Kickstarters

Applicant

• Has to be a legally registered company suitably structured to be able to raise further funding / investments.
• The company should not be a subsidiary or spin-off company of a larger entity. 
• The startup should have a strong R&D, technology development, technology derisking and commercialization activity component.
• The Project Leader proposed by the Applicant should be technically competent to execute the project. 
• Applicants should not have any antecedents / background that can tarnish the reputation of Venture Center or BFI or this program.

Technology idea and startup story

• The application should have submitted/ disclosed adequate information about the technology to allow a fair assessment.
• The applicant should be working on developing/advancing a science and technology based solution that promises to solve a real-world health related problem. The applicant needs to be working in the broad area of health related technologies including following industrial sectors: diagnostics, medical devices, digital health, therapeutics, preventives, rehabilitation.
• The proposed technology has to be scientifically sound and technically feasible. There should not be any obvious  insurmountable barriers including regulations, IP, specialised facility needs, resource needs etc

Project (this is the proposed  A→ B plan for the project/KI duration)

• The activities proposed for the Project/KI period should be aimed at crossing over key challenges/ barriers in development or advancement/ translation or commercialization of the above technology closer to market.
• Pure academic research with no relevance for impact via eventual deployment of a product/ service based on above mentioned technology will not be eligible.