A special journey has come to an end for the 18 participants of the Health~Holland International (HHINT) Starters Programme 2016 – 2017. Executed by the Task Force Health Care. The HHINT programme provided individual guidance for entrepreneurs with innovative solutions that just started to pursuit their international ambitions.
Through individual support, better insights in healthcare stakeholders, market information and opportunities, valuable (inter)national connections and various workshops, the participants were supported and accelerated in entering new markets.
Additionally, a small financial compensation for activities regarding international business development helped them explore new markets and business opportunities.
During the ‘Grand Finale’ closing meeting on Thursday the 16th of March, the participants praised the informative, structuring and guiding elements of the programme. Without the programme, it would have taken severely more time to find relevant market insights and connections to the right persons and networks in target countries. Special thanks was also given to the Dutch Embassies, Consulates and NBSOs for their support. All HHINT participants made significant progress in structuring and preparing the organisation for international business, finding new contacts, consortia partners, business leads and – most importantly – sales and contracts in for example China, Denmark, Germany, United States, and Turkey and even in less obvious markets for international starters like Australia, Brazil, Iran, Indonesia, New Zealand, and Thailand.
In order to further increase innovation output of the Dutch Life Sciences & Health sector, the TFHC will continue to support and accelerate the international market entry of Dutch start-ups and entrepreneurs. If you are interested to participate, please contact us through HHINT@tfhc.nl.
