We met with Dr. Roy Kolkman, Manager of the Novel-T Knowledge Transfer Office (KTO) at the University of Twente to discuss the newly funded MedTech project, which was awarded €8 million from the Thematic Technology Transfer (TTT) scheme. The project was initiated by the 4TUs with UTwente as secretary. Catalyze’s Strategic Consultancy team provided support…
We met with Dr. Hanno Tan, cardiologist at the Amsterdam UMC, specialized in sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and leading scientist in ESCAPE-NET, which aims to develop the first European network that aids to improve prevention and treatment of SCA. Catalyze successfully supported Dr. Tan’s initial application to Horizon 2020 and provide ongoing project management to…
Cardiovascular diseases remain the number 1 cause of death globally, being responsible for a staggering 31% of all deaths. Inge Sieben, CEO of Dutch start-up, Glanum Diagnostics, attempts to turn the tide by developing a novel small electrocardiogram patch for home monitoring. This innovation provides cardiac patients the ability to receive accurate measurements of their…
After working with Catalyze to secure a EU-Horizon 2020 grant for the ESCAPE-NET project, Dr. Hanno Tan returned to partner up again with Catalyze, this time winning funding from the European Cooperation in Science & Technology (COST) program. Catalyze provides ongoing project management support to the PARQ-COST project. We spoke with Dr. Tan about this…
The DEPREDICT project received a 3-year €2.3 million award from Eureka Eurostars, which supports consortium projects of up to 5 partners, led by an R&D performing SME. Read our interview with Marte Theuen, PhD, who was Project Coordinator of DEPREDICT for 1.5 years, until stepping down from her position as Chief Technology Officer at NordicNeuroLab…
Francesco Cecchini is the co-founder and CEO of Gondola Medical Technologies and a long term client of Catalyze. Catalyze provided a review for the company’s application for the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program (EIC Accelerator Grant) and provides ongoing project management support to the project. The application resulted in the award of…
We met with Dr. Eric van der Veer, CSO and co-founder of Hybridize Therapeutics B.V., to discuss their being awarded a €250,000 loan from the NWO Take-off 2 program, gain insight into the plans of the company, and hear about their experiences of receiving funding application support from Catalyze. Eline Vrijland (CEO) and Eric van…
Read on to learn about the FUNC-BIOINK project. This project is a 3 year-collaboration between Academic Centre for Dentistry in Amsterdam (ACTA), a world top-three leading educational and research institution in dentistry and CELLINK, a global leader in bioinks and 3D bioprinting. The project received a €900k subsidy from the Eurostars programme. We asked Dr….
We spoke with Onera Founder and VP Product, Soukaina Adnane, and Project Coordinator and Engineer, Ketki Chawla, about their recent EIC Accelerator grant win of €2.5 million. They shared the challenges of applying to such a prestigious grant, their perseverance in applying 3 times before winning, what they learned along the way, and how their…
We met with Professor Marc Bardou from the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM), who is leading Horizon 2020 funded project, ‘CBIG-SCREEN’. The project received a €3.66 million award from the prestigious ‘Health, Demographic Change, and Wellbeing’ work program, dedicated to ‘Better health and care, economic growth and sustainable health systems’. CBIG-SCREEN…