A PROGRAM AIMED TO DECREASE YOUR TIME TO MARKET

Hello Tomorrow’s Medical Biotech Startup Program is the launchpad for the success of your medical biotech startup. Backed by a decade of experience and team of experts, we understand the challenges you face and how they can slow your progress. 

Our intensive program combines in-person guided hospital ecosystem tours in Germany and France with targeted mentorship, technical expertise, funding support, and an exclusive qualified network, helping you gain firsthand insights and vital connections.

AIMED TO SUPPORT YOU WITH KEY CHALLENGES

Clinical Trials Support

Hospital Network Access

Funding & Investment support

Engaging with KOLs

Navigating Regulatory Pathways

Access to Mentorship & Expertise

Developing go-to-market strategy

NETWORKING & FUNDRAISING HIGHLIGHTS

ON-SITE ECOSYSTEM TOURS IN HEIDELBERG, BERLIN & PARIS

Germany Ecosystem Tour: Biolabs Heidelberg + BioRN & Berlin 

March 6 & 7, 2025

An essential opportunity for startups to dive into Germany’s thriving biotech ecosystem, gain market insights, and establish valuable industry connections.

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  • Tour Biolabs Heidelberg, a central biotech innovation hub
  • Option for French startups to visit Biolabs Berlin (Charité)
  • Engage with BioRN life science cluster for potential partnerships

France Ecosystem Tour: Biolabs Paris-Saclay & Ecosystem Players

March 10, 2025

A deep dive into the French biotech landscape, providing startups with direct access to networks, resources, and strategies for successful commercialization.

Find out more

  • Visit Biolabs Paris-Saclay for insights into med tech development
  • Meet key ecosystem stakeholders, including Bpifrance
  • Learn about funding and strategic market entry in France

ACCESS TO 3 PRIME EVENTS FOR FUNDRAISING AND HIGH-IMPACT NETWORKING

Biolabs European Investor Day

March 11, 2025

A unique gathering of top European Biotech investors to pitch your project (if selected) or attend, with half the day worth of networking.

Find out more

  • Get a preferred chance to pitch to Biolabs European Investor Day, as a pitching startup
  • If not selected for pitch, get a one ticket for this invite only event
  • Learn about funding and strategic market entry in France

Deep Tech Days: Hello Tomorrow Investor day

March 12, 2025

The perfect place to have dedicated, to 1-to-1 meetings with the very best Deep Tech startups and most prominent VCs and CVCs in the world.

Find out more

  • Access to an invite-only exclusive event
  • Meet over 200 VCs, CVCs, BAs and other investors looking to invest in early-stage Deep Tech startups

Hello Tomorrow Global Summit

March 13 & 14, 2025

Hello Tomorrow’s Global Summit is a premier event for startups to connect, learn, and accelerate their growth in the deep tech ecosystem.

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  • Network with top investors, industry leaders, and potential partners
  • Gain exposure and visibility among key players in deep tech
  • Access insights and market trends to drive business strategy

Building your path to market readiness

Building a resilient, impactful scientific & ethical committee

Develop a collaborative, diverse, and ethically sound scientific committee that fortifies your startup’s innovation strategy.

Key Areas of Focus:

  • Stakeholder Engagement: Identify and involve essential stakeholders beyond Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), including patients, organizations, and potential business partners.
  • Roles & Responsibilities: Define clear roles and job descriptions to build a committed and effective team.
  • Strategic Planning: Establish a roadmap for committee actions aligned with long-term goals.
  • Long-Term Engagement: Go beyond transactional relationships through contractual planning that supports sustained collaboration and ethical integrity.

Medical Business Models & Product Market fit

Define a strong value proposition, identify your target market, and develop a go-to-market strategy to ensure a smooth transition from R&D to commercialization.

Key Areas of Focus:

  • Crafting Effective Business Models: Build a solid foundation with multiple business cases tailored to different market needs and opportunities.
  • Stakeholder Identification: Engage with key players—payers, builders, and industry leaders—who can drive your business forward.
  • Market Positioning: Assess willingness-to-pay, identify comparators, and refine your positioning within the competitive landscape.
  • Growth Strategies by Product Maturity: From Research Use Only (RUO) to full market power, adapt your approach based on Technology Readiness Level (TRL) to optimize growth.

Clinical Trials Design and Strategic Roadmap

Optimize your clinical trial design, planning, and execution to meet regulatory standards efficiently while managing costs and timelines.

Key Areas of Focus:

  • Milestone-Based Value Creation: Identify “quick wins” throughout the trial process to demonstrate value at every stage, not just at pivotal study completion.
  • New Product, New Market: Develop strategies tailored to launch in new markets or with innovative products.
  • Metrics and Milestones: Use meaningful metrics to track progress and engage stakeholders at critical points.
  • Stakeholder Engagement: Foster partnerships and patient engagement to support regulatory approval and market access.

