Activities & projects for startups and SMEs
Strengthening MedTech SMEs
Brainport Development undertakes initiatives that strengthen the region economically and accelerate innovations. Specifically for Medtech, our task is to strengthen the position, innovative strength and earning power of the MedTech industry. We do this by, among other things:
- Testing ideas, drafting a business plan or helping with funding. The MedTech market brings specific questions and challenges. Business developers are happy to help you on your way and know suitable parties, such as the Brabant Start up Fund.
- Bridging the gap between entrepreneurs and hospitals, care institutions, health insurers, etc. Would you, for instance, like to pitch your business idea to hospitals in the region? Then get in touch and sign up for one of the sessions or take part in the cross-border project Crosscare 2.0 where companies can make use of care trial gardens across the border and a fund to support innovation projects.
- Projects and initiatives on crossovers to technologies, such as for example the crossover between Artificial Intelligence and MedTech for SMEs. Companies can also be guided on digitalisation issues.
- Increasing the market for MedTech companies through joint international marketing.
- Community building & positioning Brainport as a MedTech hub.
MedTech Hub Brainport
MedTech Hub Brainport is an ecosystem, a meeting place, a network, where MedTech pioneers work to realise smart health solutions worldwide. We combine our technological competences with the ability of companies to transform them into innovative applications to benefit the transition in healthcare.
As a director and connector within the MedTech Hub, Brainport Development's MedTech team undertakes all kinds of initiatives to strengthen the position and earning power of MedTech SMEs.
Do you work in the medical technology value chain? Then join the MedTech Hub Brainport by following the LinkedIn page and signing up for the newsletter. This will keep you informed of all events and developments.
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Project CrossCare 2.0
The CrossCare 2.0 project supports and facilitates the development of innovations in the Flemish and Dutch care and welfare sectors. Companies and/or care organisations that want to develop a care innovation can submit an innovation proposal during several CrossCare 2.0 call rounds (“waves”). Care Living Labs on both sides of the border then support and encourage the selected companies-developers and test/evaluate/demonstrate their innovation with end-users. At the same time, the selected organisations can also count on financial support from an innovation fund.
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Innovation Meets Hospital
Innovation Meets Hospital is an initiative of The Gate, in which medtech startups present their innovations directly to hospitals in the region. Startups get the chance to present their solution to innovation experts from Catharina Hospital, MMC and Elkerliek, among others. The aim is to reduce the gap between technology and clinical practice, and accelerate the implementation of healthcare innovations. The sessions provide immediate feedback and opportunities for collaboration, within Brainport Eindhoven's innovative ecosystem.
The next sessions will take place on:
The Gate
The Gate is the platform where tech startups can go in the first phase of their existence to get off to a flying start; the check-in for information and advice, both physical and digital.
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Brabant Startup Fonds
Brabant Startup Fonds is the province of North Brabant's investment fund for early-stage startups. It funds promising, innovative and knowledge-intensive startups to get from idea to product-market fit and attract investors. As a startup, you can receive a convertible loan between €50,000 and €350,000.
More about Brabant Startup Fonds
CrossRoads
CrossRoads Vlaanderen-Nederland stimulates cross-border cooperation between SMEs in Flanders and the southern Netherlands (Zeeland, North Brabant, Limburg and South Holland). The project supports companies in finding a partner across the border and subsidises product or process innovations with a focus on sustainable entrepreneurship, renewable energy, industry 4.0 and health.
Matchmaking, funding and guidance
Do you have an innovative and technically feasible project idea focused on one of the societal transitions? And would you like to collaborate across borders with other companies? CrossRoads supports cross-border cooperation through:
- matchmaking: finding partner(s) across the border
- funding for innovation projects
- guidance during and after the innovation project