Accelerate or fund your project
Developing and validating your project, ensuring a good product/market fit, testing usability and user experience, learning and adapting to regulatory requirements, using effective communication to attract investment: these are some of the challenges entrepreneurs face in the medtech arena and which initiatives like CRAASH Barcelona strive to help them with.
CIMIT (Boston), a benchmark in innovation
The CRAASH program is organized jointly with CIMIT (Boston), the top international center in accelerating healthcare projects.
Six editions full of successes
survival rate for projects accelerated (47 teams)
accelerated products on the market
secured by program projects
What we offer
Acceleration of entrepreneurial projects seeks to reduce time to market for innovative products and services, from establishing the value proposition (MVP) to validating its sales potential (product/market fit). We seek to limit the risk inherent in more disruptive proposals and facilitate access to the funding they need to launch the new product/service.
As the health market is highly specific, with its extreme regulatory complexity and the wide range of public and private stakeholders involved, many accelerators and specialized programs have been created, including this one from Biocat.
Acceleration programs vary, but essentially they provide support for entrepreneurs in four areas:
- Training/mentoring (CRAASH, BCN Health Booster, EIT Health Amplifier, Patient Innovation Bootcamp, etc.)
- Networking (CRAASH, BRIGHT, BCN Health Booster, EIT Health Amplifier, etc.)
- Attracting investment (CRAASH, The Investment Readiness Series, access to Next Generation funds, etc.)
- Specialized services (Safe & Medtech, etc.)
If you’ve set up your startup or are taking your first steps to do so, contact Biocat and we’ll explain how you can accelerate your project and how our programs can help.
From business plan to scouting for investment
Getting your device or app on the market, digitalizing your company, funding your business plan... these are some areas where these programs can help you.
All the programsCRAASH Barcelona
A three-month program to validate and bring to market innovations in medical devices, diagnostics, and digital health.For Catalan research bodies and startups that have projects with potential.
BRIGHT
We accompany your company on its digital transformationFor companies that need support in their digital maturity process and improving capacities.
The Investment Readiness Series
Program that brings together leaders of excellent research projects and investors.For companies and research bodies with investment ready projects.
BCN Health Booster
Acceleration program promoted by the Barcelona City Council, PCB, Barcelona Activa and Biocat.For companies in the health sector started within the past five years and registered in Catalonia.