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
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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.
A fantastic opportunity to connect with likeminded FemTech enthusiasts. The program provided many learning and networking opportunities. I personally benefitted a lot from my excellent mentor. Thank you to Simone and everyone who for all the work you have put into the program and for sharing your wisdom!
We were happy to participate in the Tech4Eva growth program and to interact with a community of women's health and wellness entrepreneurs, to learn from their experiences.
The program provides unique insights and opportunities which are not available elsewhere. The drive of the team running Tech4Eva is exceptional in helping the delivery of a broad program of activity across multiple subjects. It is only when you start engaging and understanding the support, material and contacts available is when you appreciate the value.
Andrew Tasker
CEO & Founder
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.