X-Europe Cohort 1: HealthTech & BioTech

Deadline: Apr 30, 2020  
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We connect your startup with investors, corporations and governments to facilitate the shared development of the European deeptech startup ecosystem. 

Over the five-month programme, you will have a chance to join a community of 25 leading European startups in your field. You will receive online and in-person training, 1-on-1 mentorship meetings, as well as incubation and acceleration services.

The whole programme culminates at a Flagship tech event (run by TNW, TechChill, or Design Terminal, depending on the cohort cycle), where you’ll have opportunities to showcase your business, secure investments, create partnerships, and network! 

X-Europe aims to bring together leading deeptech startups, investors, corporations, and governments to forge stronger ties between developed and developing European regions.

This is the STARTUP application page of Cohort 1: HealthTech and BioTech. This open call lasts from 1 March until 30 April 2020, while the programme for this cohort will last from May until November 2020. Some of the services will continue available later.

Cohort 1 participant startups will take part in The Next Web conference in Amsterdam in October 2020! X-Europe services are free of charge thanks to Startup Europe.

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Through the F6S platform, a total of 150 deeptech startups across six cohorts (25 startups per cohort) will be selected to receive:
- In-person and online training
- 1-on-1 mentoring,
- Access to The Next Web, TechChill and Design Terminal events
- Matchmaking with investors and large corporates,
- Access to Design Terminal’s accelerator and incubator,
- Access to TNW's community spaces
- Access to TechChill Foundation’s events and community
- The opportunity to shape innovation challenges with corporates
- Exposure through TNW's media platform and overall partners’ network
 

Are you eligible?

Cohort-industry fit

The startup’s focus must be relevant to each respective cohort’s industry focus.

Deeptech

The startup’s primary product or service must present a scalable deeptech solution/ or innovation, e.g., AI, ML, 5G/6G, big data, quantum computing, blockchain, etc.

Motivation

The startup must be interested in cross-border collaboration

The applicants commit to participation in the X-Europe training, matchmaking and promotional services

The startup plans to continue to produce novel deeptech solutions

Maturity

X-Europe will onboard companies at the following maturity levels:

Early stage: young companies still focusing on MVP, product testing, and seed or pre-seed funding

Growing: mid-stage companies who have established MVP and product-market fit and are seeking funding up to €1 million

Scaling: more experienced startups that are established in the market and currently focusing on increasing their reach, escalating market saturation, entering into more varied markets, and diversifying their business models

Location

Applicants must be based in European Union countries or H2020-associated countries. UK-based startups are eligible.
Priority will be given to startups from the Baltics, the Visegrad region, North Western Europe and the Nordics.

Incorporation

Applicants must be legally established SMEs, according to the EC’s SME definition.

Team

The startup’s team members must possess demonstrable technical and business competence.

Availability

The applicants have confirmed availability to participate in the entire programme.

Prior X-Europe applicant status

Each SME may submit only one (1) application form for each X-Europe open call. Multiple submissions per call is a disqualification factor.

An SME may resubmit its application for subsequent open calls if the original application was unsuccessful.

SMEs may participate in a maximum of one (1) accepted cohort.