ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAMME
The Export Academy: 8 online consulting sessions by experts on globalisation and foreign market entry – for 8 selected companies.
Demo Day: Pitching and networking oppor-tunities with investors and potential customers.
13 webinar sessions and learning materials for healthcare enterprises – for a wider audience of startups, scaleups and SMEs.
V4 GLOBAL – EXPORT READINESS PROGRAMME
SUPPORTING V4 HEALTHCARE ENTERPRISES
EXPANDING TO THE REGION AND BEYOND
The V4 region is a brilliant source of innovators. It has creative minds paired with a hardworking attitude; however, we rarely see globally successful businesses from V4 countries.
Why? Because internationalisation is difficult.
The V4 Global – Export Readiness programme`s mission is to help LifeScience businesses to manage globalisation successfully – by putting them into the right environment where they can learn from experts, build a professional network and develop their skills.
OUR GOALS
Improve the
export fitness of V4
LifeScience companies
Showcase the
potential of the region
Attract and
keep talent
Help regional
investors in finding
co-investment
opportunities
The Export Academy
Are you a startup based in the V4 region with an innovative healthcare solution?
Are you looking for professional help in internationalisation and fundraising?
If you answered yes to all these questions,
then this programme is for you.
WHAT WILL YOU GET?
Extensive one-on-one sessions
by internationalisation experts on:
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GTM strategy and Product Market Fit Testing
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Competition and Benchmarking
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Value Proposition Design
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Resource Management
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Fundraising
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Branding and Marketing
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International Market Entry
By the end of the EA, you will have a comprehensive international strategy with presentable materials and broad partner databases - hence will be ready to commence international sales and fundraising activities.
The selected 8 participants are automatically enrolled for the webinar session and pitching on the Demo Day, where international experts and potential customers from the region and beyond will be invited.
WHOM ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
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Location: Registered in the V4 (Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic)
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Stage: Seed, Pre-series A (with at least an MVP)
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Sector: LifeSciences, Healthcare, Digital Health, Biotech
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Team: Minimum a team of 2
COMMITMENT
The participation is free, but we expect the 8 teams to participate in the webinars and the 8 consulting sessions.
Timeline
16th of June –
19th of July
19th –
23rd July
26th
of July
8th of
September
Application
Evaluation
Announcement
Kickoff session
SCOUTING
6th of September – 12th of November
– booked individually
8 consultancy sessions
1-ON-1 MENTORING
To showcase the success of the programme, an online Demo Day will be organised and promoted.
Besides pitching, it involves the key stakeholders and mentors as panellists, jury, and keynotes.
The event will be designed to show the power of the V4 alliance and its talent force in LifeScience.
1st of December
Internal Demo day
(practice session)
9th of December
Demo day
PITCHING
Meet our experts
Sara Korchmaros
Tamas Békási
Tossenberger Tamás
William Benko
8
workshops
13
webinars
Demo
Day
Webinar sessions
As a part of THE V4 GLOBAL – EXPORT READINESS PROGRAMME,
13 webinars will be presented to entrepreneurs who are interested
in scaling internationally and especially in entering the V4 region.
PARTICIPATE. LEARN. ENGAGE. NETWORK.
The structure of webinar sessions is designed to give you a 360-degree picture of the V4 and international healthcare innovation system. They are interlinked, therefore we recommend attending each one of them.
Demo Day
Congratulations to the eight V4 startups for finishing the V4 Global – Export Readiness programme and for pitching so well on the Demo Day.
If you would like to get a glimpse into their presentation and learn more about the current HealthCare sector trends in the V4 countries, check out the Demo Day in the link below!
Investor, pharma or research institution?
We have VIP tickets for you. Reach out and learn more.
Organisers
This initiative is supported by the Visegrad Fund a result of a strong collaboration between Civitta Slovakia, DEX Innovation Centre (Czech Republic), Startup Hub Poland and Startup Campus Inkubator (Hungary).
About the organisers
Civitta Slovakia
The Slovak branch of CIVITTA’s mission is to advise startups, companies and research institutions to deliver world-class innovations. Since its founding (2007), it has been instrumental in building the regional innovation ecosystem. Its strategic advisory services cover areas like startup support, commercialisation, corporate innovations as well as public policy and institutional strategies.
Contact: info.sk@civitta.com
DEX Innovation Centre
DEX Innovation Centre (DEX IC) has 4 years of experience in running multiple startup programmes and events - including their own digital health accelerator. Its track record includes a portfolio of 70 international mentors, 65 startups in their alumni and 3.6M€ investment raised for their portfolio. They operate multiple initiatives and stakeholder group connectors in the Czech health innovation ecosystem, including HoCare and HoCare 2.0, SMART4MD or Morning Health Talk. They are also part of the Startup Europe Week and collaborate with the EIT in EIT Health Hub for the Czech Republic and Bridgehead programmes – which provides them access to top-notch partners in the EIT network.
Contact: info@dex-ic.com
Startup Hub Poland
Startup Hub Poland (SHP) is one of the largest startup support organisation in Poland, with 8+ years of experience in identifying, developing, and linking high-tech projects with investors and business partners. Besides delivering large projects like Poland Prize, StartVenture@Poland, KYIV Tech HUB, Incredibles ’18, Startup Hub Warsaw or StartupLeague.pl, SHP regularly organises other smaller initiatives to support the growth of the regional startup ecosystem. In healthcare and life sciences, SHP collaborates with university clinics, ministries and several regional organisations like NanoGroup SA, NanoSanguis, Polharma, Adamed or Selvita to help life-saving innovations reaching their full potential.
Contact: office@startuphub.pl
Startup Campus
Startup Campus provides programmes and services for innovators and innovative businesses from the idea phase until and beyond the market entry in Hungary, Germany and the UK.
With an international team of 19 motivated professionals and a globally extensive partner network, the main business pillars are focusing on:
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Training & Education
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Investment
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Incubation
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International market entry and investment services
Startup Campus is active in global events, with the aim to increase the visibility of Hungary, Central and Eastern Europe to encourage entrepreneurship and connect the various regional startup ecosystems. Its main objective is to give entrepreneurial individuals a new perspective and a possibility to create something that they can call their own, and at the same time form their future, express themselves and change the world with innovative ideas and solutions.
Contact: hello@startupcampus.hu
Exton Olivia
Startup Campus
Gergő Gulyás
Startup Campus
Michal Stefan
DEX Innovation Centre
Kateryna Timanova
DEX Innovation Centre
Maciej Sadowski
Startup Hub Poland
Martin Vesely
CIVITTA Slovakia
The Visegrad Fund
The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.
The International Visegrad Fund is an international donor organisation established by the governments of the Visegrad Group (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). Its aim is to support closer understanding and cooperation among people in the V4 region, as well as between the V4 region and other countries and regions, particularly in the non-EU neighbourhood of the Eastern Partnership countries and in the Western Balkans. The fund does foster the development of civil society by financing joint grant projects and by awarding university scholarships and artist residencies. The fund’s annual budget of €8 million consists of equal contributions by the V4 governments.
Contact
PROJECT COORDINATOR:
Startup Campus:
Phone: +36205338130
E-mail: hello@startupcampus.hu
Webpage: scglobal.co.uk
Visegrad Fund
The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.
