Last date to Apply - 30th September 2022
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India-Sweden Healthcare Innovation centre provides upto 1 year incubation support (physical or virtual) to the onboarded startups.
The platform act as a growth catalyst for startups by supporting rapid scale-up and enabling impact in the healthcare ecosystem.
India-Sweden Innovation centre nurtures the startup’s onboarded with the centre through guidance from mentors, who are healthcare experts and business leaders.
We enable networking opportunities, investor connects, solutions showcase and also a provide a doorway to international markets.
Fuel international expansion and collaboration by acting as a gateway to connect to the international markets through a wide network of partners.
Provides a platform to connect to the investors to showcase your innovations and attract investments.
Connect and learn by showcasing your innovation to distinguished industry leaders, policy makers and healthcare providers through conferences and digital showcase.
Startups onboarded on the India – Sweden Healthcare Innovation Centre platform will get access to the state-of-the-art incubation centre located within AIIMS Jodhpur campus.
This incubation centre is a modern co-working space with plug and play workstations, internet facility, meeting rooms with video-conferencing capability and other necessary infrastructure.
Startups will also get access to the laboratories and equipment that are available with the collaborators.
Additionally, startups will also get access to a satellite incubation centre in Bangalore.
Platform provides an environment to clinically validate your products at prestigious institutions like AIIMS Jodhpur and other private hospitals along with providing expert guidance and mentorship from doctors at the campus From the last cohort multiple start-ups are actively working with the doctors at AIIMS Jodhpur in enhancing their solutions and testing their products in the live patient environment.
Please note all the clinical validation requests needs to be approved by ethical committee at the respective hospital.
We provide start-ups with a “Start-up kit” which includes cloud credits from Amazon, banking services from Kotak Mahindra Bank among others.
AWS Activate is a program designed to provide startups
Learn More >AWS Activate is a program designed to provide startups with the low cost, easy to use cloud computing resources needed to scale and grow your business.
As a shortlisted startup, you get USD 5,000 in AWS Activate Cloud Credits valid for 2 years and 1 year of AWS Business Support (up to USD 1,500).
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. is one of the fastest emerging
Learn More >Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. is one of the fastest emerging private banks providing comprehensive banking services.
As a shortlisted startup, you get a bank account with facilities such as cross border trade services, online payments & collections services, treasury services, investment services, corporate finance and employee services.
Shortlisted start-ups get access to laboratory facilities, instrumentations and equipment’s.
Cognitive Neurophysiology, Autonomic function of testing labs,
Laboratories with capability to detect viral antibody, viral infection, anaerobic bacteria etc
State-of-the art 3D printers
State of the art forensic labs with capability to do forensic anthropology, odontology
Key capabilities of the lab include Computerized tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, ultrasonography etc,
Equipped with advanced instruments for molecular biology, immunology, clinical chemistry and endocrinology
Innovation challenge is a mechanism to identify and onboard startups into the India-Sweden Healthcare innovation centre.
Innovation challenge is open to startups and entrepreneurs who are solving healthcare challenges in India
Med-Tech | Digital Tools/ Platforms | Point of Care Devices | Home Healthcare | Tele-Medicine |Internet of Things | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning | Patient Awareness | Disease Prevention | Early Diagnosis |Treatment | Disease Management | Patient Follow-up | Education & Digital Learning
The pandemic of Covid-19 has disrupted healthcare delivery in India and across the globe. Healthcare systems worldwide are presently under tremendous pressure as they are coping up with the pandemic. Patient behaviour towards servicing their healthcare needs is also changing rapidly and this will compel healthcare providers to adopt new ways of working in order to sustain healthcare delivery and prompt the development of innovative solutions to address this need. Through this challenge we would want to identify solutions which increases the efficiencies in healthcare delivery across multiple therapies
| Problem Statement – Title | Problem Statement - Description |
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Solutions within Diabetes, Cardiovascular and kidney and lung diseases awareness, treatment, and management |
