ITA 7th Edition Life Sciences Acceleration | Matchmaking Sprint 4 with the SoCal Healthcare Network by Elpis Labs

Southern California health systems meet ten Italian life sciences companies, one conversation at a time.

The fourth installment of the ITA Life Sciences Accelerator's targeted matching events, built for the regional healthcare network: health systems, providers, payers and clinical operators.

The cohort spends the same morning on U.S. pricing and payer systems — wholesale margins, insurance frameworks, CPT code mechanics — so the companies you meet can talk about reimbursement, not just capability.

WHY TAKE THESE MEETINGS

Technology that has been screened by the Italian Trade Agency and prepared for U.S. deployment

Founders who have worked through payer, pricing and procurement mechanics before the meeting

Pilot-ready digital health and clinical tools, with Elpis Labs supporting MOU and pilot structuring

A direct channel into the Italian innovation pipeline, ahead of its U.S. launch

THE COHORT — 10 ITALIAN COMPANIES, SEED TO SERIES A/B

Biotech & Pharma:— Kiran Biotech (AvidinOX® platform delivering radiotherapeutics directly to inoperable tumors) — THERA65 (aptamer-based PROTAC degrading p65BTK to break drug resistance in solid tumors) — BrightMol Biotech (Univ. of Trento spin-off; LIPS fluorescent target validation, 4× faster and 50% cheaper)

Digital Health & MedTech — Nemira (privacy-first ambient AI monitoring for older adults with memory disorders, no wearables) — Ninacare (AI workforce platform for care homes and private hospitals)— V-Apps.cloud (QHSE+ compliance, quality and safety SaaS with patented AI automation)— QubiTale (privacy-first AI platform unlocking healthcare insights without moving or exposing confidential records)

Life-science adjacent:— Alma Serum (dairy-waste nanotech turned into high-performance skincare) — Mariscadoras / Blueat (zero-waste startup transforming invasive blue crabs into food and eco-friendly biomaterials) — AlphaFood (alternative-protein nutrition on a patented vertical insect-farming system)

Five of the ten are female-founded. 🇮🇹

HOW IT WORKS

Register and tell us your thesis — stage, vertical, check size

We match against the cohort's technical profiles and send you a personal schedule with company one-pagers in advance

Dedicated 15–30 minute 1:1 matching slots, back to back, on site

Your Elpis Scale Manager contact logs follow-ups the same day and handles next steps

WHO SHOULD REGISTER

Southern California health systems, hospitals and provider groups

Payers and managed-care innovation teams

Clinical operators, care-home and long-term-care groups

Regional partners, distributors and commercialization specialists

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The ITA Life Sciences Accelerator is an intensive 6-week program supporting a curated cohort of 10 high-growth Italian life sciences startups: 2 weeks online, 3 weeks on-site in San Diego and 1 week in Boston, connecting founders directly with US market expertise.

Delivered by Elpis Labs with the e Italian Trade Agency. Founders work through U.S. entity and IP structuring, FDA pathways, payer and hospital procurement, GTM localization and capital strategy, supported by matched Ph.D. and MBA interns from regional universities.

📩 Questions, referrals and partner slots: [email protected] or [email protected]

Capacity is limited — slots are allocated in order of confirmed thesis fit.

ABOUT ELPIS LABS

Elpis Labs is a corporate innovation and U.S. market-access firm connecting corporations, startups, investors, and public-sector organizations across global innovation ecosystems.

We help corporations discover emerging technologies, scout high-potential startups, and design pilot and innovation programs. For international startups and public-sector partners, we build accelerator, soft-landing, trade-mission, and market-entry programs that create practical pathways into the U.S. market.

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