Take your healthcare start-up to the InnoStars Awards!
The InnoStars Awards is a key acceleration programme for early-stage start-ups from Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe, where the pace of innovation is more moderate. It is a must-attend pit stop in the healthcare start-up journey.
The programme helps transform prototypes and MVPs into health solutions or products and bring them to the market. Over the last seven years, more than 100 start-ups have been trained and more than half have been successful. The InnoStars Awards is also a unique place for investors looking for gems in biotech, MedTech, and life sciences.
Ready to accelerate your start-up? Apply by 16 April 2023.
What you get
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1:1 MENTORING |
BOOTCAMPS |
PITCH EVENT |
ACCESS TO NETWORK |
FUNDING |
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Get tailored guidance to shorten time-to-market for products and services |
Attend two Bootcamps throughout Europe and meet entrepreneurs |
Get the opportunity to pitch in front of top investors and gain visibility |
Gain access to EIT Health’s Investor Network |
Receive EUR 25 000 in smart money or EUR 4 000 in mentoring value |
How it works
STAGE 1 – INNOSTARS AWARDS
Start-ups that fit the overall EIT Health InnoStars Awards objectives will be selected through external experts.
STAGE 2 – MENTORING AND TRAINING
After completing the “Mentoring and Training” and the business plan submission process, the top 10 companies will qualify for the final pitch of the InnoStars Awards.
STAGE 3 – INNOSTARS AWARDS PITCH EVENT
Pitch your business plan to an international jury consisting of healthcare professionals, representatives of EIT Health core industrial partners, and market experts.
You could win up to EUR 25 000 to launch your product or service, find your first customers, network with EIT Health partners from all over Europe, and present your success story in local and European media.
OPTIONAL NAM SELECTION
Projects with a focus on active ageing have the opportunity to enter the United States National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
EIT Health participates in the Catalyst phase of the competition. All applicants advancing to the final stages of the Catalyst Award review process are automatically considered for subsequent funding in the form of an Accelerator Award worth between USD 150 000 and more than USD 1 million. To be eligible, your project should be a bold, innovative idea that has the potential to extend the human life span through disease prevention, mobility, functionality, social connectedness, longevity, and more.
Find out more about the NAM Challenge
Upcoming Dates:
- Submission deadline for applications: 16 April
- Announcement of the InnoStars Awards 2023 cohort: End of May
- Bootcamps: July & September
- Announcement of the 10 finalists: End of October
- InnoStars Awards Grand Final: November
Who should apply
The InnoStars Awards programme is suitable for:
- Micro and small enterprises (according to the EU definition)
- Spin-offs and start-ups that already have a prototype or an MVP but the product/service is not on the market and/or generating income
- Companies must be incorporated/registered before the sub-granting agreement initiation
Applicants can apply only with legal entities from the following countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine, Turkey
InnoStars Awards was a great international journey of incubation and acceleration for our start-up. We had the chance to meet fabulous mentors and great advisors who were helping us in the creation of the pitch, with media content as well as in preparing for meetings with investors.
MAGDA JANDER, FOUNDER OF UVERA, WINNER OF INNOSTARS AWARDS 2019
A big difference between InnoStars Awards and other accelerators is that EIT Health has a vision of nurturing entrepreneurship. Throughout the programme, young talent can find everything they need for every level of maturity. It brings them from scratch to series A and beyond.
ALESSANDRO MONTEROSSO, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF PATCHAI
Ready to apply?
Register on our application platform, access your account, and select the Innostars Awards application form. Don’t forget to fill your application by 16 April 2023.
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