Who are we?
BE Accelerator is the largest growth-focused program and venture fund based in Taiwan for healthtech, medtech and digital health startups. We leverage the unique strengths of our thriving ecosystem to position as the gateway to Asia for both local and international startups. Since 2018, we have backed seventy-two healthcare entrepreneurs, and raised $92M+ USD successfully.
The BE Business Model
Providing both growth opportunities and financial resources for startups to thrive.
BE Accelerator
Our Venture Builder
As an accelerator we provide our startups with access to essential resources that they will require to be successful on their startup journey.
BE Health Ventures
Our Fund
We invest financially in our accelerator portfolio companies, as we look to back the companies making an impact for the next 10 years and beyond.
Why Us?
The gateway to Asia for healthtech & medtech
Helps define unmet clinical needs & market strategy
Market-driven innovation
Extended Duration
Program timeline that is more feasible to success within the healthcare space.
Highlight Courses
Clinical strategy Workshop
FDA’s latest regulations and trial applications in digital healthcare, software as medical device (SaMD), and clinical trial strategies for medical device development and design.
Fundraising & Termsheet
Participant will learn to appreciate key considerations in the development of their commercialization plan in relation to fundraising and exit strategies from the perspective of the innovation owner/company vs that of VC/CVC.
Market Entry Workshop
Estimated the market size and growth potential of the Healthcare industry, and identified attractive investment propositions
Taiwan's first international medical university accelerator with a perfect medical market place, clinical advantages, biomedical and artificial intelligence talents, focusing on digital health, artificial intelligence and medical equipment, assisting start-up to raise funds , community and international resource linkage, coaching and reducing development risks, clinical trial planning, establishing medical pathways.
Assist the startup teams to make good use of Taipei medical University clinical field and dedicated team of professional physicians, counsel the startup team’s product clinical verification strategy, enable the startup team to accelerate the products into the clinical field, provide entrepreneurial funds and assist in raising funds, Establish engagement with international accelerator and entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Showchwan health care system is the largest privately-owned hospital group in Taiwan, with 10 hospitals, over 3,700 beds, and 6,000 employees. Innovation and patient-oriented service have always been its core values since being founded in 1973 by Dr Min-ho Huang. The mission is to offer leading-edge technology and services to under-served areas. In addition to tertiary medical services, it also has facilities catering to elderly, maternal health, and comprehensive cancer care.
Originated from Ircad located in Strasbourg, France, it is the largest and most advanced minimally invasive training center in Asia. Established 2008, it has trained over 12,000 physicians from over 80 countries, running close to 100 workshops annually. In addition to surgical training, it also boasts an advanced research center as well as an incubation center for medical start-ups. It is the perfect hub for innovations. Located in Lugang Industrial Park, in the center of Taiwan, it is an ideal center with many resources necessary for the success of med-tech start-ups.
Hospital Resource
Program
Boot Camp
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Orientation day.
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Milestone/objective setting.
Courses
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Curriculum providing insight into various fundamental business modules.
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Develop a sound business model in the hospital.
Coach
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Mentor day.
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One-to-One consultation.
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Resource matching (physicians, industry professionals, investors).
Demo Day
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Pitching competition.
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Secure onward funding.
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Recruitment into Growth program for selected teams.
Event (Nov.-Dec.)
Nov, 8th 7:00-8:30 PM @ TTA
BE Market-driven series talk- Southeast Asia, The New Emerging Healthcare Market Challenge
Nov 13rd 7:00-8:30 @ NCKU
Panel Discussion: Entrepreneurship and VC/Angel investor funding for startups
Nov, 18th-20th 9:00AM-6:00PM @MEET Taipei
May I ask, Investor? 投資人，給問嗎？
Dec 4th 11:00am-12:30pm @ NangKang exhibition canter
Panel discussion: 台灣醫療新創前進全世界的心法
Timeline
Nov 2021
2022 program applications open
Jan 15, 2022
2022 program applications close
Feb 2022
early kickoff and goal setting
Mar 2022
2022 program official kick-off
