A joint program between EPFL Innovation Park and Groupe Mutuel
Call for Application 2022 Opening soon!
Next Roadshow November 17th
Program Duration 9 months
A joint program between EPFL Innovation Park and Groupe Mutuel
Join us at Tech4Eva Opening Conference May 13th!
We accelerate women's health innovations
A Femtech community and a 6-month equity free Femtech start-up acceleration program for companies developing innovative solutions to improve technologies relating to women’s health with global reach.
Integrating the Early stage Tech4Eva program has clearly accelerated our thinking, also made it possible to anticipate and secure all the critical milestones in this adventure. In addition to the workshops, the coaching sessions allowed us to have specialized follow-up and advice. Thank to the team, speakers and to the coaches and I'm delighted to have been able to participate in this unique program!
Tech4Eva and the entire team was eagerly on the look-out for opportunities helpful to Adira Health and the entire cohort. The fine-tuned program and mentoring was instrumental in getting us further off the ground. I enjoyed the greater community and network of startups, partners, like-minded and experts in healthcare for women. If you look for a program and a cohort that puts start-ups first – then Tech4Eva is perfect for you!
Fantastic top-organized program, allowing for a very broad view on the FemTech ecosystem and current developments, with world-class coaches, giving brilliant advice! Thanks for the honour to have been selected for this journey!
Deana Mohr
CEO
Benefits
Benefits for Start-ups Selected by the Accelerator
Access to one of Europe’s leading healthcare ecosystems
9 months of tailored coaching and specialized workshops
Develop pilot projects with Group Mutuel or its partner companies
Access to potential customers through international collaborations
Exposure to international investors
Access to a unique knowledge from payer’s perspective
A desk at La Forge, the incubator of EPFL Innovation Park in Lausanne
Direct feedback from a panel of technology experts from EPFL network and the University
Eligibility
Start-up Application
All start-ups developing innovative solutions to foster women’s health are welcome to apply to this program. Priority will be given to those start-ups that:
Are Tech Driven
Demonstrate growth potential and traction to customers
Have a product /service that is ready to be commercialized
Are looking for international development and further fundraising
Are committed to attend diligently all the program activities (1-2 senior team members)
Female and/or male founders
The program welcomes global solutions of all areas and stages to apply. Preference will be given to start-ups with scientific evidence, having or ideally building a clinical or animal model, or in vitro for the mechanism of action, ideally IP protected or in submission, or having proof of concept / prototype /users /data / early adopters. We look for founders who are committed to participate in the program activities, open to discussions or suggestions of assigned mentors, willing to share his/her network to benefit others in the program and determined to make progress.
Offering FemTech innovative solution in one or more of these areas:
pregnancy & post-partum
mental health & wellbeing
period health
fertility & infertility
menopause care
endometriosis
sexual & pelvic health
nutrition, digestive, hormonal health
autoimmune & heart diseases
brain & bone health
prevention, treatment & oncology
Products and services could take the following forms:
application software
mobile apps
B2C information platforms
therapeutics/wearable devices/hardware
IoT preventive medicine
diagnostics
monitoring equipment
AI services & data analysis
consumer non durables
personal products
outcome management
InsurTech
Selection and Process
Applications are reviewed by a selection committee and include personal interviews for shortlisted start-ups prior to selection.
Maximum of 10-15 start-up with a strong business model.
The program and some corporate partners have a particular interest in solutions for brain or heart health, menopause, mental health, prevention and treatment as well as nutrition, digestive or hormonal health for women in all stages of their life.