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InnoMedCatalyst

Startup Madeira is a partner of the European Consortium InnoMedCatalyst which aims to enhance regional innovation capacity within the ecosystems of precision and personalised medicine across Europe. This consortium, led by the Regional Development Agency of North-East Romania, includes 13 partners from 8 European countries, namely Belgium, Bulgaria, Spain, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Romania. It comprises regional development agencies, clusters that integrate laboratories, research centres, healthcare units, accelerators, among others.

This project aims to enable startups, innovators, and healthcare providers to enhance their capabilities in developing, testing, and refining digital health solutions, while simultaneously preparing a series of interregional investment projects for funding and implementation by 2026. The overall objective will be achieved through a set of guiding pillars, such as:

- Análise da cadeia de valor regional na medicina digital de precisão
- Criação de orientações para Ecossistemas Regionais Inovadores em medicina digital de precisão 5P 
- Desenvolvimento de um Programa de Aprendizagem entre Pares
- Programa de Aceleração em Medicina de Precisão - 5P [2 Edições]
- Plataforma de Rede de Inovação (Life Sciences Open Space)
- Portefólio de Projetos de Investimento Interregionais Europeus.

Partners

[1]13 partneres*: Agenția pentru Dezvoltare Regională Nord-Est (Romania), Clust-ER Industrie della Salute e del Benessere (Italy), Medvia (Belgium), Elliniki Enosi Biotechnologias Astiki Mi Kerdoskopiki Etairia (Greece), Regional Inovativ de Imagistică Moleculară și Structurală Nord-Est IMAGO-MOL (Romania), Soluciones Innovadoras para la Vida Independiente (SIVI) (Spain), Fundcja Klaster LifeScience Kraków (Poland),  European Regional and Local Health Authorities (Belgium),  Biotehnologichen I Zdraven Klaster (Bulgaria), Health Cluster Portugal (Portugal), Biocat, la BioRegió de Catalunya (Spain), Startup Madeira (Portugal) e Inpulse Partners (Romania).

InnoMedCatalyst Project Summary

Project 101180513
Call 13-2023-CAP2b 13 Capacity Building
Budget 1,495,046.67 €
Duration: 24 months
Project start date 14/10/2024
Project end date 13/10/2026

InnoMedCatalyst Accelerator Programme

The InnoMedCatalyst Accelerator Programme has been designed to upport early-stage MedTech and HealthTech startups, spin-offs, and SMEs in the development of their innovative solutions, with a focus on personalised, preventive, participatory, and precision digital healthcare.
 
This acceleration programme aims to bring together entrepreneurs and innovators within the InnoMedCatalyst community, where they can leverage this network to accelerate their products/services to market through tailored guidance. Over the course of two months, participants will have access to webinars delivered by experts and to a broad network of over 150 partners, investors, and mentors across Europe.
 
Throughout the programme, which will be delivered online, participants will receive personalised mentoring and support to help them take their innovative solutions and products to the next level and create a lasting impact in the sector.
 
The InnoMedCatalyst Accelerator Programme is intended for entrepreneurs and innovators whose technologies are in the testing and validation phase within clinical settings, following a regulated pathway to market. The participating teams are expected to make a tangible impact on health and to be committed to transforming the medical ecosystem.

Programme
✔️8 semanas de aceleração > validação do produto, regulamentos e preparação para o investimento;
✔️Mentoria exclusiva 1-1;
✔️Webinars especializados (acesso ao mercado, comunicação, investimento & mais);
✔️Formação para preparação para investimento;
✔️Acesso a mais de 150 parceiros europeus
✔️Dois Demo Days internacionais (Roménia e Madeira)

 

Who should apply?
🔹Early-stage MedTech and HealthTech startups, spin-offs, and SMEs
🔹Innovations at TRL 4–6 with strong market potential
🔹Teams based in Romania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, or Spain

1st Edition

     

2ª Edição

                  - Roménia, com Rubik Hub - 16 junho, 2026
                  - Madeira (Portugal), com Startup Madeira - 17 setembro, 2026

Events

Forum on Smart Hospitals, organised by MEDVIA @ Antwerp | 7–8 May 2025

News

InnoMedCatalyst Accelerator Programme | 1st Edition | Registrations 

InnoMedCatalyst Accelerator Programme | 2rd Edition | Registrations 

 

 

Reports

Regional Digital Health Value Chain Report 

Events

Regional Digital Health Value Chain Report 

Events

Forum on Smart Hospitals, organizado pela MEDVIA @ Antuérpia | 7 de maio 2025