Innovators from around the world gathered at Medilink Midlands’ first Innovation Builder HIVE event, pitching groundbreaking ideas as part of the organisation’s new Medilink Midlands Innovation Builder (MMIB) programme.
The event provided a platform for founders to showcase their innovations to industry-leading service providers from Medilink Midlands’ membership network. Attendees also benefited from one-to-one expert support on key topics, including intellectual property, marketing, and navigating the NHS.
Designed to support entrepreneurs, scientists, clinicians, and students, the MMIB programme helps founders develop scalable business models and become investment ready. Led by Medilink Midlands’ Innovation team and Entrepreneur in Residence, Christian Kumar, the initiative equips participants with the tools and strategies to build commercially viable, investor-ready propositions.
The inaugural HIVE event welcomed a diverse group of medical innovators, tackling pressing healthcare challenges across mental health, fertility, rehabilitation, respiratory, and cardiovascular health. Participants included:
- ACEIS Limited
- APPARA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
- Avid Health
- Cevizor Limited
- Feeder
- Intervent Cardio Ltd
- Linear Diagnostics
- Medscribe
- Neuro20 Technologies Corp
- Nolla Ltd
- Peak Medtek Ltd
- SOE Health Ltd
- XRnostics
- Rodi Fertility
- Ferterex Limited
To further support these businesses, Medilink Midlands facilitated exclusive one-to-one meetings with its network of specialist service providers, including Blüm Health, Forresters, Health Innovation East Midlands, IMed Consultancy, Masters – Virtual Business Partner, Pd-m, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP, Sequel Consultants Ltd, and Smallfry.
A Buzzing Success
Victoria Patel, Innovation Manager at Medilink Midlands, reflected on the event’s impact:
“Our first HIVE event was a fantastic success, with incredible energy and invaluable conversations buzzing throughout the room. We were blown away by the quality of pitches and the sheer innovation coming out of these companies.
A huge thank you to all who attended, especially those who travelled from as far as the US, Slovakia, and Greece. I’d also like to extend my gratitude to our MMIB delivery partners for sharing their invaluable expertise.”
Al Mills from Sequel Consultants added:
“We came along to the Medilink Midlands Innovation Builder because we wanted to meet the founders, hear their pitches and see the new tech that’s coming around, and give them early guidance around the regulatory or the business development of their business.
So, we’ve really enjoyed being part of the session and can’t wait to see what’s next.”
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