Accelerate your FemTech innovation
Delivered by Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London and funded by Innovate UK in collaboration with the Medical Research Council, Accelerating FemTech supports early-stage companies, university spinouts and entrepreneurial-minded academics from across the UK, who are looking to take their early-stage innovation to the next level. These innovations should address current challenges in women’s health, including menstruation management, chronic pelvic pain, maternity and neonatal safety, cervical screening and more.
Building on the HIN’s experience of running the award-winning DigitalHealth.London Accelerator, at the heart of Accelerating FemTech is a national 10-week programme of learning, networking and collaboration. It is designed to help innovators through targeted workshops, peer learning and tailored mentoring, which are led by subject matter experts and business coaches from key NHS and health sector organisations across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This element of Accelerating FemTech aims to enhance product development, entrepreneurship skills and stakeholder engagement.
Beyond this, participants will also be supported to prepare for a special closed-call feasibility funding opportunity through the Innovate UK Biomedical Catalyst. The Biomedical Catalyst is Innovate UK’s flagship grant funding mechanism that enables small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) to test and develop innovative health and care solutions across life sciences, including therapeutics, medical devices and digital health. In 2023, Accelerating FemTech alumni were awarded more than £1m in funding through the Biomedical Catalyst.