EIT Health Bridgehead
Provides cash grants and local market entry support for health startups expanding into new European markets.
EIT Health Bridgehead sits under EIT Health, the European Institute of Innovation and Technology's health community, and it is built for startups and scale-ups that want to enter a new European market. The programme pairs a €25,000 cash award with soft-landing support, including introductions to local accelerators, regulatory guidance, infrastructure access, and customer connections in the target country. Eligibility is narrow and purposeful. The route is for for-profit ventures registered in the EU, not nonprofits, universities, research organisations, or individuals. Applicants need a product or service already in use, and the record flags pilot evidence as required. The sector focus is health innovation, and the programme runs as an annual call. That makes Bridgehead a good fit for companies past the idea stage but still needing market-entry support. The value is less in capital than in local execution: finding the right hospital, distributor, or regulatory path in a second European market. Teams with a working offer and a clear expansion plan should be strongest, while pre-seed ventures are not the intended audience.
No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.