EIT Health is a consortium of more than 50 core partners and 90 associate partners from leading businesses, research centres and universities from across 14 EU countries. EIT Health was designated as an EIT Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) by the EIT Governing Board on 09 December 2014. The goal of EIT Health is to contribute to increasing the competitiveness of European industry, improve the quality of life of Europe’s citizens and the sustainability of healthcare system. The partnership will promote entrepreneurship and develop innovations in healthy living and active ageing, providing Europe with new opportunities and resources. This will be achieved through delivering products, concepts and services, including educational programmes that will nurture talents and train the workforce of tomorrow. EIT Health will overcome the fragmentation of different healthcare systems in Europe and give companies easier access to markets across the EU. The critical mass of partners from business and industry, education, research, healthcare providers and insurance companies within EIT Health, opens the path to reduced time-to-market for added-value products and services. EIT Health outreach activities are expected to spread all over Europe – establishing new ties to expand innovation and growth. and the URL is eithealth.eu

About Bio.NRW:
BIO Clustermanagement NRW GmbH is representing BIO.NRW Cluster Biotechnology North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) as founding associate member within EIT Health. The company offers a variety of services and promotes biotechnology from NRW. BIO.NRW had started in 2010 to implement a private equity community in the federal German state North Rhine-Westphalia (about 18 Mio inhabitants). Through organizing regular meetings with private investors and financial institutions, start-ups and founders are enabled to “get going” by receiving financial support for their respective enterprises. BIO.NRW offers a format that brings start-up companies or projects into close contact with private investors, business angels and financing institutions (i.e. state development banks, venture capital fonds including corporate venture) from across the EU. Also, as a case in point, with Qithera GmbH a company in the field of new cancer therapies has been founded together with business angels as major shareholders and BIO Clustermanagement NRW GmbH as a minority shareholder. The strong presence of surrounding (global) pharmaceutical and chemical enterprises and successful “start-ups of the past” like Qiagen and Miltenyi Biotec, proves the fact that the possibilities for business development in the region were and are ideal.

DWF is a leading legal business with an award-winning reputation for client service excellence and effective operational management. Named by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s most innovative law firms, DWF has been named in the top five for most recommended lawyers in the UK, by this year’s Legal 500 UK.

Employing over 2,300 people across the UK and Ireland, Germany, Dubai and Brussels, DWF is a full service firm with core strengths in corporate & banking, insurance and litigation, and in-depth industry expertise in several chosen sectors including central & local government; energy & industrials; financial services; real estate; retail, food & hospitality; technology; and transport.

The success of the DWF strategy is based on:
    · Understanding our clients
    · Engaging with our people
    · Doing things differently

This enables us to add more value and to deliver legal solutions that enable our clients to excel.

It’s not just what we deliver; it’s how we do it. Our innovative culture is hard-wired into our business objectives, and we engage with and listen to all our people to ensure that they are working proactively together to create an outstanding client experience. DWF is more than a just a law firm - we are a legal business.

Imprint:
BIO Clustermanagement NRW GmbH
Merowingerplatz 1
40225 Duesseldorf, Germany

Registered as a GmbH in Duesseldorf
Reg. No. HRB 65649, VAT ID: DE279873727

Dr. Bernward Garthoff, CEO

phone: +49 (0) 211 942 150 49
mail: info@bioclustermanagement.de
web: www.bioclustermanagement.de

Startups4.eu (referred to in this Privacy Policy as “Startups4.eu”, "we", "us" or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy.

1. Contact details 

If you have any queries in relation to our Privacy Policy, please contact us at: yourstartup@startups4.eu

2. Introduction

We process personal data in accordance with the relevant European Data Protection Regulations.
This Website contains links to other websites. Please note that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Website.
If we change our Privacy Policy, we will place notices on the Website and post the changes on this page. If you are not happy with any changes to the Privacy Policy we must ask that you stop using the Website.

