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Innovative ideas have no time to lose. We'll give you three packed months at the Merck Innovation Center – in other words: the freedom to develop your ideas together with pros.
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Are you working on a big bang company?
Looking for international opportunities?

We are looking for startups with the potential to reshape entire industries and make people’s lives richer. The focus is on startups in the fields of healthcare, life science and performance materials – with a digital perspective. Do you have plans to internationalize your business? Even better!

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Healthcare

Prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals as well as solutions in the areas of allergies, biopharma and biosimilars.

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Life Science

Innovative tools and laboratory supplies for the life science industry that make research and biotech production easier, faster and more successful.

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Performance Materials

Specialty chemicals, such as liquid crystals for displays, effect pigments for coatings and cosmetics, or high-tech materials for the electronics.

Discover our accelerator programs –

helping you to go international

Join the global Merck Accelerator network through our programs in Europe and Africa and tap into a network of 50,000+ experts and alumni across 67 countries. Take your chance and join our Silicon Valley extension program.

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What do you get?

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Mentoring

Get access to mentors from Senior Management and our global network of 50,000+ experts and staff.

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Curriculum

Benefit from tailored coaching sessions and workshops provided by the Merck Innovator Academy.

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Funding

Kick off your startup project with seed funding and join our investor network.

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Community

Team up with other people going through the same challenges, exchange and build lifetime connections.

Discover the class of 2016

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Check-ER

Anticipating waiting time in emergency rooms via app.

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Miti-Health

Setting up a technological infrastructure to optimize the supply chain of medication.

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PEAT

Employing Artificial Intelligence to detect plant diseases via image recognition.

Benefit from our global mentors network

Joern Peter Halle

Joern Peter Halle

Head of External Innovation, Merck

Michael Meier

Michael Meier

Head of Partnerships, Performance Materials, Merck

Maneesh Nerurkar

Maneesh Nerurkar

Global VP Consumer Health R&D, Merck

Michael Vande Vrede

Michael Vande Vrede

Digitalization Office, Merck

Alexander Hoffman

Alexander Hoffman

Head of Digitalisation Africa, Merck

Leonard Saika

Leonard Saika

Director – Regional Head of Business Responsibility and Market Development – Africa, Merck

Henry Wilson

Henry Wilson

Strategic Marketing Performance Materials, Merck

Benjamin Hein

Benjamin Hein

Head of CEO Office, Merck

Esther Mwaniki

Esther Mwaniki

CEO & Lead Facilitator at Lapid Leaders Africa

Charles Simba

Charles Simba

ITO Solution Leader at Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Willie Gichora Ngumi

Willie Gichora Ngumi

Market Engagement Manager, Mobile for Development at GSMA