Market Strategy

Learn to strategically align scientific research with commercial objectives to streamline your path to market.

Key Areas of Focus:

  • Balancing Science and Business: Integrate scientific integrity with market-driven goals, ensuring your innovation remains both cutting-edge and commercially viable.
  • Optimizing Timelines: Develop strategies to reduce time-to-market by balancing research milestones with market-readiness goals.
  • Target Market Identification: Identify and prioritize high-impact markets and customer segments that align with your product’s strengths and growth potential.
  • Value Proposition Articulation: Define a clear, compelling value proposition that resonates with investors, partners, and end-users, helping you stand out in a competitive landscape.

Fundraising Strategy and Effective Pitching

Gain insights and access opportunities required to secure the funding needed to advance R&D, clinical trials, and market entry.

Key Areas of Focus:

  • Access to Investor Networks: Connect with a targeted network of investors specializing in biotech and healthcare.
  • Funding for Key Milestones: Identify funding opportunities to support critical stages like R&D, clinical trials, and commercialization.
  • Tailored Pitch Development: Craft a compelling pitch that highlights your startup’s unique strengths and market potential.
  • Investor Readiness: Prepare financials, projections, and data to meet investor expectations and build trust.

Patents and Intellectual Property

Protect your innovation with a robust IP strategy.

Key Areas of Focus:

  • IP Strategy Development: Build a comprehensive intellectual property strategy that supports your business and growth goals.
  • Patent Filing and Landscape Navigation: Get guidance on effective patent filing and navigating the patent landscape to avoid conflicts and seize opportunities.
  • Competitive Advantage through IP: Leverage intellectual property as a strategic asset to strengthen your position in the market.

Who can apply?

Are you a medical biotech startup looking to build an innovative product, accelerate your growth, create a successful business model, and have an impact in society? 

 

Our Medical Tech Startup Program is designed to support early-stage startups (seed to series B) in the healthcare sector. Whether you’re developing:

Innovative Medical Devices

Digital Health Solutions

Healthcare Monitoring Systems

Diagnostics

our program provides the resources, mentorship, and network you need to thrive.

10 weeks

Equity-Free

Hybrid Format

€5000 fee

What You Get

Fundraising & Expert Support

  • Get visibility across our exclusive network of of over 1,000 deep tech investors
  • Opportunity to secure funding through 2 exclusive in person Investor Days with VCs and CVCs
  • Receive tailored guidance to develop a solid fundraising strategy and compelling investor deck

Essential Technical Skills Training

  • Participate in masterclasses and workshops on critical technical topics and gain first-hand knowledge from industry experts like BioLabs and DMH
  • Get custom feedback in 1:1 meetings with technical experts about how to design, plan and execute clinical trials & optimization of timelines for faster market readiness

Comprehensive Business Training

  • Benefit from comprehensive trainings on the essential building blocks to build a solid business 
  • Gain knowledge from professionals on strategic areas such as IP, Business Strategy, Go-to-market, Regulations, Pitching, and Hiring Top Talent, among others
  • Receive personalized guidance about your current business priorities and pain points during individual follow-ups with experts

Exclusive In-Person Events & Networking

  • Access to dedicated Kick-off and Demo Day events to elevate your company’s global visibility 
  • Onsite ecosystem tours to Biolabs France and Germany to gain market insights and foster industry connections
  • Opportunity to gain visibility and connect with top corporates, investors & startups through access to Hello Tomorrow’s Global Summit on March 13 & 14, 2025

Personalized 1:1 Mentorship

  • Receive a personalized needs assessment from our team to pinpoint your most pressing needs
  • Get matched with the ideal mentor carefully chosen from our specialized expert network, which includes key Opinion Leaders (KOL’s), healthcare professionals (surgeons, patients, regulators, & researchers), market experts & partners

Opportunities for Strategic Corporate Partnerships

  • Boost your company’s visibility to corporate leaders in medtech, biotech and techbio 
  • Receive targeted connections that will allow you to better understand industry needs
  • Benefit from industry expertise and leverage corporate networks to reach potential customers

Ready to scale your startup?

Applications closed

TIMELINE

Hear from Previous Participants

Directly after the pitching session, we met with at least 4 different potential investors, and that is something you don't get anywhere else.
Bénédicte Quinta
Founder & CEO at Fiberly
Just do it. It's a minimum investment and you need to invest anyway as a company. I always believe that you can't do everything by yourself so you need to place yourself in an ecosystem to find these partners.
John Zandbergen
CEO at Ourobionics
The personalized mentorship was so on-point for us. Within months we were able to validate our strategy with a biocluster.
Stefano Valdesolo
Co-founder & CEO at DNAZyme
We are currently having important discussions with important brands such as H&M and L'Oréal, and that's something that without Hello Tomorrow, we wouldn't be doing. So I think that the network and the connections are the most important part of the program.
Magali Mendez
Co-founder & CBO at Tintte
It was very informative and useful from both IP and strategic advice point of view. I followed up with some contacts the IP expert provided and gained further insights.
Nikola Loncar
CSO at OXYCO The Enzyme Factory

MENTORS NETWORK

Our expert mentors are coming from Hello Tomorrow’s vast deep tech community of experienced founders and renowned investors as well as hand-picked mentors with legal, IP, technological and business expertise who will be able to guide you through your startup journey.

