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:
- Analysis of the regional value chain in digital precision medicine
- Creation of guidelines for Innovative Regional Ecosystems in 5P digital precision medicine
- Development of a Peer Learning Programme
- Acceleration Programme in Precision Medicine – 5P [3 Editions]
- Innovation Network Platform (Life Sciences Open Space)
- Portfolio of European Interregional Investment Projects.
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
Programme
✅8 semanas de aceleração > validação do produto, regulamentos e preparação para o investimento;
✅Mentoria exclusiva 1-1 > 10 horas de mentoria, online, personalizada com especialistas em MedTech;
✅10 horas de webinars > tópicos-chave em mentoria de negócios;
✅Preparação para investidores > prepara o teu pitch;
✅Demo Day > apresenta a tua startup a investidores, em Bolonha (Itália) em novembro;
✅Rede de inovação > junta-te a 18 equipas e a mais de 150 investidores, mentores e parceiros de toda a Europa.
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
- Registrations: open from April to June 2025 | InnoMed Catalyst: Accelerator - Startup Madeira
- Acceleration programme: mentoring and webinars from 11 September to 31 October 2025 [online]
- Demoday: 14 November 2025, Bologna – Italy
Events
Forum on Smart Hospitals, organised by MEDVIA @ Antwerp | 7–8 May 2025
News
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
