Program

Program

 

Leveraging our deep expertise in shaping, operating, and advising accelerator programs together with our profound digital health knowledge, we are establishing the leading Italian acceleration program entirely focused on innovation and transformation in the digital health sector.

 

The Program in short

 

The 13-week program will be delivered over 4 months, in a hybrid format, combining on-site activities with online sessions and tailored to each team.

 

The curriculum will be composed of lectures, workshops, 1 to 1 expert mentoring session and work on partner cooperation projects and Proof Of Concepts (POCs). Each startup will be assigned to an end-to-end Mentor to help navigate the program, set goals and track progress.

 

 

The program is structured in sprints covering 5 key areas:

Digital Health & Pharma
Digital Health & Pharma
Product Development and Service Design
Product Development and Service Design
Business Development & Partner Cooperation
Business Development & Partner Cooperation
Soft Skills and Events
Soft Skills and Events
Fundraising
Fundraising

Our spaces at your disposal: Palazzo Innovazione and more!

As part of the program, startups will be offered the opportunity to reside at Palazzo Innovazione, in Salerno. More Partner locations may potentially be leveraged for the Program execution, for example, HQ of our Corporate Partner SIFI in Catania, Sicily.
Palazzo Innovazione

Palazzo Innovazione

 

Palazzo Innovazione is a coworking space dedicated to hosting innovative start-ups and established companies with a particular focus on health innovation initiatives.

The space has been designed to be inspirational for its residents and to enable networking, foster relationships and share synergies and opportunities around digital innovation.

Palazzo Innovazione is located in Salerno, near the ancient headquarters of the Salerno Medical School, the first medical institution in the world dating back to the 11th Century.

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SIFI HQ

 

SIFI HQs are located near Catania, Sicily, with a fantastic view of the Etna volcano and the Sicilian sea, with two cutting edge manufacturing plants and office spaces.

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What we offer to startups

Mentorship
Mentorship

Leverage +100 world class Experts & Mentors during workshops and 1 to 1 sessions

Corporate Access
Corporate Access

Work side by side with our Innovation and Corporate Partners to validate the offering and POC pilot projects

Healthware & Accelerace Approach
Healthware & Accelerace Approach

Access to Healthware and Accelerace's expertise, R&D capabilities and sales opportunities

Global Ecosystem
Global Ecosystem

Gain direct access to the global community of Digital Health players

Access to Investments
Access to Investments

150K€ (90K€ in cash) for all teams, and 400K€ follow-on and up to 2M€ for select cases, co-investment opportunities with our pool of Healthtech Investors.

Rock The Stage
Rock The Stage

Present your achievements at the Demo Day 

Timeline

Submit your application as early as possible to increase the chances to be selected for our program!

Last day to nominate your startup!

VITA will showcase the third cohort of promising digital health start-ups and share the insights from the 2024 program.

Program Timeline

Applications For The 2024 Batch Are Now Open!

Go to the Apply page to submit your application today and check more details in the FAQs section.

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The Vita Accelerator is a novel startup acceleration program launched by CDP together with Healthware and Accelerace that aims to support a new generation of digital health startups.