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Jump on board: The future of healthcare starts now
BioPark Jump is not a structured accelerator program with a fixed start and end point. It is possible to join the accelerator at any time.
You have a business idea related to the health or life-sciences? You would like to know whether your idea has potential and how it can best be pursued so that your product has a chance on the german market. Together we will analyze the current status of your idea, which category your product idea fits into (e.g. medical device, digital health or care application) and which steps are necessary to carry out a compliant product development.
We will also advise you on other suitable funding programs and important contact points for start-ups in Regensburg and throughout Bavaria, you can benefit from with your business idea.
During your participation in the Accelerator, we will help you to optimize your business plan and develop your product in a target group-oriented and compliant manner. In addition, the BioPark Brain8Network provides you with eight experienced entrepreneurs who can advise you on the relevant topics when starting a business in the healthcare or life-sciences sector.
We bring you together with our regional and national network partners from research, industry and clinics. These contacts are helpful if you want to test your product in practice, have a neutral assessment of the current status of your product and benefit from the experience of established companies from the healthcare and life sciences sectors.
You also have the opportunity to network with other MedTech and BioTech start-ups at our events, exchange experiences and make important contacts.
As part of BioPark Jump, we offer regular events on industry-relevant topics such as the certification of medical products, reimbursement by health insurance companies, clinical evaluation and the use of patient data in compliance with data protection regulations. Our events also address start-up essentials such as patent law, strategic marketing, employee recruitment and pitch training.
We want you to get the most out of our events. As part of our Accelerator, you have an active right of co-determination and can suggest topics for the next event at any time.
For teams that have not yet been founded (pre-seed), the rental office and laboratory space free of charge for up to 12 months.
The BIOPARK Brain8Network: Eight experts with entrepreneurial expertise in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, analytics, medical technology and green energy (biogas) support the teams from our Accelerator and are available to prospective founders and start-ups as coaches and consultants on various topics such as business start-ups, funding acquisition, financing, corporate development, internationalization, approval procedures, patent law, company takeovers and also new start-ups from insolvencies.
Managing Director of BioPark Regensburg GmbH and Cluster Manager of BioRegio Regensburg and Healthcare Regensburg. Long-standing juror for the Northern Bavaria and Munich business plan competitions.
Founder and Managing Director of Antisense Pharma GmbH located at the BioPark. Interim manager and coach for biotech and medtech companies since 2008.
Founder and shareholder of 2bind GmbH since 2013, development and analysis of business models, business angel.
Partner of Iris Biotech GmbH and active as Chief Scientific Officer & Vice President Business Development, co-founder of Iris Biotech Laboratories GmbH (2013) and B4 PharmaTech GmbH (2023).
Co-founder and COO of GENEART AG until 2014. 2014-2022 Managing Director and Site Manager of TFS Geneart GmbH with global responsibility for teams in the USA, Japan and UK. Since 2023 Head of the Institute for Applied Research and Business Cooperation (IAFW) at OTH Regensburg.
2009 – 2016 Founder and Managing Director of Transcatheter Technologies GmbH, which developed innovative catheter-based heart valve prostheses. Since 2016 partner of Medifundo, a life science investment platform.
2004 Founder of numares AG (initially LipoFIT GmbH). Managing director and board member from 2004 to 2016. Different awards, as well as some patents. Development and analysis of business concepts.
Founder and Managing Director of PROFOS GmbH, later CEO, Chief Scientific Officer of PROFOS AG. 2009 – 2012 Managing Director of Lisando GmbH and 2012 – 2014 CSO of Lisando AG located at the BioPark.
The following criteria are important for acceptance to the Accelerator:
► The team has a connection to the city or region of Regensburg
► The team is in the initial phase of founding (not yet founded or recently founded)
► The business idea is innovative, addresses a problem in the healthcare sector and has an advantage over
existing solutions
An application for BioPark Jump is possible at any time. Applicants will receive a written notification of their acceptance by the end of the respective quarter after their documents have been checked.
In the first phase, the names, addresses, e-mail addresses, short CVs of the team members and an abstract (max. 1 page, DIN A4) of the business idea or the preliminary work are sufficient. Please upload all required documents as one PDF file in our application form.