EIT Health Investor Forum &
European Health Catapult
Biotech Semi-final

The 2019 EIT Health Investor Forum focuses on Biotechnology / Food for Health. The day will be highly interactive with participants from different countries where pre-selected ventures pitch for investors and are guided by mentors.

Connect & Learn // The Investors are interested in solid investment opportunities within their strategic outlook. The mentors are experienced entrepreneurs, marketing experts and subject-matter experts; they will provide constructive feedback and will help the venture to strengthen their business case and performance.

Be Inspired // The programme includes inspiring lectures from international speakers, covering topics in entrepreneurship, cross-border ecosystems and growth.

Venture // Ventures get the opportunity to showcase their pre-selected company to Biotech / Food for Health investors and strategic partners. They are characterised by a high growth potential, a solid business plan and dedicated team. The ventures want to raise capital to grow their business.

Invest // The EIT Health Investor Forum partners invite investors who are interested in cross-border investments. Investors are institutional, private equity, angel and venture investors who actively invest in the targeted areas. They are open for new, solid investment opportunities where dedicated people bring products with high value to the market.

European Health Catapult Semi-finals

Along with being EIT Health's premiere pitch competition, European Health Catapult (EHC) is also a training programme that boosts the development of top-notch European health start-ups. The programme exposes  start-ups to leading experts and international investors through intensive, multi-channel involvement of the whole EIT Health community. The European Health Catapult provides investors/industry representatives an excellent opportunity to gain access to a concentrated elite group of top European start-up companies ready to take on a strong partner when they take the first step to economic value creation.

• Biotech start-ups (Semi-final 1): 26 September in Delft, The Netherlands
• Medtech start-ups (Semi-final 2): 2 October in San Sebastian, Spain
• Digital health start-ups (Semi-final 3): 10 October in London, UK

The EHC Start-ups

After being intensively trained for two days, 14 Biotech start-ups will pitch in front of an expert jury. The jury will judge their presentations, their market readiness and the anticipated impact of their healthcare innovations.

Partners

The European Health Catapult competition is organized by EIT Health with the support of the Health Axis Europe, including several co-organizers across Europe.

The Biotech Semi-final organisers are TU Delft, Biotech Campus Delft and DSM.

Register

Register now for the EIT Health Investor Forum as you do not want to miss the opportunity to discover the best Biotech start-ups Europe.