Solutions for 1.Early screening and diagnosis of heart failure, diabetes, and Chronic Kidney Disease 2.Non-invasive point of care test device for Chronic Kidney disease, Diabetes, Hemoglobin and Glycated Hemoglobin 3.Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases 4.Increase awareness on Cardiovascular disease, diabetes education and awareness including school children 5.Home based care solutions and digital patient support programs for heart failure and Chronic Kidney Disease patients 6.Digital biomarkers and digital therapeutics that can improve patient-centric outcomes in heart failure and renal diseases 7.Innovative solutions that can either detect or monitor Interstitial Lung Disease - Monitors talking and breathing through regular uses of their mobile phone - Identify patterns related to early signs of ILD (Interstitial lung disease) |
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Solutions within screening and diagnosis of cancer |
Solutions for 1.Early screening and detection of ovarian cancer 2.Non-invasive diagnostics – Women’s cancers including familial cancers/ hereditary cancers 3.Effective collection and maintenance of cancer tumour cells – FFPE ( formalin fixed, paraffin embedded) 4.Screening, diagnosis and management of Childhood cancers |
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Solutions within Neurology and related complications |
Solutions for 1.Epilepsy - Solutions to recognize seizure onset at home – Alert based system - EEG / Single electrode-based module at early stage under follow-upe - Vegal nerve simulator 2.Parkinsonian disorders – Prevention and recognition to identify the recurring fall / unsteadiness 3.Elderly management – Linking the solution at elderly with the mobile to the children and relatives |
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Solutions within COVID management |
Solutions for 1.Image processing for Hypoxia detection (including oxygen monitoring for children) 2.Oxygen preservation and delivery systems 3.Post COVID symptoms monitoring and treatment solutions |
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Solutions within Remote monitoring |
Solutions for 1.Post discharge remote surveillance monitoring systems for patients 2.Fetal and maternal remote monitoring systems |
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Solutions within Patient Education and Awareness |
Solutions for 1.Showcasing the funding sources for treatment 2.Solutions to search healthcare insurance schemes that cover a specific therapy/disease 3.Reliable Patient and caregiver awareness platform for diseases |
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Solutions within Digital Health Records |
Solutions Electronic health records management e.g. for heart rate, height, weight - Linked with AI |
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Solutions other than above |
1.Solutions which improve the affordability and accessibility of healthcare 2.Solutions which can increase the awareness on obesity among school children 3.Point of care devices and solutions to improve accessibility of healthcare to remote population including tribal areas 4.Identify sources of biological samples from diverse genetic backgrounds to enhance disease understanding 5.Generating multi-omics data in specific patient cohorts including NASH, rare cardiovascular diseases and immunological conditions 6.Solutions which are not falling under any of the above problem statements |
Validate your products at AIIMS Jodhpur along with availing physical incubation at AIIMS Jodhpur/ NASSCOM Bangalore)
Mentorship through AIIMS Jodhpur, AIIMS Delhi, Business Sweden and Knowledge Partners such as AstraZeneca
Connect to sources of funds including investors (angels, VCs) and strategic partners
Enable expansion to international markets by connecting with relevant stakeholders
Visibility through pitching slot at Centre’s workshops and conferences, to the top executives of India, Sweden and other countries, along with government agencies
Be showcased as a part of the showroom with other innovative products and solutions, around a patient journey
If you are a Swedish start-up interested in applying to the innovation challenge, please click here >>
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10th October 2021
15th October 2021
30th October 2021
15th November 2021
30th November 2021
All the startups will go-through a 3 step evaluation process and will be evaluated on Product/ Solution Uniqueness, Feasibility/ Maturity of Solution, Match to program’s goal, Scalability/ Affordability, Interest and passion of founders
All the applications will be screened on completeness and relevance to problem statement
Face-face evaluation will be conducted with screened start-ups with an expert panel
Shortlisted start-ups would go through a final round of evaluation through one-to-one pitch sessions
We are supported by a network of mentors with rich and diverse experience who work closely with the start-ups to support them in their growth by sharing their valuable knowledge, and by connecting them with opportunities in the industry.
Our mentors will support start-ups with guidance and knowledge on a wide range of areas including but not limited to business strategy, global market access, deal analysis, product development, regulatory, accounting, financial and technology. Through this platform you could connect with mentors with expertise in these areas along with some of the flagship mentors who will provide their guidance in networking, product development and scale-up.
India-Sweden Healthcare Innovation Centre helps the startups onboarded with the centre to connect with the private Venture capitalists and angel networks to raise funds.
10+ VCs are onboarded with the centre and the platform will help you in connecting you with more VCs based on requirement.
