A home for founders and those who aspire to be one
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Are you looking for a suitable place to realise your life sciences project? Whether you are in the midst of a feasibility analysis, have just founded a company or as an established business need space for innovative projects – the Health Hub Tirol is just the right place for you.
You will find a real home here: Laboratory space with an appropriate infrastructure for applied life sciences, offices, meeting rooms, workshops and common areas. This creates a lively ecosystem in which new entrepreneurs, established life science companies and investors can engage in productive exchange.
Contact: Klaus Weinberger
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Researchers and students can find out about support options in technology transfer at events at the universities.
Students who graduate in Tyrol are also particularly close to our hearts. We provide support to help them further a career here.
New in Tyrol? Welcome!
A new location, a new network or maybe even a different legal situation... relocating a company is a big project. We offer free advice and tailor-made support, funding and networking for companies and employees, in order to make a new start as easy as possible. We can provide contact details for external experts, coordinate appointments, provide support in dealings with the authorities and break down language barriers.
Contact: Christian Märk
A company is born
The Startup.Tirol centre provides free support and consulting to young companies through various programmes with respect to setting up their start-up – from the idea and development of the business model to market entry. The first steps are supported by the INNC-Program, run by InnCubator in collaboration with Startup.Tirol, in the form of workshops, access to workshop spaces and co-working spaces. Personal mentors guide you through the process and experts provide regular feedback.
The Boost.Up!-Program takes you closer to market entry with bespoke advice from a Startup.Tirol coach, external consultants and regular workshops. It also includes active integration into the Tyrolean start-up ecosystem.
Contact: Lisa Spöck
Navigating the approval jungle
Companies in the life sciences sector have to overcome further hurdles in addition to establishing a company structure if they want to market their product in the primary healthcare market. Our bespoke life sciences consulting helps to create clarity about intellectual property strategy, regulatory affairs, conditions governing market access and reimbursement pathways. The Cluster Life Sciences Tirol has extensive expertise, especially with respect to the Medical Device Regulation.
Contact: Klaus Weinberger
Funding required – who can help?
Finding the right funding is not something that should be left to chance. We can advise on public funding programmes for individual projects and cooperative partnerships at regional, national and European level.
Contact: Rudolf Stoffner (Health Hub funding, K-Regio) and Christina Lercher (EU funding)
Funding of R&D Projects in Health Hub Tirol
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We offer our own funding programme aimed at research-intensive founders and companies, start-ups and spin-offs from universities and colleges as well as spin-outs from existing companies in the areas of life sciences, medical engineering, eHealth, biotechnology or pharmaceuticals.
Within the framework of this funding programme, individual projects with health-related relevance are being sought in the areas of research, development and innovation. The funding provides an incentive to implement projects in the region, including projects with a high development risk.
More detailed information can be found here.
Access to the Investor Network
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If your company or project has reached the scale-up phase, we will be happy to advise you on options for follow-up financing and enable you to contact an internationally active life sciences fund as well as investors from the Investor Network Tyrol.
Contact: Christina Lercher
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The Tyrolean life sciences sector is diverse and lively. We will support you if you settle here and help you to find the right partners – across different industries as well. You will find a lively network in the Cluster Life Sciences Tirol.
Contact: Petra Stöckl, Roland Fuchs
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