Healthy Ideas, Healthy Returns (HIHR) aims to bring the academic biotech ecosystem in the Benelux to a higher level, with a focus on company creation/financing.
Our mission is threefold:
- for researchers: Provide a unique platform for academic spin-off opportunities in life sciences to get feedback, access to external expertise and financing.
- for investors/industry partners: provide insight into science-based innovations and Benelux venture deal-flow in one single event.
- networking: build an active network of entrepreneurs, investors and academic tech transfer and share information and contacts.
HIHR unites all major biomedical research organizations in the Benelux and organizes events to bring together innovation providers (PROs), drivers (investors, health accelerators, entrepreneurs) and ‘uptakers’ (industry partners).
We organise on a yearly base:
– two live pitch events (second half May and mid-November) presenting well-rounded, early stage investment propositions to venture capital investors and networking opportunities, either or not in combination with partner organisations.
– twice a year online Quickfire sessions, to provide constructive feedback and access to relevant contacts for business initiatives that are still in the building phase. Investors and entrepreneurs benefit from early access to ideas under development and (future) deal flow.
– quarterly online free lunch webinars
All events remain ‘invitation-only’.