEM) are not covered. Participants must be able to speak and write in English, French or Dutch. The companies should be based in Europe, have a Problem-Solution idea in healthcare that involves software and have a willing and able team dedicating most of their time to the startup.
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