Scaleup partnership initiative
by Molbio and Bigtec
Ready to Scale? EDGE 2.0 Helps You Bring Transformative MedTech to Market
Global call for
EDGE 2.0
Experience the Molbio advantage
Molbio Diagnostics is a pioneering Indian in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) company with a global footprint. We have deep expertise in development, production, and commercialization of pathbreaking diagnostic platforms that address the clinical need gaps and are deployed at Point-of-Care (POC), resource-limited settings. Our flagship product, Truenat, has been successfully deployed across 85+ countries and has positively impacted millions of lives. Bigtec Labs is the R&D division of Molbio and functions as an innovation engine with a multidisciplinary team of 100 scientists and engineers, who excel in translating scientific ideas into market-ready products.
About EDGE 2.0
Following the successful completion of EDGE 2024, Molbio and Bigtec now bring EDGE 2.0, a pioneering scaleup partnership program for MedTech startups, for acceleration of product development and commercialization. Molbio and Bigtec are launching a global call to collaborate with MedTech startups and SMEs for acceleration of product development and commercialization. This is an intensive 12-week cohort program for understanding high impact technology acceleration and faster Go-To-Market (GTM) traction. At the end of this program, Molbio would engage with a few cohort participants for future partnerships. This would potentially involve bridge funding for product co-development, licensing, sales and distribution. Each cohort participant will receive bespoke guidance. The program will be conducted in hybrid mode and will involve intermittent visits to Bangalore and Goa. All expenses, including travel and stay, of the program will be borne by Molbio.
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Novel concepts that address diagnosis of infectious diseases and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) detection including genotypic and rapid phenotypic Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test (AST)
Novel concepts in genetic testing, such as SNP detection approaches using isothermal amplification methods
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Call Areas
The second EDGE call is open in the areas of Point-of-Care (POC), ideally rapid, or Near Care Devices or Critical Technology Elements (CTEs) which can be used for human diagnostics -and are in early stages of development (TRL 2 to TRL 6). These may include the following, but not limited to:
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Call Areas
The second EDGE call is open in the areas of point-of-care (POC), ideally rapid, or Near Care Devices or Critical Technology Elements (CTEs) which can be used for human diagnostics -and are in early stages of development (TRL 2 to TRL 6). These may include the following, but not limited to:
Call Open
8th March, 2025
Until Mid-June, 2025
Rolling Cohort Selection (through online pitching)
September and October, 2025
Selection of future partners from the cohort
31st May, 2025
Application Deadline
Program
1st week of July till 20th September, 2025
Partnerships Go Live
November, 2025
Timelines
Program
20th June till 20th August 2025
Selection of future partners from the cohort
August & September 2024
Partnerships Go Live
August & September 2024
November, 2025
Partnerships Go Live
September and October, 2025
Selection of future partners from the cohort
1st week of July till 20th September, 2025
Program
Until Mid-June, 2025
Rolling Cohort Selection (through online pitching)
31st May, 2025
Application Deadline
8th March, 2025
Call Open
Timelines
Program Value
Leverage the expertise of Molbio and Bigtec to cross the ‘valleys of death’
Masterclass and Workshops
With global leaders in public health and MedTech industry in areas of innovation, strategy, regulatory, GTM, and sales
R&D and Manufacturing
Technical expertise and rapid MVP to production through best-in-class DFM
Validation and Regulatory
Well-established global ecosystem of validation partners and regulatory expertise
Partnership Opportunity
Access to Centre of Excellence (CoE) and potential funding opportunities for transition to scale
Sales
Connecting with our expansive distribution network in
85+ countries
In-person workshops at Bigtec, Bangalore, and production sites at Molbio, Goa
Visits