EIT Health Headstart
Offers European health founders early support from EIT Health through mentorship, networks, and commercialization guidance.
EIT Health Headstart is an early-stage funding and support programme operated by EIT Health, a Knowledge and Innovation Community of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) established in 2015 and headquartered in Munich, Germany. The programme is designed to help proof-of-concept healthcare innovations — spanning medtech, digital health, and health data applications — advance to…
Equity-stage funding of €50K–€75K for early-phase medtech and digital health innovations from teams registered in EIT Health InnoStars (Central, Eastern, and Southern European) regions.
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Guides for this application
All guides →TRL Levels Explained for Deeptech Founders
Learn what TRL levels mean, how to estimate technology readiness, and how TRL affects grants, EIC Accelerator, SBIR/STTR, funding stage, and application evidence.
Start hereNon-Dilutive Funding vs VC for Deeptech Startups
Compare non-dilutive funding and venture capital for deeptech startups, including grants, SBIR/STTR, EIC Accelerator, dilution, timing, and stage fit.
DocumentsProof-of-Concept Data for Grants: Evidence Examples for Deeptech Applications
See how to present proof-of-concept data in grant applications, with examples for evidence registers, test logs, pilot data, and prior project proof.
Start hereStartup Funding Stages for Deeptech: From Lab to Scale
A deeptech funding roadmap that maps startup funding stages to TRL, grants, SBIR/STTR, EIC Accelerator, pilots, VC, and scale-up evidence.
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