3. Personal Information and Company Facts Collected

It may be necessary for us to collect personal information from you and information on company facts. The types of information collected by us will vary depending on your use of the Website, as described below.
Registration for startup or SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise)
In order to register with the portal “startups4.eu” you need to complete the application on http://www.startups4.eu/startup-application including name, address, contact details, contact person (personal information) and, after the submission of your application, you will be requested to send us a three-minute video via e-mail. All company facts and personal information will be treated confidentially. Solely registered investors will have access to all company facts and personal information.
We have the right to use your contact details (e-mail, phone) to invite the contact persons representing business and science of your company to the face-to-face meeting of the investors. Moreover, the e-mail address will be used to invite you to special events, e.g. face-to-face meetings in Düsseldorf, Germany, or any other place with business angels and institutional investment organizations or State Development Banks respective partners of the EIT Health consortium. Moreover, the e-mail address will be used to send a note or mailing about new companies having registered on the website www.startups4.eu

Registration of an investor

In order to register as an investor you need to send an e-mail to info@bioclustermanagement.de and provide us with your personal data and an investor "history". In addition we ask to submit at least two references and declare that you have the right to share this information with us.

Upon our acceptance of you as investor, we will send your login-data via e-mail. After login, you can edit your profile and change your password on http://www.startups4.eu/investor-profile . You can also choose your profile visibility (public or only shown to other investors).
You are asked to keep all personal information and company facts of startups confidential. In case you do not comply with this confidentiality of information obligation, we have the right to exclude you from the portal without further notice.

Newsletters:

To subscribe for newsletters and news updates you need to register with us by supplying your name and email address. To unsubscribe, email us at: yourstartup@startups4.eu

Events Registration:

We will invite you by e-mail to events especially regarding the topics biotech/life science/financing. In case we make use of a special registration form as a delegate for an event you must complete a registration form. During registration you are required to give your contact information (name, address, telephone number and email address). This information enables us to process your enrolment online and contact you about the events for which you have expressed interest. You may also elect to provide demographic information (such as company name and position). Provision of such information enables us to provide you with a more personalized background on our Website. If you elect to pay by credit card, you must provide financial information such as credit card number and expiration date. Credit card orders are processed securely with the use of SSL technology.

4. Use of Personal Information and Company Facts

This information will only be used: for the purpose for which you have provided it and to perform services that you have requested; to communicate with you about your use of the Website and/or changes to the Website; to send you newsletters and updates which we believe may be of interest to you.

If you choose to allow us, we may also use your information for marketing purposes and to send you e-mails informing you of other services and products or the portal “startup4.eu”. If necessary, we may pass your information between the members of the EIT Health consortium as listed on this Website. We may employ the services of a third party to help us in certain areas, such as website hosting. In some cases that third party may receive your information. However, at all times we will control and be responsible for the use of your information.

Apart from the above, we will never pass your personal information to anyone else without your consent unless we are obliged to do so: by law and/or pursuant to government or regulatory requests; by a law enforcement agency requesting it in connection with the commission of any offence (once we are reasonably satisfied as to the circumstances surrounding the request); to protect our users and ourselves or to ensure the proper operation of our systems.

If your personal information changes or if you no longer wish to receive communication or marketing emails from us, please let us know and we will correct, update or remove your details. This can be done by emailing us at yourstartup@startups4eu.

5. Consent

By using our Website you consent to the collection and use of your personal information in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy. Whenever there will be made use to apply cookies, we will inform you upfront.

6. Cookies

A “Cookie” is a small piece of information sent by our web server to your web browser, which enables us to record anonymous details and allows you to move around the Website faster. We may use cookies for a number of purposes, for instance to enable us to simplify a logging on process, to help ensure the security and authenticity of users and to enable traffic monitoring.

Browsers allow you to turn off the cookie function. If you want to know how to do this, please look at the help menu on your browser. However, if you turn off the cookie function your use of the Website may be impaired.

