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Deep Tech Venture Builder Programme Call 2025

If you’re part of an academic or research team looking to accelerate your intellectual property, consider applying to our Deep Tech Venture Builder Programme 2025.  EIT Health’s newest programme is specifically designed to support innovators with deep tech solutions, helping you to overcome the most frequent hurdles experienced when launching to market. 

DTVB 2025 Call Document | FAQs | Appendices

About Deep Tech Venture Builder Programme

This programme is aimed at teams who wish to gain support at the pre-maturation and maturation stages of your innovation journey. By joining this ten-month programme, you’ll learn how to overcome the most common challenges experienced by innovators in academia such as bureaucratic hurdles, funding uncertainties, and making the transition from research to practical innovation.

Programme Structure

The programme is structured in two phases:

  • Phase one focuses on team creation, business idea development and prototyping.
  • Phase two targets the minimum viable product (MVP) and market validation.

The programme will end with a demo day where selected teams will present their company to investors.

Why apply?

Seize this opportunity to:

  • Work with an assigned EIT Health staff member, based in your region, who will provide bespoke support, helping you to benefit from exclusive access to our innovation ecosystem including Europe’s leading healthcare actors.
  • Gain access to EIT Health’s extensive network of early stage investors
  • Attend EIT Health labelled training designed to enhance your journey to incorporation including courses on entrepreneurship, venture creation and product development.
  • We’re offering up to €210k in co-funding to accelerate your innovations.
Where to find out more
Key Dates

Informational Webinar 24 October 2024 12:00 CET: Refer back to the recording, where you’ll find out everything you need to know about the DTVB programme call, including the mentors who will support you on your journey, the training support you’ll receive, and hints and tips on how to apply.

DTVB programme online matchmaking 27 November 2024: We are excited to offer a unique online matchmaking opportunity for leading academics, venture builders, early-stage investors, and tech transfer experts interested in applying for this call. Our online platform supports meaningful community networking and aims to catalyse projects between EIT Health partners and non-partners by providing the opportunity to arrange one-to-one meetings. We will also be holding webinars to help streamline the application process and equip you with the essential knowledge needed to make a successful application to the programme. Learn more and register here

Call applications close 16 December 2024.