What You Need to Know
Hackensack Meridian Health and Choose NJ, the Garden State’s leading nonprofit economic development organization, are looking for potential from across the Atlantic - starting in Ireland.
HMH Emerge is a new, exclusive pitch competition for Ireland-based health startups, providing an unparalleled opportunity to take ideas to reality through piloting, partnering, mentorship, and/or investment. The opportunity is to provide Irish companies with new health care innovations with the chance for growth and opportunity, designed to propel healthcare innovation to the global stage.
The program is open to all groups from Ireland. The process includes: an initial two-minute, high-level video pitch; the selection of 10 start-ups for a unique combination of mentorship and refinement; targeted at tailoring commercialization opportunities in the U.S. healthcare market with a culmination of the top three start-ups selected to present their refined pitches to the HMH Bear’s Den board, which includes HMH executives, board members, and external investors.
The potential partnership, piloting opportunities, and investments are decided on a case-by-case basis and based on a mutually beneficial outcome. The intellectual property (IP) protection is assured by non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) which ensure your intellectual property is safeguarded during the program.
The inaugural selection process for HMH Emerge starts soon.
The timeline:
- Launch Date: April 15, 2024
- Application Deadline: May 15, 2024
- Top 10 Notification: May 30, 2024
- Pitch Development Period: May 31 - July 9, 2024
- Bear’s Den Scouting Team Pitch: July 15, 2024
- Finalist Notification: July 22, 2024
- Final Preparation Period: July 23 - August 23, 2024
- Bear’s Den Final Pitch: September 9, 2024