Healthy Ideas, Healthy Returns
The invitation only Benelux platform for tomorrow’s academic Health ventures
Connect with our Human Health community of knowledge institutes, spin-off initiatives, investors and industry partners.
HIHR offers valuable networking opportunities, allowing spin-offs to build up contacts for investments in follow-up programs, as well as a good feedback to sharpen their propositions.
Our practitioner driven network that brings together around hundred investors, spin-offs and TTO-professionals within the Benelux is growing fast.
Spin-off initiatives
Connect with investors and industry partners.
During the preparations and sessions itself you will get highly valued feedback, preparing you to connect with leading companies and investors in the medical innovation field.
Public Research Organisations (PRO’s)
Support and networking for your (potential) spin-offs.
Expert sessions, pitchtraining and webinars provide feedback for you and the entrepreneurs you work with.
Investors & industry partners
An unique sneakpeak into the upcoming spin-off initiatives from all Benelux knowledge institutes in the human health.
Spin off initiatives are selected and supported in the preperation for their pitch or Quickfire presentations at our informal events.


HIHR-13 in Rotterdam, 22 November 2023
Our next pitch edition will take place in Rotterdam on November 22, 2023 with Quickfire sessions scheduled the week before.
Deadline for submitting your project is
29 September noon.
We happily welcome you in the Rotterdam Science Tower to connect with the newest academic Health Spin-offs from the Benelux.

HIHR helped us enormously in improving our pitch.

At HIHR 2019 we had the opportunity as an academic team to pitch our spin-off project to a group of investors. After teaming up with an experienced entrepreneur and thorough due diligence, we successfully secured funding from some of those investors.

Great opportunity to get honest feedback from a great panel of experts and investors, even for projects in a rather early stage (QF Sessions).

As an early stage investor, HIHR is a unique opportunity to meet entrepreneurs in life sciences that are motivated to bring their work to patients. In addition, the meeting clearly has an objective to have benefits for all involved. I learned a lot from both presenters as well as questions from the audience.
Participating Public Research Organisations (PROs)
Supporting PROs
Regular PROs
Preferred Partner
Participating funds
Many leading funds and venture developers are participating in our events. Found out here the list of all investors and industry partners that have joined our pitch sessions.