Generation H 2.0: Mentorship Program
An intensive acceleration program for HealthTech startups designed to validate ideas, receive personal mentorship, and connect with investors.
Generation H 2.0: Mentorship Program
Program Overview
An intensive mentorship-driven program that provides HealthTech startups with direct access to experienced entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders. It fosters unique networking and investment opportunities through personalized matchmaking with investors. This is a real opportunity to accelerate your startup’s growth and become part of the global HealthTech community.
8 weeks of active sessions + 2 weeks of refining pitches and collaborations. 15 selected teams will gain not only knowledge and skills but also tangible deliverables showcasing their progress. The program includes personalized mentorship, AMA sessions, and startup crash tests. During the final Demo Day, top-performing startups will pitch their projects, increasing their chances of securing investments and partnerships.
The program is co-funded within the project “Knowledge Rise: Advancing Sustainable Blue-Green Economies via Deep Tech – Innovation Capacity Building in Higher Education”, which is part of the broader CloudEARTHi initiative and is funded by the European Union through the EIT HEI Initiative, coordinated by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), Cohort 4.
Program Benefits
mentorship from HealthTech experts who have successfully launched their own startups, plus a personal mentor to guide you at every stage
hands-on workshops and lectures from industry leaders to sharpen the key skills needed for startup growth
1:1 investor meetings and client matchmaking to unlock funding and partnership opportunities
a chance to win a €10,000 grant to fuel your startup’s growth
exclusive access to CS & CRM SaaS solutions from Zendesk
a thriving HealthTech community of startups, businesses, mentors, investors, and global partners
WHO WE ARE WAITING FOR
Founders and established teams with projects in the HealthTech field
Venture funds and corporate funds, angel and impact investors interested in supporting HealthTech startups
Scientists and the medical community driving research and innovation
Application requirements
A startup/technology project at the MVP stage
At least two project representatives should be ready for an intensive engagement for 2 weeks
English level from Upper-Intermediate
Intention to develop your startup after the course: work on attracting investment, creating new jobs, and monetisation
Willingness to be part of the SET Community
Only startups that have signed an agreement to participate are eligible to participate
Special Prize
The winning team of the Generation H 2.0 will receive a €10000 grant for startup development
Program Roadmap
Goal Setting & Mentor Introduction
Business Modeling & Product Development
Team Formation & Customer Discovery
Growth Strategies & Marketing
Finance & Fundraising
Crisis Management & Ethical Leadership
User Testing & Pitching
Investor 1:1 & Client Matchmaking
Mentors
Fergus O`Dea
Vice President of Commercial Operations at FIRE1, one of the fastest growing Medtech companies in the world (over <$200M in capital raised to date).
Prior to FIRE1, Fergus was Venture Investment Leader at NDRC, investing in early-stage technology companies and managing accelerator programmes, and was previously Global Product Manager at ResMed PLC.
Fergus holds a Masters In Biopharmaceutical Engineering from University College Dublin and a Masters in Business Administration from the Micheal Smurfit Graduate School of Business.
Volodymyr Nerubenko
Serial HealthTech entrepreneur. 15 years in HealthTech, Co-founder TerraLab, co-founder Lab24, co-founder Nasnaga, co-founder Liki24 Foundation (charity), and Member of advisory board Ukraine EIT
Eric Henry
Senior Quality & Regulatory Compliance Advisor in the FDA & Life Sciences Practice at King & Spalding LLP. With over 30 years of industry experience, he advises clients on quality system development, regulatory compliance, inspections, M&A due diligence, and litigation support. Prior to joining King & Spalding, Eric led global quality and compliance functions at major medical device companies.
Alexa Sinyachova
Co-Founder at Moeco, startup growth advisor and Techstars mentor, teaching Entrepreneurship Course at SET University. For the last 15 years, she has been helping start-ups find go-to-market and drive growth. Her experience is focused on seed to series A stage. As a founder herself, she has created a step-by-step guidance on “building pitch deck, that fundraises”.
She was a business strategy advisor for several startups in fintech, blockchain, AI, and IoT. Former Head of Business Development at Diginex Limited, Alexa helped the company find US partners and enterprise customers, search for good tech projects, and take care of the portfolio startups. Alexa is an active member of European and US startup communities and a “super-connector” in the tech industry of Silicon Valley.
Організатори
SET University
Tokarev Foundation
Partners
Ecosystem partner
Knowledge Rise
Other partners
EIT HEI Initiative
CloudEARTHi
EIT RawMaterials
European Union
FAQ
Do you invest in my project?
No, SET University does not invest in businesses. However, within the Mentorship program, we involve partners through whom the best projects can attract investment.
Does filling out the application guarantee getting to the Mentorship program?
No, it does not. We will select a limited number of teams, projects, and startups from all applications to join the program and sign an agreement to participate.
I only have an idea for a HealthTech project, can I participate in the Mentorship program?
No, we consider participants with projects at least at the MVP stage.
How will the program take place?
The hybrid format includes both offline and online sessions, as well as team collaboration. Some program activities will be conducted online, while offline events are also planned, where team representatives are required to be present.