MEDIC NEST partner, Imago-Mol, announces that applications are now open for the next edition of the Rubik Garage Startup Accelerator.
If you are a startup or early-stage healthtech or medtech team eager to scale, this is your chance to access mentorship, expert guidance, and networking with leading stakeholders.
Rubik Garage is a tailor-made, hybrid accelerator, designed for early-stage HealthTech startups across Europe this year. This cross-border 2025 edition connects founders from Eastern and Western Europe, offering the tools, network, and support needed to turn innovative solutions into real-world impact.
Together with Innovate EU by IMAGO-MOL, Cluster4Health, and strategic partners such as Orange, our objective in this community-led accelerator is to support healthtech startups in developing market-ready solutions, achieving real-world validation, and securing commercial traction.
Clusters4Health aims to foster collaboration, innovation, and resilience within Ukrainian medical clusters by building strong ties with European healthtech clusters. Key objectives include mapping disrupted value chains and pain points in regions such as Kyiv and Rivne; strengthening cluster capacity through mentoring, training, and mobility; and facilitating the integration of Ukrainian cluster members into European networks via acceleration, matchmaking, and pitching events. The project also seeks to co-design a Europe-Ukraine roadmap for a resilient and smart health ecosystem. The consortium includes Imago-Mol Cluster (Romania), CLUSTERO (Romanian Cluster Association), ProMedMan (Ukraine), BIOCAT (Catalonia, Spain), LifeScience Kraków Cluster (Poland), Clust-ER Health (Italy) and Rivne-TACMED (Ukraine).
INNOVATE-EU – Strengthening European Startups through Interconnected and Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems – works to narrow the innovation gap across Europe by supporting and linking startup ecosystems in both leading and less developed innovation regions. Through tailored support, shared best practices, and ecosystem-building, it helps founders from emerging areas access investment, markets, and networks.
Imago-Mol is one of the key partners in this effort. The project is focused on creating a more inclusive and interconnected landscape for European innovation, especially for deep tech and medtech ventures in regions that may have been underrepresented until now.
Benefits for founders
✅ 100+ hours of workshops, mentoring & 1:1 feedback
✅ Hands-on validation, testing, and growth support
✅ Direct access to investors, partners & certified coaches
✅ A strong community of founders and experts
Program timeline
👉🏻 Kickoff: October 22, 2025
👉🏻Hybrid Program: October 2025 – February 2026
👉🏻Founders Bootcamp in Milan: November 26–28, 2025
👉🏻Demo Day: February 2026
👉🏻Apply now: https://rubikhub.ro/rubik-garage/
