Our Program
We partner with healthcare’s most talented start-ups, to generate pioneering innovations that enable patients with severe and chronic diseases to enjoy better, healthier lives.
Our Program
We partner with healthcare’s most talented start-ups, to generate pioneering innovations that enable patients with severe and chronic diseases to enjoy better, healthier lives.
HOW WE WORK
We are stronger together
Passionate about sustainability, we want to support your growth in order to create innovation and value that puts patients first. From increasing access to medicine to reducing social inequities, together we'll be a force for good in the world.
Let's help patients live the lives they choose, today and in the future.
WHY CHOOSE US
What you get by partnering with us
The Digital Care Transformation incubator is a startup engagement program committed to providing equity-free support to entrepreneurs to help them grow their businesses. It is our objective to support entrepreneurs delivering innovation to patients faster.
60+
combined years of experience and scientific innovation
Global
reach and market knowledge
0%
equity commitment
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7 PATIENT POPULATIONS WE ARE COMMITTED TO SUPPORT
Check out the ventures already taking part IN THE PROGRAM
Unique insight
We match you with patient unmet needs and validated market opportunities to help de-risk and accelerate your product/market fit.
Expert mentorship
You will receive validation from expert mentors and advisors with strong clinical, business and regulatory expertise relevant to your specific field.
Personalised pathway
Co-creation is in our DNA, which is why we are offering a pre-incubation or an incubation track entirely tailored to your needs, with personalized business, clinical and investment readiness support.
WHO SHOULD APPLY
If this sounds like you, then you should apply to our program
You are driven by purpose
We want to support innovative ventures that will have a real impact on patients, society and the world, from enabling better access to medicine to promoting ethical business practices and societal impact.
You are an early-stage team with bold ambitions
You ideally have a working product that has started receiving some validation. You may have received a small investment and you are focused on achieving validation and go-to-market within 2-3 years.
You want to achieve global reach
It doesn’t matter where in the world you are based, but over time you do need to be interested in addressing a global market, and your technology and team should have that capability and ambition.
You have some early proof point
Although you may have some way to go, any early proof points that your approach has an impact for patients and be commercially viable will definitely be a plus.
You understand the meaning of partnership
We want to support teams that are in it for the long run and that will benefit from business modelling, branding, marketing, raising investment, understanding patient populations, legal, compliance and internationalisation.
YOUR PATHWAY
A step-by-step guide to joining the program
STEP 1
Apply
Start your journey by giving us some key information about the solution that you’d like to put forward.
STEP 2
Engage
Our team will reach out to schedule a first call and understand your mission, technology and the team behind it.
STEP 3
Match
You will pitch to UCB subject matter experts and we will support you with pitch coaching for maximum impact.
STEP 4
Join
Should we all agree on a win-win, you will be offered a place on our incubation program on personalised terms.
JOIN US