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Great MedtechMeeting today with lots of matches
Today our MedtechMeeting was located at the impressive NEXT Delft hosted by DEMCON
Chaincraft raises €11mln to produce biochemicals from waste
Venture Challenge alumnus ChainCraft, active in the production of sustainable biobased chemicals, has closed a EUR 11 million financing round.
Venture Challenge Alumnus ShanX Medtech a step closer to market with Eurostars grant
Hundreds of millions of people suffer from Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) every year worldwide. With the majority of UTIs stemming from a bacterial infection, the treatment thereof is straightforward: an antibiotic prescription.
On September 19th the Venture Challenge Fall 2022 will commence!
During an intense 10 weeks, the 5 selected teams will develop a solid business case to bring their scientific invention to market and benefit researchers, doctors and patients.
Innovation by Predica Diagnostics BV improves cervical cancer screening
First investment from ION+2 innovation fund
Eurostars #1: Praxa Sense’s AMBULAS project
Praxa Sense is proud to announce its success in the most recent Eurostars round, where they ranked number 1 out of all 428 applications in Europe. With the AMBULAS project we will further develop our sensor system, the most accurate remote monitoring device for continuous passive measurements in an ambulant environment of (among others) ECG, blood oxygen saturation, temperature and movement. The combination of these measurements are highly valued in remote monitoring in multiple care paths.
LS@W welcomes a new team member!
Most of you will know Chrétien Herben as the Director of the LifeScience@Work program. Chrétien has been involved with LS@W since the early beginnings in 2008 and together with Math Kohnen he leads the Venture Challenge.
This was the Venture Challenge 2022 Finale!
The Venture Challenge Spring 2022 teams went through bootcamp 2 at Pivot Park a couple of weeks
The Venture Challenge is nominated for the EEPA Awards!
GREAT NEWS! Just now the national preliminary round of the annual European Enterprise Promotion Awards (EEPA Awards) took place. The EEPA Awards recognise organisations and initiatives that promote entrepreneurship in an engaging way. We are proud to announce that the Venture Challenge (VC) was chosen as one of the 2 winners!
Meniscus prosthesis receives € 2.5 million EU grant
The European Commission grants € 2.5 million to ATRO Medical for the accelerated development of their artificial meniscus. The Dutch startup works on the first anatomical meniscus prostheses for patients with chronic knee pain.