We want to promote innovation across borders; helping bring new products to new markets, accelerating the adoption of health products, services and concepts and, ultimately, improving the lives of citizens in European and beyond.
EIT Health’s Bridgehead brings together European health entrepreneurs who want to grow their business beyond their home market with the world’s top incubators and accelerators who have the expertise and resources to make it happen.
We will help match your scale-up with an incubator or accelerator from EIT Health’s approved network – we call these organisations our Catalysers. Together, you will plan how to access new markets quickly and decisively, tap into local networks of partners and clients, access infrastructure and understand new regulatory systems.
The programme is split into:
Whichever programme you successfully apply for, you will be given the seasoned expertise, insight and support needed to help realise your business ambitions.
Deadline to apply: 16 March 2021
We want to promote innovation across borders; helping bring new products to new markets, accelerating the adoption of health products, services and concepts and, ultimately, improving the lives of citizens in European and beyond.
BRIDGEHEAD EUROPE
Driving the expansion of your scale-up venture from one European market into another other through partners with local knowledge
BRIDGEHEAD GLOBAL
Helping you expand your European health scale-up to markets, outside of Europe such as the US, Canada, China, Japan and South Korea amongst others
EUROPEAN CATALYSERS
Accelerators, incubators and clusters with a proven track record in building, accelerating and scaling-up healthcare companies.
The experts connect industries, corporates, entrepreneurs, specialists, commercial partners and mentors to provide unique access to knowledge, infrastructure and resources to accelerate growth across an interconnected continent.
GLOBAL CATALYSERS
An EIT Health-vetted network of committed European partners strongly networked and operating within markets outside of Europe.
The experts offer the same level of enthusiastic and engaged collaboration and support with the difference of providing the opportunity to expand into global markets including the USA, Canada, Israel, China, Japan and others.
To qualify for Bridgehead Europe or Global, your company must:
Financial obligations: There is a 6% success fee of your company’s revenue in the new market, capped at three times the amount of the grant amount or three years after completing the programme, whichever comes first.
Join our Bridgehead webinar to learn more about the programme and find out if it is right for you. All you need to do is register below to secure your place:
03 March 2021 at 11:00 AM CET
See the Bridgehead call document for more detailed information on the programme. This document explains, for example, that you can apply to both Bridgehead Europe and Global, but you can only participate and be chosen for one.
Download the Bridgehead call document
Submit an application through our portal by 16 March 2021 to qualify for the first intake. Have your company, team and product/service information to hand, as you will need it to apply.
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