Join corporate innovators in the MTB Paris Scale-up Summit

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Looking for innovative start-ups in EER labelled regions
Join corporate innovators in the MTB Paris Scale-up Summit
1 – 15 December 2021

The European Entrepreneurial Regions (EER)1 project partnership aims to foster the development and implementation of concrete collaborative action plans that will support the development of practical collaboration between regions to help entrepreneurs scale across the Single Market. More details about the project here.

Engaging start-ups and SMEs in corporate open innovation challenges has been a priority for EER regions, as part of their efforts to scale-up the regional entrepreneurial ecosystems.

The MTB Scaleup Summits are highly curated, invitation only, matching activities hosted by the most prestigious Stock Exchanges, where corporates, investors, and scaleups operating in specific industry verticals can do business and spot technology trends.
More details on the 2021 Paris Scaleup Summit are at this link, including the agenda and other opportunities from the MTB ecosystem.
Corporate topics include Industry 4.0, New Energy, Mobility, Circular Economy, Waste Management, Construction Tech, Digital Marketing, Retail etc.

1The EER regions are granted a label from the European Committee of the Regions and European Commission for showing outstanding entrepreneurial policies (more info)

New start-up Patholyt will bring AI research into pathology diagnostics

Patholyt is on a mission to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence in pathology diagnostics and improve the chances of cancer patients worldwide. Patholyt is a spin-off from Radboudumc, a frontrunner in computational pathology research.

Pathology is pivotal in the diagnostic process of many diseases such as cancer. For more than 100 years pathologists have been using the optical microscope for tissue examination. The field of pathology is now challenged by the world’s shortage of pathologists, and the growing requirements for efficiency and consistent quality.

Challenge: Sepsis

Radboudumc is looking for innovative solutions in the treatment of blood poisoning. Check out the challenge or subscribe your pitch in our recently launched Health Challenge Hub.

One in five people worldwide dies of sepsis (bloodpoisoning), caused by all kinds of infections. A major challenge in being able to treat sepsis better lies in recognizing it: to be able to deliver immediately the right care and be able afterwards to evaluate care and results. In our Health Challenge Hub we bring together current and future challenges of healthcare professionals and the innovative solutions of entrepreneurs with expertise in the field of Digital Health.

Challenge: Luchtbrug (or Airlift)

Radboudumc is looking for an entrepreneurial partner to further develop and grow their platform for online asthma care: Luchtbrug (or Airlift).

Check out the challenge or subscribe your pitch in our recently launched Health Challenge Hub.

Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children. The regular check-up visits at asthma clinics is a burden and disruptive in the lives of children and their parents. That’s why care providers at Radboudumc have developed a platform for online asthma care in children over the age of 10 years: the “Luchtbrug”. As the use of the platform is growing, Radboudumc is looking for an entrepreneur to take the next step with.
Together they want to increasing the reliability and safety of the platform and explore opportunities for (international) upscaling and /or expansion to other diseases.

In our Health Challenge Hub we bring together current and future challenges of healthcare professionals and the innovative solutions of entrepreneurs with expertise in the field of Digital Health

Groot AI-project ontvangt ruim 95 miljoen

Voor 10 jaar publiek-privaat onderzoek. Radboudumc met medische AI belangrijke kartrekker in het project.

NWO gaat twee consortia financieren met een looptijd van tien jaar. Het Radboudumc neemt deel aan het ROBUST-consortium, dat bestaat uit 17 AI-labs waarvan er 8 zijn gericht op de gezondheidszorg. Het Radboudumc leidt 5 van deze 8 labs. “Een unieke kans om onze internationale toppositie in AI voor de gezondheidszorg in Nijmegen verder uit te bouwen”, zegt Bram van Ginneken, hoogleraar AI in het Radboudumc.

Lees meer op de website van Radboudumc.

AI for Life: Episode 8

MI-robot: viewing tumors

How can technology help us to view cancerous tumors faster and better, thus saving lives? In this podcast episode of AI for Life, we are introduced to the MI robot. Radboudumc, Soteria Medical and Tesla Dynamic Coils are working together in this project to develop a robot that can take more targeted biopsies, using an MRI guided needle and antenna. We will discuss how to detect and identify tumors, and what the robot will mean for patient and professional. This new podcast is with:

Tom Scheenen from Radboudumc;
Gerrit Tigelaar of the company Soteria Medical;
And Thomas Meurs of the company Tesla Dynamic Coils.

Listen to the podcast (in Dutch)

Podcast: Your next doctor will be a robot

Kadans Building the Future episode 5: Your next doctor will be a robot

If there is one area where technological developments are introduced at a rapid pace, it is the medical sector. A growing number of medical procedures are already being performed by robots and other forms of hyper-intelligent technology. Is this the beginning of an era where doctors are superfluous? Host Rudy van Beurden tries to find out.