7. Security

As required by EU data protection directives, we follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information which you have given to us, in order to prevent unauthorized access. However, the Internet is not a secure environment in general and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of any information which you send to us.

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Welcome to our private equity community

How does the portal „startups4.eu“ work?

The services of the portal are provided free of charge by BIO Clustermanagement NRW GmbH, Düsseldorf/Germany (hereinafter “BIO CM”). The portal will be technically available within the scope of what is possible. No specific minimum availability of this portal shall be agreed between the parties. BIO CM will undertake to achieve an average availability that is based on a reasonable use of BIO CM’s available resources. In the event of a non-availability of the portal, no party shall be entitled to claim for damages against BIO CM.

The portal enables both startups/SMEs and business angels, investors or financial institutions (hereinafter also “user”) to present themselves and to get in touch. Any contractual relationship on the basis of the use of this portal, for instance with respect to financing a startup, shall be entered only between the users of the portal.

If you are a startup or SME focused on biotech/life science and apply for funding from business angels and investors, please read the following instruction:

With the portal "startups4.eu" your company has the opportunity to get the attention of a large investors community and to get funded by business angels and investors, resp. institutional investors. First, you need to fill out the application on http://www.startups4.eu/startup-application and provide the relevant information. Thereafter, you will be requested (via e-mail) to submit a three-minute video after the submission of your application optionally.

Business angels and investors will rate your company facts and video. If your application is appealing and well done, you will be invited to a face-to-face meeting with the investors. The meeting will be held in Düsseldorf, Germany. The travel expenses are not covered.

This online platform is connected to an important investors network.

Please note: You will not get login-data as a startup or SME and view the other startups/SME-data. Only business angels and investors can see the company profiles because only they are able to login on the website. If you would like to change something in your profile, please send an e-mail to yourstartup@startups4.eu .

If you have problems or a request, please send an e-mail to yourstartup@startups4.eu .

If you are a business angel, investor or financial institution and you are interested to finance startups or SME focused on biotech/life science, please read the following instruction:

First, you need to send an e-mail to info@bioclustermanagement.de with some information (personal data and investor "history") and you need to give us at least 2 references. If we confirm that you are a real person and you are an investor, business angel or financial institution, you will receive your login-data via e-mail. Then please login and edit your profile and change your password on http://www.startups4.eu/investor-profile . You can also choose your profile visibility (public or only shown to other investors). After that please check the startup company facts and rate the videos. Highly ranked startups get invited to a face-to-face meeting with the investors. The meeting will be held in Düsseldorf, Germany. As an investor, business angel, institutional investment or State Development Bank resp. partner of the EIT Health you can attend the meeting, if you are interested in the selected companies. The travel expenses are not covered.

If you have problems or a request, please send an e-mail to info@bioclustermanagement.de

Legal requirements with respect to the upload of contents:

With respect to company facts, videos and other profile materials (hereinafter “contents”) uploaded, the user grants to BIO CM a right of use which is unlimited in time and geographical location, but limited to the right to make the contents available to the public by the portal. User shall not infringe third parties’ (intellectual property) rights by using the portal. None of the content user placed by using the portal is subject to any review by BIO CM. The user shall defend BIO CM against all claims brought by third parties in reliance to user’s illegal use of the provided contents, especially by providing all information and documents relevant for BIO CM’s legal defense. Furthermore, user shall indemnify BIO CM against all damages arising from such a claim and bear on first demand all costs and expenses arising from BIO CM’s necessary legal defense. This obligation to indemnify does not apply if user proves that it was not responsible for the illegal use.

The user shall not use the portal to distribute any illegal or immoral content or any information that may harm BIO CM’s or its vicarious agents’ reputation. On user’s expense, BIO CM is entitled to take all measures they consider to be appropriate and, particularly to prevent severe damages, necessary to ensure the legal requirements. This includes the right to restrict or terminate user’s use of the portal if user infringes these usage obligations.

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