Startups
Investors
Other Experts
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Stephane Corgie

CEO

Zymtronix

Guillaume Boissonat

Chief Scientific and Industrial Officer

PILI

Ezhil Subbian

CEO

String Bio Pvt Ltd

Simardev Gulati

CEO

Bloom Labs

Peter Rowe

CEO

Deep Branch

Kirsten Steinbush

Chief Technology Officer

Dab.bio

Gabi Wolkinson

CEO

Bio Castle

Edward Shenderovich

Founder and CEO

Synonym

Aleks Gosiewski

Co-Founder & COO

Keel Labs

Giovanna Laudisio

CEO

Naturbeads

Timothé Cynober

Global Head of Business Development and Licensing

WhiteLab Genomics

Alina Bassi

Investment Manager

Ananda Impact Ventures

Andrew Haughian

General Partner

Pangaea Ventures

Anne Lebreton-Wolf

Founder

ALW Finance Innovation

Carlotta Ficorella

Analyst

Matterwave Ventures

Guillaume Gras

Investment Director

European Circular Bioeconomy Fund

Max Narr

Co-Founder & General-Partner

Blue Forest Ventures

Michael Jobst

Principal

Vsquared Ventures

Quentin Calleja

Senior Associate

Atlantic Labs

Michael Krel

Partner

Sofinnova

Zoe Peden

Partner

Ananda Impact Ventures

Francesca Baillieu

Investor

Revent

Lucy Wang

Co-Founder & General Partner

Divergent Capital

Ingrid Kelly Spillman

Partner

Xista Science Ventures

Antoine Larousse

SEED Program Manager

Leonard

Benjamin Daix

Co-founder

DXM Agency

Diego Santamaria-Razo

Partner and Vice President

Boston Consulting Group

Ellen Crabbe

Partner

brantsandpatents

Lena Vanderhaeghen

Patent Adviser

brantsandpatents

Victoria Sandberg

Co-founder

DXM Agency

Vita Stepanova

Managing Partner

Blastim HR

Renée Kaddouch

Partner

SQUAIR

Olivier Tomat

Executive Director, Entrepreneurship and Acceleration

Genopole

Nico Snoeck

Business Development Manager

Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant

Ellen Crabbe

Partner

BrantsandPatents

Katia Merten-Lentz

Partner

Food Law Science & Partners

Are you an expert in your field looking to make an impact?

Get to know our partners

Building Better Biotechs

BioLabs are the premier coworking spaces for life science startups

Unique places where you can test, develop and grow your game-changing ideas. As entrepreneurs and investors ourselves, we have first-hand experience with the pain-points biotech startups face.

Our goal is to change how scientific entrepreneurs do business by building an ecosystem that empowers bioinnovators to grow quickly, while maximizing capital efficiency.

Digital and data Deep-Tech Expertise

DMH possesses knowledge of the healthcare landscape and its specific needs. Whether you’re developing AI-powered diagnostics or digital a/o connected medical devices, DMH understands your unique challenges and opportunities.

Market Access & Clinical Validation

Navigating the complex healthcare market can be daunting. DMH streamlines your path by providing guidance on market positioning, regulatory hurdles, and clinical validation processes to market access success (pricing and reimbursement schemes)

Clinical Network & Infrastructure

Leverage our exclusive network of hospitals, for fast track access to medical professionals and one of the Europe’s largest hospital ecosystem. Access this invaluable infrastructure to test, refine, and validate your deep-tech healthcare solution in real-world context.

FAQ

Who should apply to this program?

The program is open to medical biotech startups at Pre-seed to Series B stages, aiming to decrease their time to market.

What is the time commitment?

Expect to give 6-8 hours weekly.

Do I have to relocate myself or the team to participate?

All workshops, mentorship, and guidance sessions are conducted online, so relocation is not necessary. However, while attendance is optional, it is strongly encouraged to participate in-person for key events, such as the on-site ecosystem tours to BioLabs in France and Germany, Investor Days, the Global Summit (all of which will occur within the same week), as well as the Kick-off event at the start and Demo Day at the end. Attending these in-person will help you maximize networking opportunities.

What is the program capacity?

We accept 10-15 startups per cohort.

How many team members can participate in the program?

There is no limit. Indeed, we encourage as many members of your team to participate in and benefit from the training sessions as possible.

Contact juan.botero@hello-tomorrow.org  for more information about the program and the application process

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