Applications Now Open for Startups to Apply to the Eighth Annual GlobalSTL Health Innovation Summit

Summit to connect innovators with $1 trillion in buying power

St. Louis, MO (January 8, 2024) – Healthcare innovators are invited to apply for the 8th Annual GlobalSTL Health Innovation Summit (GHIS). The Summit provides a highly curated, intimate business development event where invited companies meet with decision-makers from large organizations, which have specific pain points they are trying to solve for.

Global STL’s innovation buying platform is comprised of 20+ healthcare organizations (systems, payers, and PBMs) from across five Midwestern states, whose combined revenues exceed $1 trillion, representing 30% of US healthcare spending – an attractive business opportunity for international and national companies looking to secure scalable revenue.

Important dates:

Early application deadline - February 16
Final application deadline - March 8
GlobalSTL Health Innovation Summit - August 13-15

Applicants should have:

At least one to two years of funding runway
Early or established commercial traction (or a handful of paying customers that demonstrate product-market fit).
A solution that addresses one or more of our strategic partners’ top priorities, which range from building an end-to-end patient journey to finding solutions for the healthcare workforce crisis. (The full “shopping list” can be found on our website.)

Innovators selected for the 2024 Summit will receive a wide variety of benefits, including:

A one-on-one business development meeting scheduled one month prior to the Summit
Dedicated time to pitch their solution on the main Summit stage
Post-Summit business development support from the GlobalSTL team.

For more information and to apply, please visit our website or contact Tori Krejci, Healthcare Innovation Analyst, GlobalSTL

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About GlobalSTL
BioSTL’s international initiative recruits high-growth companies from around the world that enrich and expand St. Louis’ innovation economy and bring competitive advantage to local corporations and health systems. GlobalSTL focuses on companies that match St. Louis’ strengths in food/agriculture, health care, and cybersecurity, financial, and industrial technologies. GlobalSTL serves as a navigator to St. Louis’ world-class corporate and innovation ecosystem and introduces international companies to major customers and strategic partners to drive business growth in North America from a growing St. Louis base. Brookings Institution has recognized the creative approach of BioSTL and its GlobalSTL initiative as a national model for attracting global innovation and growing mid-size cities. Find us online at globalstl.org and follow us on twitter @global_stl.