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Healthcare Investment Access (HIA) Program 2026/27
- Seminar/programme scheduled 25 November 2026–20 May 2027 in Oslo, Norway; listed hours 09:00–23:30 GMT+01:00. Tagline: Nordic healthcare ventures meeting global investors. Organisers: Innovation Norway and DNB//BackBay. Partners: Oslo Cancer Cluster, Ergo;Ego, Insider Group and NOME Nordic Mentor Network. Related industry: health and life science.
- HIA aims to prepare Nordic healthcare companies for global capital through expert assessment of positioning and messaging, investor-readiness feedback, market insight on international healthcare investors, investor-story and communication training, and curated investor engagement. Selected companies may receive a stipend for part of travel and voluntary external-advisory costs.
- Planned investor venues include the DNB Carnegie Nordic Healthcare Conference in Oslo, a curated European Healthcare Investor Forum in Zurich, and the DNB Carnegie//BackBay Nordic-American Healthcare Conference in New York. Timeline shown (subject to change): 16 Oct application deadline; 24 Nov launch/pitch event in Oslo; Dec–May readiness workshops, training and mentoring; 25 Feb Zurich forum; 19–20 May New York market visits/orientation and conference pitch event. The page requests applications and links to a request-application page.
- Applicants should be Nordic healthcare companies represented by a CEO, founder or senior decision-maker, with a validated product/service/platform, international growth ambitions, differentiated offering and long-term value-creation vision, and commitment to investor-readiness work. Contacts: Jannik Grodt Schmidt, Innovation Norway, New York (jannik.grodt.schmidt@innovationnorway.no); Andreas Dirnagl, Senior Advisor, Healthcare, DNB (Andreas.dirnagl@dnb.no). Page states ESG, UN Guiding Principles, OECD responsible-business and due-diligence expectations.