About Onco:Innovate

Onco:Innovate is a pan-European initiative dedicated to closing the gap between oncology innovation and market implementation. We unite stakeholders across the healthcare, life sciences, investment, and regulatory sectors to accelerate the adoption of transformative cancer care solutions.

Vision & Mission

VISION

Our vision is to become Europe’s leading platform for oncology innovation – where science, technology, and collaboration converge to redefine cancer care. We envision a world where transformative oncology solutions seamlessly enter healthcare systems, improving outcomes and accessibility for all.

MISSION

Our mission is to foster meaningful collaboration across disciplines, reduce time-to-market for critical innovations, and ensure patients benefit sooner from the best of scientific progress.

Onco:Innovate aims to accelerate the adoption of science-based, market-ready oncology solutions by supporting startups and enabling early clinical implementation. The goal of the initiative is to foster cross-sector collaboration, streamline pathways to market, and address critical challenges in reimbursement, regulation, and procurement. By promoting health system readiness, Onco:Innovate works to transform cancer care and create a more innovation-friendly ecosystem.

Goals & Activities

01

Accelerate Innovation Adoption

We identify and support market-ready oncology solutions from start-ups, spinoffs and scaleups, help them prepare for clinical validation, and connect them with hospitals, investors, and procurement networks to accelerate adoption and scale.

Identify and support market-ready oncology solutions (start-ups, scaleups, spinoffs).
Facilitate clinical validation and investment readiness.
Enable matchmaking with hospitals, investors, and procurement networks.
Provide access to EU grants and fundraising support.

02

Ecosystem Engagement & Networking

We build a strong oncology innovation ecosystem by organizing demo days, showcases, and matchmaking events, while enabling ongoing collaboration through roundtables and networking.

Organize Demo Days, Innovation Showcases, and Matchmaking events.
Host roundtables and networking across pharma, hospitals, payers, NGOs, tech.
Maintain an online platform for collaboration and opportunity sharing.

03

Knowledge & Capacity Building

We equip innovators with practical resources through case studies, toolkits, workshops, and expert sessions, helping them navigate reimbursement, regulation, and market access challenges.

Share best practices, case studies, and go-to-market toolkits.
Offer workshops, expert sessions, and digital transformation training.
Provide insights on reimbursement, regulation, and market access.

04

EU Policy & Strategic Alignment

We align with European cancer initiatives, build new and support existing EU-funded consortia, and contribute to policy development through task forces, white papers, and strategic partnerships.

Build and support EU consortia (e.g. Horizon Europe, EU4Health).
Align with EU cancer missions and equity goals.
Contribute to policy through white papers and cross-sector task forces.

05

Awareness, Visibility & Advocacy

We promote innovation through conference presence, media outreach, and the publication of success stories and innovation reports to raise awareness and drive engagement.