Clinical Validation & Clinical Trials
Eline & Peter have set up and executed over 15 clinical trials in Europe and the US within their own (former) companies. The international trials led to high-quality publications enabling reimbursements, coding and acquisitions.

Medical Device CE & FDA Certification and Audits
Thijs, Peter, Bo & Boudewijn have all acquired medical certification (CE class 1 – 2b) and FDA approval within their own (former) companies. They have gone through extensive FDA audits, ISO 13485 certifications which required them to implement a Quality Management System within their companies.

Sales & Marketing in the medical world
Bo, Hicham, Peter and Eline have together sold their products to hundreds of hospitals, healthcare facilities, distributors, and insurance companies nationally and internationally. To facilitate this, they set up strong sales teams as well as keen marketing, pricing, and branding strategies. Their medical companies have jointly generated more than 60 million in revenues.

Medical product development, software development and production
Thijs and Boudewijn have set up product teams to develop medical hardware. These products have been produced and launched successfully. Hicham, Peter and Bo have led their software teams to develop and scale medical software solutions.

Reimbursement coding
Eline has experience in setting up market access strategies and has successfully acquired reimbursement coding for her product – a novel therapy – for several countries in Europe as well as the US.

Filing & protecting intellectual property
Thijs, Peter, Boudewijn and Eline have successfully filed and protected more than 50 patents and built keen IP strategies and patent umbrellas. With these, they have gained experience in opposition and litigation with competitors.

Scientific & Medical Advisory board
Hicham and Eline have successfully formed valuable scientific and medical advisory boards to challenge development and clinical roadmaps and add brand value to the company.

Venture building
Lex, Govert, Rogier, and all other Sparrows have built their companies from idea to over 50 employees. Which means they have experienced in person every aspect of venture building – from business modelling to organizational scaling. Together, the Sparrows have experience in doing business in more than 20 countries: NL, US, UK, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, South Korea, France, Brazil, India.

Funding, grants and exit strategy
Boudewijn, Rogier and all the other Sparrows have jointly acquired more than 20 million in grants and subsidies. Eline, Hicham, Bo and others have also raised more than 40 million in capital. Peter, Thijs and Eline have successfully exited their companies to large multinationals. Lex and Govert have done 20+ venture exits of over €125M in total in multiple countries: NL, UK, Norway, South Korea, France, Brazil.

Internationalization (Europe and US)
Eline and Bo have both set up successfully entities and offices with multiple employees in the US. The Sparrows have globally done business, with emphasis on Europe (UK, DACH, France, Nordics) and the US (Texas, California, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota).

Business to Business partnerships with large corporations
Hicham, Eline, Peter and Bo have built successful partnerships with Philips, Resmed, Zimmer Biomet, Medtronics, GE, Siemens.