| Health~Holland

National

Health Innovation Netherlands (HI-NL) facilitates an early, targeted, tailor-made dialogue between innovators and all relevant stakeholders in the healthcare system, supporting and directing the development, evaluation, implementation, scaling up and reimbursement of safe, effective and efficient (health)care innovations for patients and citizens.

The Round Table service is one of HI-NL’s activities and provides multistakeholder consensus advice to innovators about the development path of their specific innovation, tailored to their innovation type and which pathway they may best use. This service is open to any innovator, national or international, developing or distributing any type of health(care) innovation (which are covered by MDR / IVDR) in any health sector (care, cure, public health and prevention). The process consists of three consecutive tailor made phases:

The intake
Extensive scoping & synthesis of the innovation and its targeted context and setting by a team of health(care) innovation experts (a so-called case team, matched to the innovation at hand) and
The Round Table session with all relevant stakeholders (e.g. patient, medical specialist, health insurer, CE expert, policy makers etc.). In this last third phase, all relevant stakeholders in the healthcare domain that may play a role for the specific innovation are selected and brought together in the Round Table session to provide innovators with consensus advice about their innovation and necessary follow-up steps. The gathered knowledge from the scoping & synthesis phase together with the multistakeholder consensus advice is then compiled to a final comprehensive Innovation Guide and delivered to the innovator.

Egbert Smit

CEO MLA Diagnostics BV

'Every entrepreneur should consider a HI-NL Round Table. As an innovator, you always talk to as many key players in your field as possible. Without such conversations, you don't know whether your product actually solves an observed problem. The HI-NL Round Table service facilitates this through a well-prepared session. All parties sit around the table at the same time and provide completely independent advice. I can only recommend others to do this as well.'

Eurostars

Biotech

Healthcare

Medtech

Pharma

Ongoing

RVO/Eureka

eurostars@rvo.nl

International

Eurostars is a funding programme that provides financial support to international consortia through national funding in each participating country. Eurostars is aimed at supporting SMEs in collaborative market-oriented R&D projects in order to develop and grow faster.

Eurostars is a European innovation programme, a Eureka network and European Commission initiative. Eurostars provides financial support for projects through national funding of each participating country. The funding amount depends on project activities, the type of partner organisation and the country in which they are established. The Netherlands has an annual budget of €19 million, divided over 2 calls per year. The maximum funding amount is €500.000,- for the Dutch part of the consortium, covering up to 50% of R&D related costs for SMEs and research institutes and 40% for large companies. An extensive team of different experts at RVO is more than happy to help with constructing the best possible application.

The Netherlands Patent Office

Biotech

Healthcare

Medtech

Pharma

Ongoing

RVO

octrooicentrum@rvo.nl

NWO en GameChanger Challenge

International

The Netherlands Patent Office supports you with information and advice on getting and maintaining a patent or intellectual property right for your idea or product.

Do you have an innovative idea? Then patents and Intellectual Property (IP) rights can be of great importance for your business.

The Netherlands Patent Offices provides you with information on strategic use of IP rights, such as patents. In addition, gives webinars and workshops on different topics such as searching in patent databases and IP rights in collaboration. Click here for more information.

If you have a specific question, patent advisors of The Netherlands Patent Office will help you with tailor-made support. Click here to make a free, independent and confidential appointment.

Valer Pop

LifeSense Group

'The Netherlands Patent Office helped us to gain a deep understanding of patents and their strategic value. Their support allowed us to develop a solid proposal for a 17.5 million euro European Innovation Council (EIC) grant. Alongside, the Dutch Patent Office provided Master Class trainings in which we learned relevant aspects about patents and patents procedures.'

Venture Challenge

Biotech

Medtech

Pharma

Two times a year (spring and fall)

herben@lifesciencesatwork.nl

National

The Venture Challenge helps starting entrepreneurs in the life sciences to bring their service or product to the market. In a programme of approximately ten weeks, starters receive support in setting up a company and develop their idea into a solid business case.

For: startups in life sciences, therapeutics, diagnostics and medical devices.

