Global Incubator Programme: Houston, USA - Healthtech
Innovate UK Edge are seeking up to 16 innovative digital health and medical device companies for an incubation programme in Houston, USA.
Opportunity Details
When
Registration Opens
30/10/2023
Registration Closes
12/01/2024
Award
Innovate UK will fund and organise flights, accommodation, in-market transfers for successful applicants for two group market visits. One representative from each company will be funded per visit. Also includes training, support, mentoring, pitching opportunities, networking opportunities and more.
Organisation
Innovate UK
Innovate UK’s Global Incubator Programme is an acceleration programme for innovative companies to work with world-leading incubators abroad. We are currently accepting applications for up to 16 innovative companies in the digital health and medical device sectors to join our programme. The programmes is delivered in partnership with the Texas Medical Centre (TMC), Houston, USA. The Programme is delivered in partnership with the Texas Medical Centre (TMC), Houston, USA and supported by the Department for Business & Trade (DBT), as part of the UK TMC BioBridge agreement.
We would welcome applications from innovative companies who could be developing technologies across a broad range of Healthtech sectors including (but not limited to):
- Clinical Decision Support
- Hospital Efficiency
- Remote Patient Monitoring
- Digital Therapeutics
- Surgical Devices
- ICU Devices
- Outpatient Medical Devices
- AI in Radiology
- Wearables & Devices that enable Patient Monitoring
- Diagnostic Platforms
- Biomaterials
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To apply, you must:
- Be a UK based company
- Be a business with fewer than 500 employees
- Have a focus on the healthtech sector
On acceptance to the initiative a commitment fee of £1000 will be obtained from each delegate, which will be refunded on completion of the full activities and agreed action plan. Non-completion after formal acceptance may result in forfeiting some or all the commitment fee.
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Why Texas Medical Center?
Texas Medical Center (TMC) — the
largest medical complex in the world is at
the forefront of advancing life sciences.
Housing the brightest medical minds, its
50 million sq. ft. campus annually serves
10 million patients, conducts 180,000+
surgeries, 750,000 ER visits, 14,000
heart surgeries, and delivers 25,000+
babies.The TMC Accelerator offers emerging
digital health and medical device
pioneers access to the world’s largest
medical city. It’s the prime hub for
international firms, as TMC’s clinical,
business, and expert insights shape
market entry, growth, and
commercialisation strategies.
Since 2015, TMC has dedicatedly
supported startups aiming to expand in
the US.Why Houston?
As a hub for medical device
manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and
health research, Houston has more than
1,760 life sciences companies,
cutting-edge health care facilities and
research institutions. The healthcare and
life sciences industries collectively
employ 320,500 workers. -
Applications close: 12th January 2024
Shortlist Interviews: 4th – 15th March 2024
Cohort confirmed: 22nd March 2024
Programme commences: June 2024
Register to attend the applicant briefing on 5th December 2023 here
For more information, assistance with your application or to discuss accessibility needs, please contact: Ian Fletcher at ian.fletcher@innovateukedge.ukri.org or call +44 (0)7572 385533