Faustine Felici

DARE Innovations is unique because we combine deep expertise in strategy and commercialization with a mission-driven approach focused on societal impact. Unlike traditional consulting firms, we at DARE tailor our support to early-stage startups, especially those from Emerging Europe, where opportunities can be more limited. By blending hands-on mentoring with an ecosystem approach, we help individual founders refine their business models and secure funding but also work closely with universities, incubators, and international organizations to build a supportive environment for deep tech and health innovations. Our partnership spans across Europe and provides our clients trusted entry-points to 21 markets. We have mentored more than 250 scientific teams into investment-ready start-ups, including women - founders and innovators, from Emerging Europe ("WIDENING" countries) the Western-Balkans and Türkiye. We created 7 deep-tech focused accelerator programs in Europe. Diversity and inclusion are crucial to driving innovation and solving global challenges. That's why we are proud to work with a diverse community of change-makers, through networks like the UNDP STEMinists, WomenTechEU, EIC Tech2Market and EIC Communities of Practice in Health and we are part of the EIT Health Mentor and Coach network.