Tech4Eva just launched the first Femtech Accelerator Program

@ Innovation Monitor

The Tech4Eva accelerator program started with the opening ceremony on Wednesday 17.04.2021. 30 start-ups and projects from all over the world were selected, among them 11 from Switzerland.

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Tech4Eva, the first FemTech accelerator in Switzerland, is a joint endeavor of EPFL Innovation Park and Groupe Mutuel. The equity-free program has the ambition to accelerate the growth of promising Femtech start-ups, and to create an innovation platform in Switzerland, where disruptive start-ups and projects from around the globe can meet and develop innovative solutions for improving or advancing technologies relating to women’s health.

It also aims to create a global FemTech community by connecting all stakeholders active in the sector.

The inaugural program received over 110 early and growth stage start-ups applications from 25 countries around the globe 70 or 65% of which are led by women founders. 15 growth stage start-ups and 15 early stage companies and projects entered the nine-month program. The start-ups are coming from Switzerland, France, UK, Germany, Israel, the USA and five further countries including Singapore.

A good third is active in the sector fertility and pregnancy followed by women’s wellness and women’s medicine. Most of the companies (14) are developing therapies.

Tech4Eva’s 9-month acceleration program consists of multi-layer activities, such as mentorship by corporate experts, specialized workshops, roadshows, peer-to-peer experience, training curriculum as well as focus groups in different areas of FemTech.

Highlights of the program for the growth stage start-ups include workshops, introduction to potential business partners, investor pitch sessions and virtual road shows to Japan, London and Boston.

All teams and projects can be found on the Tech4Eva website. Eleven teams from Switzerland were chosen:

Agenda

09:00 - 09:30

Intro to doing business in Japan: Fumi Jokura, Director, JETRO Geneva

09:00 - 09:30

How to enter Japan's market: Lia Camargo, Global Business Manager, Fermata

09:00 - 09:30

Innovation in FemTech

10:30 - 11:00

How to raise interest of Japanese investors: Tomoko Minagawa, Director, Global Brains

Why attend & Target Audience:

Understand how to set up business in Japan
Learn how to enter Japan's market for health products and solutions
Discover Innovation in health and FemTech
Build interest of Japanese investors - do's and don'ts

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18.05.2021

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Campus Lausanne, Building C

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