Therefore he has invited three health experts: Bram de Beer from Eindhoven Medical Robotics, Jasmijn Kok from Juno Perinatal and Roel Boumans from Behavioral Science Institute (BSI) Radboud University.

Listen to Building the Future now, for example on Spotify, Apple Podcast or YouTube.

Digital Health is thriving in the Nijmegen region

Digital Health is thriving in the Nijmegen region, where it contributes to better care and health and also creates jobs.The corona pandemic underscores the importance of digital solutions, such as image calling and telemonitoring, for care and health. To bring developers and end users even closer together, The Economic Board and the Radboudumc are introducing the Interactive Digital Health map.

Nice ecosystem

Nijmegen is known for its large healthcare sector: no less than a quarter of the working population has a job in healthcare or a sector directly related to it. Specifically for Digital Health, a lot of knowledge and skills (human capital) are present at the Radboudumc, the Radboud University, the University of Arnhem and Nijmegen (HAN) and the ROC Nijmegen. More than 50 companies are also active in Nijmegen and the surrounding area in the field of Digital Health. Various financing options exist for Digital Health innovations and business support is also available. So there is already a nice ecosystem in place that offers plenty of opportunities for further expansion.

Connecting 16 CVN ecosystems successfully

Last week we successfully connected 16 ecosystems within CVN, resulting in more than 30 1-to-1 sessions between corporates and SME’s/startups around the theme ‘Health(care) and Life Science. Many of them will also have a follow-up meeting.

The three CVN regional ecosystem partners (LIOF, BOM and OostNL) together with TNO, IMEC iStart, Brightlands Maastricht Health Campus, NLC Health and RWTH provided unique access to the innovations and technologies/services of 42 SMEs/startups in their portfolios that were relevant to the specific and latent challenges of 6 CVN corporates (Achmea, ASML, FUJIFILM, Medtronic, Philips and Unilever). The SMEs/startups can on their part benefit from the facilities, know-how, competencies and ecosystem of the corporates to boost their innovations. More than 50% of the SME’s/startups were invited to have a 1-to-1 conversation with the corporates and over 20% of them had a conversation with more than one corporate. The regional ecosystem partners are committed to further support “their” startups/SMEs with collaborations with the corporates.

To facilitate the information flow between the startups/SMEs and the corporates to prepare for the meeting, we used an innovative collaboration platform: Klever. Klever provides startups/SMEs a better way to tell their story and convey your proposition to the corporates and provides corporates a good insight into the capabilities of the startups/SMEs. The platform also enables corporates to involve relevant decision-makers internally and externally to optimize their decisions. (youtube about the event and Klever: click here; opening slides are on the CVN member page).

This event is not an isolated activity. As CVN, we are investigating how we can increase our ability to connect our members and partners’ ecosystems and foster collaboration, thereby creating more value for our members. How can we make better use of the wisdom of the CVN cloud, e.g., by using data-driven solutions such as the Klever platform?

What are the next steps? We are planning to have interviews with both the CVN members involved in the event of July 14^th as well as several other CVN members that have expressed their interest in a similar event around the theme energy transition. Based on this input, we will prepare a plan that will be presented to the CVN members in a meeting in September (date to be set). More than ten years ago, we started as a platform for sharing good/bad practices. The next step has been to become an association of Corporate Venturing professionals (e.g. by creating the Corporate Venturing & Entrepreneurship Community and conducting research). We think that the next step in our CVN journey is collaboration and co-creating between ecosystems.

The valuation of start-ups. How do I deal with this as an angel investor?

Last week, three start-ups and scale-ups presented their investment plans at the Business Angels Network Nijmegen, which was set up three years ago by the Business Angels Network East NL team and others. Besides the interest in the pitches, the angels also meet to make mutual contacts and gain investment knowledge.

Planon

Successful Nijmegen entrepreneur Pierre Guelen (Planon) talked about the growth spurt of his company and the challenges he experienced in the first five years. He now runs a global facility management software company and has recently built his own campus for start-ups.

Aeternus

Aeternus as a new partner then gave an interesting story about valuing start-ups. What language do you have to speak and which elements of a valuation are important? Tips and tricks from practice were passed in review.

About Business Angels Network Nijmegen

Business Angels Network Nijmegen is the network of angel investors that strengthens the ecosystem of Nijmegen start-ups and scale-ups (Health and High Tech). The network brings together the angels and the selected and prepared start-ups and scale-ups on a regular basis. Other partners are Briskr, The Economic Board, Rabobank, BDO, Poelmann van den Broek, EP&C, Aeternus, Rockstart and the municipality of Nijmegen.

By now, a group of 60 active angels have joined our network and in the past 3 years we have “triggered” around €2.5 million in investments from these angels and other financiers/investment funds.

If you are a business angel and interested to join this network, please contact Martijn Kriens or Bart Heuts for more information