On October 7, 2019, the Women Startup Challenge Europe HealthTech will showcase 10 of the best early-stage, women-led health tech startups from across Europe, and those in the US with a presence in Europe. The program is co-hosted by Johnson & Johnson’s JLABS and the Office of the Mayor of Paris.

Launched in partnership with Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and Craig Newmark Philanthropies, the Women Startup Challenge is on a mission to close the funding gap and shake up a culture and economy that’s made it exceedingly difficult for women to launch startups and raise capital. We provide funding, mentoring, and other resources for women who are creating the most innovative tech companies to help scale their products. Healthtech startups across Europe and those in the US who have a presence in Europe, with at least one woman cofounder can apply to this Startup Challenge.

Women Startup Challenge HealthTech Winner Circle

The 10 finalists will pitch our distinguished jury of investors on 7 October in Paris. Our distinguished jury has included investors from Mozilla, GV (Google Ventures), TechStars, Illuminate Ventures, OneRagtime, and tech editors from the BBC, TNW, tech.eu, and more.

The winner of the HealthTech Startup Challenge will receive a grand prize of $50,000.

Who is eligible for Women Startup HealthTech Challenge?

• The startup must focus on HealthTech.
• Further, the tech venture must be at the prototype stage or have already launched. However, it may not be in the concept stage.
• Entrants must submit their application in English. All finalists pitches should be in English.
• Further, the startup must incorporate technology into the approach of your product.
• Fast growing with degrees of innovation and technology.
• Also, your startup should have raised less than €2.1M from combined sources.
• Moreover, the entrants should be a technical founder or you have a technical co-founder.
• Most importantly, you are a woman-led startup – having at least one woman founder or co-founder on the team. Note Women Who Tech uses an inclusive definition of “woman” and “female”, and we welcome transwomen, genderqueer women, as well as non-binary people who identify, have identified, or have been identified as female or woman.
• Also, All ideas must be original work or an improvement upon an existing idea without infringements.

How to apply Women Startup Challenge HealthTech?

Eligible entrants may apply for the Women Startup Challenge HealthTech by registering for the competition online. Moreover, the applicants must submit their startup idea through online before the deadline.

Deadline

The deadline for the Women Startup Challenge HealthTech is on 1 August 2019.