GIANT Health Event 2019 BEANSTALKS Application
Beanstalks HealthTech Start-Up Competition 2019 NOW CLOSED
...but don't despair - you can still exhibit at GIANT or come as a delegate on 15 & 16 October at Chelsea FC Stadium. London.
Click on this link to buy a start-up table for only £95 (last few places, must buy before Monday 7th to be in the magazine) Start-up Expo Table
Sometimes, you just need a little magic to help your business to grow.
BEANSTALKS™ at the GIANT Health Event is an international “competition for prizes” for health and care tech start-ups. The competition leads up to the GIANT Health Event 2019 – Europe’s largest and most valuable HealthTech innovation festival, held on 15 and 16 October, 2019 in Chelsea, London.
Early-stage businesses gain exposure to a prestigious panel of Judges (Microsoft, Deloitte, First Minute Capital, World Healthcare Journal and Granted Consultancy) as well as the whole GIANT community.
BEANSTALKS™ competition finalists are selected to pitch their solutions on stage in front of our panel of judges and to a live audience on 15-16 October 2019. Category winners pitch again on the main stage to the full GIANT audience at the event finale.
(Scroll down below the map to see the 5 award categories and business stage definitions).
Beanstalks entry (and listing on GIANT website and in the event magazine) £50
Beanstalks entry PLUS attend the full conference £100
Beanstalks entry PLUS Start-up expo package (2 passes, expo table, expo listing) £200
£000's of Prize goodies include; IP Clinic, PR Clinic, Pitch Doctor, Crowdfunding platform fees and support, Digital courses, feature on GIANT Healthy Innovators TV show and of course, exhibiting at GIANT next year.
Thanks to our media partner Salix & Co and our generous prize sponsors including GJE, MD Crowdfunders and General Assembly
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Additional Information
*The core criteria to be eligible for entry into the competition are as follows: All eligible entrants must comply with the following: HealthTech, incorporated, shareable in public domain, no-one else’s IP and fit with our early stage business criteria.
How to apply
There is a brief entry form built into this ticket after purchase, which will help us to map you to a category. We will then contact you with how to register for the event, if you're coming, and details for the pitch deck.
The first round closes 30th September. Next stage - we ask you for a short pitch deck to review and score to find semi-finalists The top 3-5 in each category will be given a slot to pitch to judges live at the event on 16th October, and the winners in each category pitch again at the main stage finale before the ultimate winner is announced.
You'll find additional information below, and check this Beanstalks Entry Guidance document for an outline of the application process, past winners, Ts & Cs and materials.
AWARD CATEGORIES
Beanstalks celebrate the very best of HealthTech Innovation - the teams who have pushed beyond the boundaries, developed outside the box and reached places others have never dared go.
Our categories this year are aligned with some of the key themes of the GIANT Health Event and its mission. We may alter a little these categories depending on the range of entries, so don't worry, we will find the place that fits you best.
There is a Winner and Runner Up (aka “Runner Bean”) for each Award Category.
Here are the 2019 categories:
- Advanced Diagnostics & Therapies
- Addressing Health Inequalities
- Breakthrough Medical or Healthcare Device
- Best co-creation with patients and / or Healthcare Workers
- Intercepting Disease and Improving Healthspan
AND an overall winner of each of our start-up stages:
The Pollen Prize
The Bean Prize
The Sprout Prize
BEANSTALKS STAGES - which one are you?
You can enter any award Category, but you should fit into one of these levels to participate in the competition. The proposition must have:
- Underlying technology
- Be solving a problem within health
- Have a clear commercial case
POLLEN
Product: A clear proposition and early prototype for testing
Evidence: Defined customer need; Business case
Dimensions: No revenue; pre-seed or no funding; Micro entity or collaborative project; Looking to get going
BEAN
Product: A robust MVP (Minimum Viable Product) ready for trial
Evidence: Proven user acceptance. Ready to deploy for clinical or other user group evidence.
Dimensions: Resourced beyond the founding team to set up and manage trials; Little or no sustained revenue; Possible seed stage funding or grant
SPROUT
Product: A functioning product, deployed with live customers, ready to scale
Evidence: Successful active trials and users for at least 1 use case and now ready to roll-out
Dimensions: SME or Collaboration; Generating revenue; Resources in place (or in process) to scale
The start-ups through to the second stage will be announced in September and the finalists will be confirmed by the 1st October.