The Program

In this phase, teams define their value proposition and validate their problem-solution and solution-market fit, specifically for the healthtech market.

Teams get out of their comfort zone, conducting discovery interviews with key stakeholders to understand their needs, test hypotheses, and develop and validate value propositions and business models.

Each team is assigned a mentor (a successful healthcare entrepreneur, a commercialization expert and/or an investor) who provides one-on-one mentoring throughout the program. Furthermore, teams interact each week with a panel of executives from the CIMIT Accelerator Team in Boston, present and defend their findings, attend lectures and do readings. Each team will be connected to an investor with the same field of interest, who will follow the team's progress, share investment advice and help them gain self-confidence when approaching investors.

During the European immersion, participants dive into the Catalan, Spanish and German healthcare and life sciences ecosystems.* 

Teams learn how to communicate and refine their pitch to investors. They also have the chance to forge connections with other top European health startups through a collaboration with the Life Science Accelerator Baden-Württemberg. 

 

CRAASH Barcelona gives participants networking and market validation opportunities with experts and institutions from the world's top healthcare and life sciences ecosystem: Boston.

Teams have the chance to forge online connections with the Boston ecosystem and pitch their projects to investors, industry veterans and entrepreneurs with a successful track record in the investment community in the region.