Get training to innovate or become an entrepreneur

Hundreds of students and professionals have received training in innovation and entrepreneurship thanks to the initiative Biocat launched in 2013 called Moebio, a groundbreaking health accelerator in Europe. Biocat’s first postgrad program, Design Health Barcelona (d·HEALTH Barcelona), has generated 5 startups in the past 7 years and 95% of its alumni have found jobs in the health sector immediately after completing the program. The first success story was medtech startup Mowoot-UsMiMa, which already has a product on the market and has raised over €5 million in public and private funding.

In its current version, d·HEALTH Barcelona Part Time is a six month program with online training sessions, a clinical immersion at collaborating hospitals and several in person meetings. The training process covers drawing up a business plan, from identifying unmet clinical needs to scouting for funding. The goal is to provide the basic tools for developing a new product, from concept to market.

Short Programs

If you don’t have much time and have specific questions about one of the aspects of the innovation process (product development, market access, etc.), every year Biocat offers a series of Short Programs featuring three, four or five sessions on innovation in the life sciences and healthcare sector.

These training programs can help you define your entrepreneurial project, but also introduce innovation processes in more mature businesses working or looking to break into the health sector.

If you want to focus your career on innovation and entrepreneurship, in addition to the training programs, Biocat also offers various activities and initiatives that will give you strategic information, the opportunity to connect with key organizations and individuals in the ecosystem, and the chance to meet and interact with international players.

Noteworthy among these activities:

• Access to funding, contacts and training under various European projects. 
• Joining delegations to international fairs and events.
• Taking part in benchmark innovation events, like 4YFN and Barcelona Innovation Week.
• Periodic information on relevant calls, job offers, events held by Biocat or others.
• Yearly presentation of the BioRegion Report.
• Access to the Catalonia Health and Life Sciences Data Platform, the directory where you can discover and connect with all the stakeholders in the BioRegion.