The "Startup Pitch & Partner" program offers European life science and biotech founders the opportunity to present their startup at Biovaria. There's also the chance to network with investors and established companies from the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. The event is organized by Ascenion and Max Planck Innovation.
Biovaria Startup Award honors startups in two categories
A jury will select 15 startups from all applicants to compete for the Biovaria Startup Award in two categories: The "Emerging Startups" award is aimed at pre-seed teams that are either still in the founding process or have founded a company within the past four years. The cash prize for the first-place winner in this category is €1,000. Startups seeking follow-on financing in the near future compete in the "Rising Startups" category. The award in this category is endowed with €2,000. The winners also benefit from the media exposure of the awards, according to the organizers.
The jury includes nine representatives from various investors in the life science sector: Droia Ventures, Novo Seeds, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Life Sciences Partners, NRW Bank, Earlybird Venture Capital, Apollo Health Ventures, EMBL Ventures and TVM Capital Life Science.
Last year, the Italian startup iRASP Therapeutics won the "Emerging Startups" award. The "Rising Startups" award went to Organotherapeutics from Luxembourg.
The application deadline for startups is March 1, 2022. Further information can be found here.
