DayOne Health 4.0

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Propelling digital health scale-ups in pharma

DayOne Health 4.0 was our previous six-month hybrid accelerator program in the Basel Area, Europe’s healthcare hub. We supported startups innovating across the healthcare spectrum, from diagnosis to prevention, patient and caregiver communication and support for healthcare professionals.

Our last edition of this program, running from September 2024 to March 2025, focused on Artificial Intelligence, data and digitally enhanced clinical development.

companies accelerated between 2018-2024

10,000

Swiss francs in non-dilutive funding

hours of individualized coaching per startup

How the program worked

Phase 1 (3months):

It was all about ‘Pharma 101’. We helped startups understand the pharma environment, plan how they would work with the industry and come up with their own unique value offering.

Phase 2 (3 months):

It was ‘Startup 101’. We turned our focus on the startups, nurturing their strengths and aligning their business model for meaningful collaborations with pharma companies.

No equity, no fee

Our goal was the startups’ success with pure dedication to scaling their digital health ventures.

2 phases, 1 goal

Discover pharma and shape themselves for successful collaboration.

Personalized coaching and mentoring

Find the best solutions for their venture with their personal coach and our advisors.

Direct access to our network

Gain access to our network of pharmaceutical and life sciences experts.

Innovation space

Work alongside entrepreneurs, coaches and industry experts at the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area.

Enhanced visibility

Showcase their startup at DayOne events and increase their visibility towards investors, partners and users.

Startup voices

Ruth Lotan
Briya

Maya Zlatanova
FindMeCure and TrialHub

Neeraj Apte
Avegen

Pedro Pereira
epHealth

Robert Lugowski
CliniNote

2022 Winners
Demo Day

Eligibility criteria

Startup with a digital health solution
Already have a product or an available (preferably patented) technology
Have secured some funding (preferably Series A / pre-Series B stage)
Have a product ready to launch or already launched in at least one market
At least one founder can participate in the program and key events (e.g. interview with the selection committee, opening bootcamp, coaching and mentoring sessions, presentations to our partners)

Key dates

15 June 2024

Deadline to submit application

25 June 2024

Interview with the selection committee (online)

9-10 September 2024

Bootcamp to kick off phase 1 (Basel, in person)

31 March 2025

End of the accelerator program

2024 application themes

The main cohort theme was harnessing AI, data and digital tools to power clinical development with three key focus areas as below.

Harnessing AI, data and digital tools to power clinical development

Advancing clinical development

Harness data and clinical tools to improve endpoints

Reinventing clinical trials

Optimize patient identification, access and enrollment

Enhancing patient experience

Prioritize patient experience to boost outcomes

The transversal theme: simplifying operations

How the application process worked

Submit online application

Our 2024 edition core theme was about diving into the fascinating world of “AI, data and digitally enhanced clinical development”.

Await pre-selection

If the startup’s digital health solution fitted our criteria, they could have been pre-selected and invited to meet our committee.

Impress our committee

Pre-selected startups had the chance to meet our experts and pitch their solution in a 20 to 30-minute presentation. We chose 15 startups for our 2024 run.