The Healthcare Investor Forum in Lisbon is an all-embracing two days event bringing investors, entrepreneurs, start-ups, healthcare providers, and leaders in the healthcare industry to discuss current opportunities in the European innovation ecosystem.

If your start-up has been previously supported by an EIC programme, apply to earn a prize of up to €1,500 per start-up to cover your expenses to attend the event and/or Web Summit ticket costs, which will happen in parallel to the Healthcare Investor Forum in Lisbon, 1-4 November.

Apply by 24 October.

Gold Track pairs promising companies with top-flight life science advisors who immerse themselves in their ideating, strategising, and operational execution to set the start-up on a path to success. In the first module of the Gold Track programme – the Workshops – start-ups receive 1:1 and group sessions with Expert Council members and the opportunity to present to additional hand-picked investors and industry partners.

Download Call Document to learn how EIC supported start-ups get access to the programme’s workshop.

The Finance Booster programme offers start-ups seeking investment an intensive training to arm them with the financial literacy they need.

Intakes for EIC-supported ventures are currently closed.

EIC supported ventures will initially receive a 360° analysis and evaluation of their situation by hand-picked industry experts. Following the analysis, our Ready for Investment team will tailor a customized service package including mentoring opportunities that are aligned with their demands and needs of the venture. Companies will receive tailored advisory and support services at a market value of €10.000 – free of charge to EIC-supported ventures.

Intakes for EIC-supported ventures are currently closed.

Bridgehead supports start-ups who have proven the validity of their solution in their home market to expand to new international markets.

Intakes for EIC-supported ventures are currently closed.

The EIT Health Bootcamps give start-ups the chance to explore their full market potential and connect with a network of fellow entrepreneurs and innovators across Europe.

Intakes for EIC-supported ventures are currently closed.

The Fast Track helps EIT Health applicants assess their ideas and teams to assess their potential to create impact. This gives them the opportunity to evolve towards an excellent and competitive ready-to-invest programme: EIC Accelerator.

The EIC and EIT are part of a wider ecosystem that the EU is putting in place under Horizon Europe, the new EU research and innovation programme, to give Europe’s many entrepreneurs every opportunity to become world-leading companies. Other complementary initiatives include the Industry strategy, SME strategy, Digital Europe strategy, and the European Research Area.

The European Innovation Council (EIC) supports research teams and start-ups/SMEs developing high-risk, high-impact breakthrough innovation, with a particular focus on game-changing solutions that contribute to the objectives of the European Green Deal and the Recovery Plan for Europe. The EIC provides direct financial support, investment opportunities and coaching to breakthrough and disruptive innovation projects from deep tech founders to start-ups, from entrepreneurial researchers to investors, and from corporate partners to global markets. The EIC features the EIC Fund, set to be the largest early-stage equity fund in Europe, designed to crowd in investments from venture capital and other impact investors.

This webpage reflects EIT Health’s view. While this project receives funding of one million euros from the European Commission’s H2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101035792, the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) is not responsible for this webpage and any use that may be made of the information it contains. The pilot project start date was 5^th July 2021 and the end date is 4^th July 2022.