Within the framework of the French Healthcare Innovation & Business Forum which will take place on September 19 and 20, French Healthcare Association offers the opportunity to 15 startups to pitch their innovative project in front of an audience composed of investors, large public and private hospital groups, or ministries from more than 15 countries in the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia, as well as French actors who will be present at the event.

In preparation for the event, French Healthcare Association will offer selected startups a Bootcamp to enable them to effectively address the markets of decision-makers that they will have the opportunity to meet.

The selection of 15 startups will be made by a jury chaired by Jean-François GendronPresident of French Healthcare Association and composed of :

• Robert SigalGeneral Manager of the American Hospital in Paris
• Laurence Comte-ArassusGeneral Manager at GE Healthcare for France, Belgium, Luxembourg and French speaking Africa
• Chahra LouafiDirector of the Autonomous Patient Fund at BPI France
• Jeanne Tieu-BénichouDirector of the Institute of Future4Care

To participate in the Health Startups Forum, you have until August 27 to send your video pitch in English (1 min 50 max), as well as a presentation, also in English, containing the following information

• The problem your project addresses
• Your solutions
• The market you are addressing
• Your business model
• Your customers
• The commercial progress of your project and the international strategy
• Regulatory aspects of your project, especially for foreign markets
• The ecosystem of your project (board, partners, incubators, ...)
• Financial status (fundraising already done or to come)
• Financial projections of your project
• Your team

The committee of selection will meet on September 5 and will announce the 15 selected startups. The Bootcamp on the theme of export readiness will take place the week of September 12.

The Health Startups Forum will be held on the afternoon of September 20 and will start with a presentation by the foreign ministries and institutions, and then we will offer the winners the opportunity to present their solutions to the foreign delegations.