USA | Life Sciences & Health Trade Mission Texas

Join us on a trade mission to Austin & Houston, Texas! Showcase your tech, network with industry leaders, and explore growth opportunities. Partnering with TMC Innovation & Texas eHealth Alliance, our program offers expert insights, resources, and networking.

When: 8 – 12 April 2024
Where: Austin & Houston, Texas
For: Dutch MedTech and Digital Health companies

Why Texas?

Texas is quickly becoming a hub for innovation in the MedTech and Digital Health sectors, making it an ideal destination for Dutch companies looking to expand their reach. With world-renowned institutions like the Texas Medical Center and the Texas eHealth Agency, Texas offers a supportive ecosystem that fosters collaboration, investment, and growth.

Texas as hub for MedTech & Digital Health SMEs

1. Home to prestigious healthcare institutions

Texas is home to some of the largest and most prestigious healthcare institutions in the world, including Memorial Hermann and MD Anderson Cancer Center, providing a wealth of opportunities for startups to collaborate and partner with leading healthcare organizations.

Texas has a thriving startup ecosystem, with supportive networks of incubators, accelerators, and venture capitalists that are eager to invest in innovative healthcare technologies. This includes the TMC Innovation Institute, which offers resources and mentorship to startups in the healthcare sector.

Texas has a business-friendly regulatory environment, with relatively low taxes, minimal regulations, and a streamlined registration process. This makes it easier and more affordable for startups to launch and operate their business.

Texas has a highly educated and skilled workforce, with a strong talent pipeline from leading universities and research institutions. Startups can easily tap into a diverse pool of talent in fields such as engineering, data science, and healthcare.

Key partners

Texas Medical Center

Leverage a strong collaboration with Texas Medical Center to accelerate your US market growth

Texas Medical Center (TMC) is a leading life science ecosystem dedicated to advancing healthcare. With 70+ million square feet and 120,000+ employees, TMC is pioneering a revolutionary initiative to centralize the entire healthcare process, from discovery to delivery, in one world-class medical complex. TMC Innovation (TMCi) collaborates with healthcare companies globally, offering support, funding, and expertise to those shaping the future of healthcare. They work closely with member institutions and a global network of advisors and corporate partners to facilitate progress towards clinical and business milestones.

During the 2023 edition of the World of Health Care, the Texas Medical Center and Health~Holland have jointly launched the TMC Netherlands BioBridge, a significant initiative aimed at fostering innovation in the field of healthcare. This strategic partnership serves as a conduit for entrepreneurs, researchers, clinicians, and industry stakeholders, facilitating their access to the US market and promoting international knowledge exchange. The BioBridge program is specifically designed to assist international healthcare companies in navigating the complexities of the US market. The program offers a 10-week residency at TMC Innovation Factory, where startup founders gain valuable insights into essential aspects of US expansion, including infrastructure, clinical validation, and funding opportunities.

The collaboration with Texas Medical Center creates opportunities for innovative Dutch companies active in MedTech and Digital Health sectors looking to expand their international reach. The planned visit in April serves as an introduction and deep dive into what TMC has to offer to accelerate growth of Dutch organizations in the US market. Warm introductions will be facilitated to TMC member organizations.

Additionally, Austin will be visited during the mission in collaboration with the Texas e-Health Alliance. The final program of the visit will be tailor-made based on the specific interest of participating companies. Sign-up to day and let’s start a conversation to get most out of your visit to Texas.

Biobridge WoHC

Texas e-Health Alliance

Get the latest insights in digital transformation in healthcare from the Texas e-Health Alliance

The future of healthcare is a combination of in-person and virtual care, and the best models will include both. Virtual care can increase access to needed services like mental health care and specialty care. The home as a site of service will become more important as the Baby Boomers reach their high utilization years. Virtual care has the potential to be efficient and bring more people into care earlier but patient safety must always be addressed.

TeHA, the Texas e-Health Alliance, is your go-to resource for all things e-health in Texas. TeHA connect organizations with state leaders and agencies, offering insights on health information exchange, telemedicine, remote monitoring and more. During the visit, TeHA will provide updates on industry trends, networking, and business development opportunities. TeHA relationships with academic institutions and the Austin startup community allow to interact with early stage startup companies that are shaping the future of health IT. Warm introductions will be facilitated to TeHA member organizations.

Additionally, the Texas Medical Center will be visited in collaboration with TMC Innovation. The visit’s itinerary will be customized to align with the unique interests of participating companies. Register today and initiate a dialogue to ensure your Texas visit is optimized for your needs.

What to expect?

This Life Sciences & Health Trade Mission focuses on exploring opportunities and areas for collaboration between Texas and the Netherlands in the areas of Medical Technology (MedTech) and Digital Health providing solutions for the hospital (cure) setting.

The program is still under development and will be tailored to the participants’ needs as much as possible, but will include the following elements:

  1. A full introductory day at the Texas Medical Center, visiting with TMC Innovation and the world-renowned medical institutions situated at TMC, i.e. MD Anderson, Memorial Hermann, Baylor College of Medicine.
  2. Learn about the latest eHealth policy and regulation developments with the Texas eHealth Alliance and network with their partner organizations.
  3. Site visits to healthcare providers situated throughout Austin & Houston, i.e. Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston Methodist Hospital, Ascension Seton Healthcare.
  4. Pitch opportunities to (healthcare) investors.
  5. Meeting with health insurers.
  6. Opportunity to submit one-pager to TMC Innovation & TeHA stakeholders for one-on-one meetings with decision makers.

TFHC will carry out a quick scan on your value proposition based on your intakes and tailor it to the Texas market.

Participation fee

The cost of participating in this Life Sciences & Health Trade Mission is as follows:
This fee includes participation in the collective program, lunch and dinners when included as part of the program and local support by the organizing parties. This fee excludes travel and accommodation costs (such as hotels, international and domestic transport) and all individual costs, such as lunches and dinners outside the program.

TFHC Partner: €1.650,- (Excl. VAT) per person
Non-TFHC Partner: €1.950,- (Excl. VAT) per person

A 50% discount will apply for the second participant from the same organization.

Participation includes:
This fee includes participation in the collective program, lunch and dinners when included as part of the program and local support by the organizing parties. This fee excludes travel and accommodation costs (such as hotels, international and domestic transport) and all individual costs, such as lunches and dinners outside the program.

Get 50% discount with RVO
Get a 50% discount with the RVO Support International Business (SIB) Voucher. For more information about eligibility and application for the SIB grant, please visit the website of (RVO).

Register now and get ready to connect with top-tier healthcare institutions and ecosystem stakeholders. Early registration will give you the opportunity to express any special interest in stakeholder engagement to be considered during the finetuning of the program.

Contact

Do you have any questions about the program or logistics and financial matters? We are happy to help. For more information, please contact:

Contact name: Micha van Lin, Director
Phone: +31 (6) 243 61 595
E-mail: micha.vanlin@tfhc.nl