Since its start in 2008, the Venture Challenge has proven to be the most successful startup programme in life sciences therapeutics, diagnostics and medical devices in the Netherlands.

The Venture Challenge consists of a series of bootcamps and coaching sessions; it takes around three months from start to finish (check the link for more detailed information). Guided by a dedicated team of experienced trainers and challenged by your peers and industry experts you will translate your invention into a viable business idea.

After the bootcamps and coaching sessions you will be introduced to representatives of all relevant early-stage life Sciences investors and you pitch your venture to the Venture Challenge jury, consisting of seasoned entrepreneurs and investors, who will then decide who takes home the €25,000 prize money. The winner of the Venture Challenge will be publicly announced during the Dutch Life Sciences Conference, one of the largest life sciences business conferences in the Netherlands, offering great exposure.

To enter the Venture Challenge you need to have a team of at least 3 people, and participants are expected to attend both bootcamps (2 times 3 days incl. overnight stays) and the final pitch event. Participants pay a fee of €2000,- per team of 3 or €2.500,- per team of 4.

Geert Boink

CEO of PacingCure

'The PacingCure team felt that the Venture Challenge was exquisitely crafted and executed to unlock the team's potential to develop its core business strategies. As a first token of success, this has led to PacingCure securing its second EU Eurostars Grant.'

National Healthcare Innovation Award

Healthcare

Medtech

Once a year

Zorginnovatie.nl

Info@zorginnovatie.nl

Several parties, see below

National

The National Healthcare Innovation Award (Nationale Zorginnovatieprijs) is a competition for entrepreneurs whose innovative product or service has been developed, tested and launched.

The event is a great place to meet important stakeholders. Winning the award results in a PR boost for your company, next to the €5.000-€10.000 prize money.

For: scale-up companies in the health sector

Once a year the Nationale Healthcare Innovation Award is granted to the most promising health scale-up.

Application for the National Healthcare Innovation Award is done via Zorginnovatie.nl. Following the pre-screening process, candidates are classified to one of the eight Zorginnovatie.nl-regions. Every region organises a preliminary, offering the participants regional exposure and after which a regional finalist is selected.

At the Health Valley Event, all finalists pitch their innovation in front of a jury consisting of experts in the field of health innovation. The expert jury decides who is granted the €10.000 jury award. Parallel, through voting, the winner of the €5.000 public award is chosen.

Both award winners are announced at the Health Valley Event, the place to be to meet the greatest variety of stakeholders involved in innovation, science and business in Life Sciences and Health.

Jurriaan van Rijswijk

Post-IC

'The National Healthcare Innovation Award offers entrepreneurs a fantastic stage with a lot of publicity and acceleration. Certainly, in a very slowly changing and at the same time competitive market winning the Health Innovation Awards makes that your product and your company stands out in the healthcare market.

The National Healthcare Innovation Award therefore is a great stage where great things happen. And the stage is surrounded with an audience that likes to watch cool things that happen on that stage. When winning the award your product and company becomes the main act on that stage you are literally placed in the spotlights. For me being on that stage is a tribute to the nurses who defined our success. In every hospital that uses Post-ICU, certificates are placed in family rooms to communicate that they are so proud to have won the National Healthcare Innovation Award.'

Innovation Broker

Biotech

Healthcare

Medtech

Pharma

Ongoing

christiaansen@health-holland.com

Zorginnovatie.nl, Zorg voor Innoveren

National

The innovation brokers advise and guide innovative SMEs on the development of their product, their value proposition and the expansion of their network.

For: innovative startups and scale-up companies in the life sciences and health sector.

The innovation brokers dedicate time to advise and guide small and medium enterprises on:

The development of a product, process or service.
The value proposition and possible revenue models.
Making a business case.
Finding funding for the development.
Obtaining certification in the development of medical technology.
Connection in the network. Linking the right (cooperation) partners (healthcare, knowledge institutions, other companies and government).

To support entrepreneurs, Top Sector LSH (Health~Holland) provides an arrangement to reimburse 50% of the costs of innovation brokers. Health~Holland reimburses to a maximum of €5.000.

