Accelerator

Meet 13 Startups from Y Combinator’s W23 Batch We’re Watching Closely Right Now

Yes.. It is indeed that time of the year again… YC Demo Day is around the corner and as always we made time to look through the hundreds of startups who just graduated from Y Combinator (Batch W23) to share our picks, who we believe can truly make an impact in the world of healthcare innovation. Sadly – and this is a…

These 5 Startups Are Joining FemHealth Accelerator’s Inaugural Cohort 

In September last year FemHealth Founders and StitchCrew announced that they were teaming up to launch a new accelerator program focused exclusively on women’s health and wellness. FemHealth Founders (FHF) is an innovation hub that empowers female founders to build and lead profitable, women-centric companies that are offering solutions to women’s health-related issues. StitchCrew is an organization building a more equitable economy through entrepreneurship. The two…

MATTER’s 51 Labs Accelerator Partners with Laerdal Million Lives Fund to Support Startups Reducing Maternal Mortality

Healthcare incubator and innovation hub MATTER recently announces the next focus area of its 51 Labs accelerator: reducing maternal mortality in the U.S. On a mission to help save one million lives annually by 2030, Laerdal Million Lives Fund will partner with MATTER to provide capital and support the cohort. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention precently published new data showing that the number of…

Rif Care, The LO & xHood Join the First Cohort of Techstars Impact Powered by Cox Enterprises

Atlanta-based Techstars Impact Powered by Cox Enterprises is a new program focused on for-profit companies making a positive impact on underrepresented groups, underserved communities, and environmental sustainability. The new accelerator kicks-off this months, and has recently announced the 10 impact startups, who are joining its first cohort. Among them are 3 startups, we believe you, as a fellow femtech enthusiast, should pay…

Menopause Startup Lisa Health Joins Haleon NEXT’s Re/Wire Health Studio

A couple of weeks ago Haleon announced the third cohort of its Re/Wire Health Studio accelerator program. The program’s goal is to discover and scale early-stage consumer health and tech innovators. Participants have now been selected and include startups with innovative solutions in oral health, behavioral health, micorbiome science, and also women’s health. Founders at the six selected companies will benefit from…

These 11 Menopause Startups Are Joining MATTER 51 Labs’ Inaugural Cohort

Healthcare incubator and innovation hub MATTER, alongside Astellas Pharma US, Walgreens, BayCare, Parkview Health, University of Chicago Medicine and Capita3 has selected 11 startups who are joining the inaugural cohort of 51 Labs, the new women’s health accelerator program. Matter announced its new 51 Labs program only a few weeks ago with the goal to address the gap in women’s health innovation…

Haleon NEXT Launches Latest Drive to Partner with Emerging Consumer Health and Tech Companies

Haleon’s Re/Wire Health Studio invites third cohort of applications from emerging growth and early-stage consumer health and tech companies around the world Programme aimed at discovering and scaling early-stage consumer health innovators  Launch of Cohort 3 applications sees initiative expand into Indian market  Haleon’s Re/Wire Health Studio helps emerging companies and innovative founders bring to market ground-breaking solutions that will shape the…

Maternal Health Startup Nessle Joins the Inaugural AWS Impact Accelerator for Women Founders

Nessle is a new platform on a mission to revolutionize the way parents connect with perinatal experts in the U.S. New and expectant parents can search for virtual and in-person support from trained experts across the full spectrum of parenting challenges, from fertility through early childhood. As an open marketplace, Nessle invites approved experts to list their products and services–and thereby grow…