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Health & Bio Team Dating 2016 (Photo: CataloniaBio).
 26.10.2017

The Barcelona Science Park collaborates in the ‘Health & Bio Team Dating’ event to bring together entrepreneurs and scientists

The Barcelona Science Park will take part in the third edition of Health & Bio Team Dating, a meeting between scientists working in life sciences and bioentrepreneurs, promoted by Banc Sabadell BStartupBiocat and CataloniaBio to bring together groups who can create new business synergies and startups.

 

Through 30-minute speed dating meetings, Health & Bio Team Dating brings together scientists and executives who can create new business synergies and form teams to create and run successful companies in:human health, agrifood, medtech,drugs, medical devices, digitalh health and other areas of the life sciences.

Health & Bio Team Dating can attend an experts manager/business persons, or MBA/PhD business students without experience, with entrepreneurial spirit looking for an innovative project to join and the drive to take new technology/service from the lab to the market, and researchers with a good scientific project that can become a company but need someone for the business plan and fundraising. 

The idea for ‘Health & Bio Team Dating’ event came about in 2015 as a result of the need to combine excellent scientific research with business development expertise resulted in these meetings, which are being held for the third time this year. The event aims to encourage and promote the transfer of technology and knowledge, while developing the bio-entrepreneurship ecosystem in Catalonia.

The first two editions brought more than 120 projects and CEO’s together in almost 400 meetings. The 90% of the participants have established strategic contacts and 15 teams have succeed on reaching some kind of agreement.

► Check the Health & Bio Team Dating 2017 website for all the information on the third edition of this event, which will take place on November 21, 2017 at Valkiria Hub Space. Registration ends on November 13, 2017.