This document summarizes the work of HealthTech Innovation & Ecosystem Catalyst in Romania. They work to: 1) Teach and train students, doctors, researchers and developers through programs and hackathons. 2) Provide resources like funding, expertise and partnerships to innovative projects and startups in healthcare. 3) Build partnerships between universities, companies, investors and other institutions to strengthen the healthcare innovation ecosystem in Romania and connect it to opportunities in Europe. Their goals are to strengthen the community of innovators, foster healthcare innovation projects, and build the ecosystem through these partnerships. They provide opportunities for funding, training and connecting innovators to other organizations.

1. HealthTech
Innovation & Ecosystem Catalyst
February 2020
Dr. Ion-Gheorghe PETROVAI - Project Manager

2. What do we do?
● People (students, doctors, researchers, developers, etc.)
○ Teaching/training/meetups + hackathons
○ EITHealth Campus Programs (all over Europe)
● Projects (Innovative&Startups) (healthcare oriented from
Ro and Eastern Europe)
○ Access to resources (know how, people, money)
○ EITHealth Accelerator & Local Innovation Project
● Partnerships ( public/private local/national institutions)
○ Universities, NGO’s, companies and investors
We drive
Healthcare
Innovation
(faster)

3. 2012

4. Where can we help?
Who are your stakeholders?
or
„BlockHolders”??
We can help you understand them
and collaborate with them

5. How can we help YOU/YOUR PROJECT?
What you need What we have From where
Strong (er) team Networking/Connections/C
ollaborations
Local/Romania, Europe,
Israel, USA
Strong (er) context/market
understanding
Business insights/Reality
check
Pharma, Medical Devices,
Food Supplements
National Opportunities Innovation Competitions,
Accelerators, Grants
VC, Collaborations
European/Global Opportunities Competitions, Grants EITHealth, ECHAlliance,
Ecosystem, etc.
Others Network/Ecosystem

6. EITHealth Hub since 2018
for Romania
EIT Health is a network of
best-in-class innovators
backed by the EU.
www.eithealth.eu
200 K equity free funding for
Romanian innovation projects
and startups in 2019

7. European Connected Healthcare Alliance
Transylvania Digital Health Ecosystem
2020+
2012-2019

8. 1. Strengthen the community (people)
2. Foster healthcare innovation (projects)
3. Build (through partnerships)
Priorities for 2019-2021
Only
TOGETHER

9. Who are our partners? - Department of Public Health @UBBCluj -
Center for Healthcare Innovation
- EITHealth – RIS HUB for Romania
(grant 2018-2020)
- Ro Health Cluster – Startup Support
- Transylvania IT Cluster
○ eHealth Working Group
○ Transylvania Cluster Association
- ECHAlliance – Ecosystem connections and
development
- …your organisation...

10. Major projects for 2021
1. HealthTech Startups Map 2021
2. GIPIA – Interuniversitary Group for Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
3. Healthcare innovation funding – all year

11. 1. HealthTech
Startup Map
https://www.activize.tech/post/romanian-healthtech-report

12. 2. GIPIA
In collaboration with
City Hall Cluj-Napoca
Launched within
StartupCity Cluj-
Napoca, March 2020
Representatives from universities dealing with
entrepreneurship and innovation
Aligned with the HE Innovate 2019 Romania Report

13. 3. Healthcare innovation funding (all year long)

14. Join us on
HealthInnovatorsEU
HealthInnovatorsRO
Facebook Groups
www.freshblood.ro
www.facebook.com/freshblood.ro
www.twitter.com/FreshBloodRo
hello@freshblood.ro