Are you passionate about transforming healthcare? Do you have an innovative solution that could make a significant impact on global health?
Vision NextGen (previously known as Innov8) will bring together visionaries, entrepreneurs, and change-makers to address some of the world's most pressing health challenges. This competition offers a unique platform for showcasing groundbreaking ideas and connecting with key stakeholders in the health sector.
Compete for the opportunity to present your ideas to industry leaders, gain valuable feedback, and win resources to bring your solutions to life. Together, we can drive change and improve health outcomes globally.
Join us in person at Global Health Exhibition 2024 happening from October 21 – 23.
Applications for Vision NextGen have officially closed! You'll receive an email by 1st October letting you know if you've reached the next stage. Thank you to everyone who applied—stay tuned, and best of luck!
Competition format
Semi-finals: Across two days, 15 start-ups each day.
Dates:
- Oct 21
- Semi-final group 1
- 15 Start-ups
- Oct 22
- Semi-final group 2
- 15 Start-ups
- Oct 23
- Final Pitch-Off
- Top 6 Finalists
Pitch Details: 3 minutes to pitch & 5 minutes of Q&A with judges
Finale:
- Top 6 finalists compete on Oct 23
- 1 winner will be announced
Start-up criteria
Operational Requirements:
- In operation for less than 5 years
- Raised less than $10 million
- Fewer than 25 employees
1 challenge, 3 areas of consideration:
- Your start-up should showcase innovation and effectively use technology to enhance your product or service.
- Your start-up's solution should be accessible, affordable, and demonstrate strong market viability.
- Your start-up is able to present a minimum viable product or service business plan.
Does your start up solve one of Saudi Arabia's healthcare objectives?
- Crisis response and health security
- Technological and digital transformation
- Public health and prevention
- Health innovation and industry empowerment
Sectors of interest
- Automation
- Biotech
- Clinical intelligence and enablement
- Digital health solutions
- Disease management
- Drug discovery
- Good health and well-being
- Health data analytics
- HealthTech
- Medical devices
- MedTech
- Optimizing healthcare costs
- Personalized medicine
- Preventive healthcare technology
- Primary and urgent care
- Screening and diagnostics
- Telemedicine
- Virtual care delivery
This is not an exhaustive list.
Are you ready to transform the future of healthcare?
Get ready for the ultimate showdown in healthcare innovation! We are excited to launch Vision NextGen at Global Health Exhibition, where 30 dynamic Start-ups will pitch their revolutionary ideas and battle it out on stage. Industry leaders, top investors, government officials, and visionary entrepeneurs will be judging the competition to crown the winner.
Vision NextGen 2024 First Place Prizes
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Cash prize 100K SAR minimum
Incubation in the Regulatory Sandbox where 18 government and semi-government collaborate to enable innovation in healthcare.
Exhibition booth at next year's Global Health Exhibition
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Networking opportunities
Vision NextGen 2024 Judges
More to be announced soon...
Vision NextGen Media Partner
Startups Magazine is a publication which champions tech startups - the entrepreneurial heroes disrupting industries and the creators’ challenging norms and breaking boundaries.
In print and online, the Startups Magazine team works hard to deliver unique content to startups providing valuable insights from industry experts, advice on business fundamentals and most importantly - a platform to introduce tech startups to the world stage.
Subscribers of the publication have access to so much! You can read gold-dust content from experts, receive upcoming issues, be the first to be invites to events and can have their own startup featured editorially!
Alongside the magazine, the company also has a podcast called The Cereal Entrepreneur where they interview the most innovative startups of the moment! As well as talking about some startup lessons and failure fables with a sprinkling of inspirational advice from experts and startups themselves.
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