A joint program between EPFL Innovation Park and Groupe Mutuel
Call for Application 2022 Opening soon!
Next Roadshow November 17th
Program Duration 9 months
A joint program by Foundation EPFL Innovation Park and Groupe Mutuel
See you at 2025 Tech4Eva Opening Conference on May 12th!
We create impact in women's health & accelerate global innovations
Tech4Eva is a global Femtech community and a 6-month equity free Femtech start-up acceleration program for companies developing innovative women's health solutions that create impact and change to improve women's health - managed by non-profit Foundation EPFL Innovation Park.
Tech4Eva start-ups raised CHF 200+ million for women's healthcare to date. Congratulations to the progress of the start-ups, we are proud to have supported 94 alumni to date and we celebrate our success stories!
Being accepted into the Tech4Eva program was the best thing that I ever experienced after participating in a few accelerator programs. Tech4Eva understands the FemTech space, the problems we have as Founders are trying to solve, and the challenges startups may encounter on that journey to saving the world. Being in the program is like having a big sister who guides and advises you, which is important when one embarks on this journey. I also got to learn a lot from fellow Founders and it was heartening to learn that the challenges we encounter are not just local but worldwide.
I think there are two key benefits of a program like Tech4Eva that I would like to remark: (1) the extensive network they have, which has helped us to contact VCs, medical equipment manufacturers or technology research centers and that will surely help us now and in the future and (2) the visibility that the program gives our company within the Women's Health sector, which puts us on the radar of Corporates and VCs, clinicians and patients. I think that just for that, the program is worthwhile going through, but in addition, the training sessions provided are also interesting, access to experts via their mentoring sessions is top notch, and meeting peers from other start-ups, with whom synergies may arise in the future.
Tech4Eva provided our team with great insights into the Femtech ecosystem. It was a pleasure to work with the Tech4Eva team who supported the cohort companies. Meeting and connecting with other companies in the same field was something that was very beneficial. We look forward to celebrating the future success of all cohort companies. Thank you Tech4Eva!
Robin Tuytten
CEO
Benefits
Benefits for Start-ups Selected by the Accelerator
Access to one of Europe’s leading healthcare ecosystems
6 months of tailored coaching and specialized workshops
Develop pilot projects with Group Mutuel or its partner companies
Access to potential customers through international collaborations
Exposure to international investors
Access to a unique knowledge from payer’s perspective
A desk at La Forge, the incubator of EPFL Innovation Park in Lausanne
Direct feedback from a panel of technology experts from EPFL Innovation Park network and the University
Eligibility
Start-up Application
All start-ups developing innovative solutions to improve women’s health are welcome to apply to this program. 94 alumni have already gone through the Tech4Eva programs. Priority will be given to those start-ups that:
Are Tech Driven
Demonstrate growth potential and traction to customers
Have a product /service that is ready to be commercialized
Are looking for international development and further fundraising
Are committed to attend diligently all the program activities (1-2 senior team members)
Female and/or male founders
The program welcomes global solutions of all areas and stages to apply. Preference will be given to start-ups with scientific evidence, having or ideally building a clinical or animal model, or in vitro for the mechanism of action, ideally IP protected or in submission, or having proof of concept / prototype /users /data / early adopters. We look for founders who are committed to participate in the program activities, open to discussions or suggestions of assigned mentors, willing to share his/her network to benefit others in the program and determined to make progress.
Offering Femtech innovative solution in one or more of these areas:
pregnancy & post-partum
mental health & wellbeing
period health
fertility & infertility
menopause care
endometriosis
sexual & pelvic health
nutrition, digestive, hormonal health
autoimmune & heart diseases
brain & bone health
prevention, treatment & oncology
Products and services could take the following forms:
application software
mobile apps
B2C information platforms
therapeutics/wearable devices/hardware
IoT preventive medicine
diagnostics
monitoring equipment
AI services & data analysis
consumer non durables
personal products
outcome management
InsurTech
Selection and Process
Applications are reviewed by a selection committee and include personal interviews for shortlisted start-ups prior to selection.
Maximum of 10-15 start-up with a strong business model.
The program and some corporate partners have a particular interest in solutions for brain or heart health, menopause, mental health, prevention and treatment as well as nutrition, sportstech, digestive or hormonal health for women in all stages of their life.