If you are a start-up or scaleup company and looking for advise on subjects above, get in contact with one of the innovation brokers below:

Name	Region/Area of expertise	Contact
Health Valley	Regio Nijmegen & Zwolle	Pim van der Hoorn
Coöperatie Slimmer Leven	Brainport regio/Eindhoven	Lisanne van Doremalen
CIC West-Brabant	Regio Roosendaal	Chantal van Spaendonck
Stichting MedtechPartners	Medtechondernemers	Boris Polm
Global Scale-up Company	International scaleup	Greetje de Kleuver
FFUND	Venture Capital	Lorina Gjonaj

Rob in ‘t Zand

Health-Thing

'The ‘Innovatiemakelaarsregeling’ is a great instrument for early stage startups in health(care). It’s given us a lot of new insights and more direction. The innovation broker gives you an honest view on the value proposition and whether it matches the funding mechanisms in the Dutch healthcare system. In our case we ultimately decided to shift to another market segment and created a new value proposition. Truly valuable! Secondly, the innovation broker decided to open his network and make warm introductions to potential customers. Another real added value.'

Innovation Cafe

Healthcare

Medtech

Four times a year

tettero@zonmw.nl

Health Impact Accelerator

National

Gain knowledge in sector relevant topics, meet valuable new contacts and strengthen your  business case. Become an active member of our community of more than 4,500 healthcare innovators!

For: Startups and scale-up companies with a focus on health innovation as well as other stakeholders in the health sector. The innovation café is a perfect opportunity to meet new contacts and to gain valuable knowledge.

The innovation cafés are a series of events at which all kinds of stakeholders in health innovation are present. Each innovation café is set around a specific topic, such as collaboration with health insurance companies, legislation and regulations, and cooperation with knowledge institutions. The innovation cafés consist of informative presentations, followed by a discussion or debate with the audience. We end the innovation café with drinks and networking.

Maartje Claassen

CEO SARA Robotics

'Being able to elaborate, discuss and learn with and from others is essential for the enormous transition our healthcare system is in. The innovation cafes are accessible to everyone, educational and close to the actual practice. After an innovation cafe you will go home inspired with things that you can work with tomorrow that fit the transition that is necessary in the long term.'

Health Impact Accelerator

Healthcare

Medtech

Once a year

hia@zorginnovatie.nl

National

The Health Impact Accelerator is a 10-week programme for entrepreneurs in healthcare to develop a solid business case for their company.

Guided by a dedicated team of experienced trainers and challenged by your peers and industry experts you will translate your invention into a viable business idea. 

During the HIA you:

Write a concise and achievable business plan;
Get to work on the measurability of your innovation;
Get challenged during two three-day bootcamp sessions;
Receive weekly online coaching;
Work on a smashing investor pitch;
Present the end result during a national event.

Kevin Jacobs, VindiQu BV

VindiQu BV

'The Health Impact Acceleration participation brought VindiQu to the next level by understanding the core of our innovative business and market. Questioning and challenging every step in the process creates a solid foundation which we continue to build forward on. A necessity for all who seek to create innovation into the healthcare ecosystem.' 

Global Scale-Up Program

Biotech

Healthcare

Medtech

Pharma

Once a year

Global Scale-Up Company

International

This international mentoring programme is designed to effectively help you scale-up your venture in Life Sciences, Medical Technology or eHealth. It offers a unique combination of an investment journey with training and mentoring by serial entrepreneurs, global marketing experts and investors.

You start with a baseline assessment to determine your starting point as a venture compared with US and European competitors. Based on the outcome, you will receive tailored one-on-one mentoring to guide your decision-making in increasing the value of your venture. Furthermore, the programme will help you to strategise your market positioning and launch, and learn to think like a global investor and find your (next) investor or partnership.

Hans de Munter

CEO Neuroplast

'The programme was an eye-opener for me. The GSP is like being part of the adventure movie ‘GO West’
with John Wayne. As CEO’s we worked in a new environment with a lot of action and learned how
to behave and act in the US business climate.'

Global Investor Forum

Biotech

Healthcare

Medtech

Pharma

Once a year

Hyphen Projects

gif@hyphenprojects.nl