2. healthXL – collaboration between key industry players to
accelerate start-up in health arena
3 month on site mentor lead program split between
Dublin and London
Ecosystem of engaged corporate partners and investors
including StartupBootCamp, IBM and leading Pharma
10 teams selected from 400+ international applicants

3. StartupBootcamp at a Glance
 Leading accelerator outside US
 3+3 month mentor driven accelerator
program
 400+ applicants per program
 70 teams will have completed the program
by end 2012 with participants from 25+
countries
 €2M+ has been raised by teams in seed
funding
 50+ % have received funding within 6
months
 300+ mentors who are serial entrepreneurs
 1,500+ investor database
Current programs
Planned programs
 Global brands love to work with us, incl.
Investor roadshow IBM, Vodafone, Nokia & ABN AMRO
 1st ever Global Affiliate of TechStars

4. Almost two years on, Startupbootcamp is going from strength Startupbootcamp in Denmark, has become the first “Global
to strength. “Accelerators, which is what we are, are rocket- Affiliate” of the US based accelerator program TechStars.
boosters. We launch startups into space, and then hope they That means Startupbootcamp, run by Alex Farcet, will now
stay in orbit. The secret sauce of the startupbootcamp is the be screening applications from startup teams across Europe.
mentor-base." said Alex Farcet, the co-founder and Managing ”TechStars picks Startupbootcamp in Denmark as first Global Affiliate”, M.
Director of Startupbootcamp. Butcher,
”12 companies pitch for cash at Startupbootcamp’s London Investor Day.“, P. May 2010
Sawers,
February 2012
… Since then, a number of similar programs have appeared in StartupBootcamp, a European startup accelerator network
various European countries, like HackForward in Germany, and Techstars affiliate, just added Dublin to its existing
Springboard in the UK, Copenhagen-based Startupbootcamp, locations of Copenhagen and Madrid. London and Berlin will
Madrid’s Tetuan Valley and Paris’s Le Camping. follow in 2012... A single pan-European application process
will result in the selected teams being assigned to the most
suitable city.
"Start-Up 100: Could Europe build a Y Combinator?“, R. Varza
January 2011 “Dublin: Europe’s Next Startup Petri Dish?”, C. Byrne
March, 2011
Dow Jones "Big Blue Banks On Small Start-Ups For Growth"
Other media in which we have appeared

5. IBM SmartCamp at a Glance
Offers selected companies world-class international mentoring in 15 countries
Copenhagen Moscow
Dublin
Berlin
Boston London Munich
New Paris Istanbul
York Bangalore Beijing
Mexico Miami Tel Aviv
City
Cape
Town Sydney
Sao
Paulo

6. IBM SmartCamp at a Glance
Current and previous SmartCamp sponsors and partners include:

7. Global Digital Health Opportunity
Key trends Industry investment Sectors and Partners
Focus
Greater life expectancy Convergence of Operators
and rising public health biotechnology,
care costs pharmaceuticals, medical Mobile manufacturers
devices, nutrition and
Ageing population seeks a consumer goods (e.g., Software
higher quality of life for telemedicine, remote Consumer electronics
longer monitoring, adherence
programs, use of real world Food
Increasing cases of data)
chronic & lifestyle ailments. Pharma
Developments in E-health
Increasing demand for enabling new channels of Consumer goods
wellbeing by an expanding communication and new
middle class across the Sports equipmentbrands
ways of interaction
world.
Concepts supporting
Ambient Assisted Living.

8. Top 3 reasons to get involved:
1. Build Brand Awareness: increase brand awareness with key
investors and entrepreneurs who are transforming
healthcare
2. Strategic Insights: Identify disruptive trends and high
potential companies early in the life-cycle
3. Community Engagement: Build strategic relationships and
collaborations with the thought leaders around the world