Innov8 Talks - Spark the Future of Healthcare
Get ready for an electrifying global showdown at the Innov8 Start-Up Competition at Arab Health 2024! This is the place where innovation meets ambition - featuring 24 of the world's most promising start-ups, each on a mission to outshine the rest, impress the judges, and secure USD 10,000 grand prize
Calling all healthcare innovators, disruptors, and entrepreneurs to showcase their amazing idea or product to the industry leaders.
Innov8 Talks 2024
Prepare for a spectacle of business prowess, cutting-edge solutions, and unparalleled innovation that's sure to keep you on the edge of your seat!
Partnership with GEN Accelerates (Global Entrepneurship Network)
GEN Accelerates is a virtual platform that creates community, supports ecosystems, provides mentorship, delivers training, educates curious minds, and transforms the thinking of entrepreneurs.
Submission Deadline: 10 January 2024
The prizes
The winner of Innov8 Talks 2024, will not only get the recognition and the once in a lifetime opportunity to present their innovation to the international healthcare community but will also receive:
1st prize
US $10,000
2nd prize
Recognition award
3rd prize
Recognition award
Mentorship Program with Startupbootcamp MENA
- Winner: Will receive an exclusive 2-hour mentorship session
- 1st Runner-up: will rceeive a 2-hour mentorship session
- 2nd Runner-up: will receive1 x 2 hour mentorship session
Meet our Judges
Triska Hamid
Editorial Director,
Wamda, Dubai, UAE
Sam Amory
Managing Director, Middle East and Africa, Dedalus, Dubai, UAE
Reenita Das
Top 100 women in Healthtech and Femtech, Partner, Senior Vice President, Frost & Sullivan, Dubai, UAE
Barbara Baumgartner
Investment Committee, Mindshift
Capital, Dubai, UAE
Swethal Kumar
Former Mubadala &
Hub71, Founder & CEO, Startupscale360, Dubai, UAE
Dr Sarper Tanli
Managing Director, Mass
General Brigham’s, Dubai, UAE
Yatin K Thakur
Chairman – Asia, Global
Entrepreneurship Network, Founder & Managing Partner, Asiarath,
Dubai, UAE
Abe Seksek
CEO, Rainmaking /
Startupbootcamp MENA and Africa, Dubai, UAE
Hadi Saeed
Alshakhori
Founder, H2Solutions, Program Manager, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, KSA
Dr Harry
C Sax
Professor and Executive Vice Chair of Surgery and Associate Dean for International Academic Programs, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA
Dr Mussaad M.
Al-Razouki
Operating Partner, Deerfield
Management, New York, USA
Faisal Belhoul, “Shark Tank Dubai”
Vice Chairman, Dubai
Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Founder and Chairman, Ithmar
Capital Partners, Dubai, UAE
Dr Sadyk Gusniev
MD, MBA, HealthTech Expert and Researcher, Dubai, UAE
Sacha Haider
Partner,
Global Ventures, Dubai, UAE
Dr Tamara Sunbul
Medical Director of Clinical Informatics, John Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, KSA
Bader Khraibut
Senior Consultant, Strategy& Middle East, Dubai, UAE
Dr Susan Amat
Director of Entrepreneurship Initiatives, Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN), Founder & CEO, Venture Hive, Miami, USA
Elsa Hyland
Angel Investor (ex VC), Start-up Advisor, Mentor, Sweden
Lina Shadid
Healthcare Lead Partner, PWC Middle East, Dubai, UAE
Nina Tandon
Co-founder & CEO, EpiBone, Inc,
New York, USA
Investor Networking Lounge - Innov8
Engage in a series of purpose-driven and time-efficient 10-minute discussions with potential investors, gaining valuable insights to enhance your start-up and possibly increase the chances of securing funding.
The competition will run in person during Arab Health 2024, 29 Jan - 1 Feb
How does this work?
The selected start-ups for the Innov8 Competition will receive access to this investor networking lounge
Investors will hand-select start-ups with the right fit and the GEN Accelerates and Arab Health team will help facilitate 1-1 meetings
The investor networking lounge will be held across 3 days from
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
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