Venture Centre of Excellence: Access to finance and strategic connections

After reviewing your application, our Access to Finance Deal Flow Committee will invite you to a free assessment call to better understand your solution, ask clarifying questions, and exchange initial insights. Following this call, we will inform you whether your company is a good fit for the next phase:

After a company successfully passes the initial free assessment, it may be invited to proceed to a deep dive evaluation, conducted by expert reviewers. This next step is based on the outcome of the initial free assessment call.

The deep dive evaluation costs €3,000 and includes a comprehensive analysis of the company’s strengths and weaknesses, an in-depth Q&A session with the Access to Finance team and following this a tailored recommendation report debrief where the Access to finance team provides the startup with a support workplan to fill the identified gaps.

The follow-up support programme is fee-based, with pricing depending on the type and level of support required. While costs are tailored to each company, they generally range from €15,000 to €30,000. All fees are discussed and agreed upon transparently before any service begins.

If the company proceeds to investor promotion and successfully raises funds through our support, a 3% success fee is applied on the amount raised.
This ensures a flexible, high-impact collaboration, fully aligned with your fundraising goals.

This is a rolling programme – applications are open all year round to match the ongoing fundraising cycles of start-ups. To apply, simply send a non-confidential pitch deck to our team by email.

Connecting investors in Europe

The VCoE Members’ Meetings serve as a catalyst for nurturing innovation and fostering lasting connections among our members.

As an active deal flow and collaboration community, VCoE regularly unites its members for vibrant gatherings. These meetings serve as a venue for exchanging key insights, networking, and fostering strong relationships among the participants. Through these interactions, VCoE cultivates a thriving ecosystem, empowering its members with valuable connections and opportunities for collaboration.

As a life sciences investor you will:

• Join Europe’s premier open innovation and co-investment programme
• Get access to innovation insights
• Amplify your scouting, sourcing, and syndication capabilities
• Increase your research and development, strategic collaboration, commercial partnership and other capabilities
• Leverage partnership opportunities accessed across the VCOE’s qualified member base

Strategic Collaboration: EIT Health & European Investment Fund

EIT Health and the European Investment Fund (EIF) joined forces in 2020 to create the Venture Centre of Excellence (VCoE), a first-of-its-kind public-private co-investment platform in Europe dedicated to supporting innovation in healthcare.

This strategic collaboration was designed to accelerate investments in life science start-ups across Europe by mobilising both public and private capital. At its core is the creation of a health-focused Fund of Funds, driven by EIF, which provides capital to selected venture capital funds with a strong track record in health innovation.

The initiative aims to strengthen the European health innovation ecosystem by:

• • Enhancing access to capital for high-potential ventures
  • Encouraging long-term investment in early-stage healthcare technologies
  • Building synergies between institutional investors, corporates, and public actors

  By partnering with EIF, EIT Health contributes to reinforcing Europe’s position as a global hub for healthcare innovation and long-term investment in life sciences.