Healthtech accelerators
Healthtech accelerators exist because selling into healthcare is nothing like selling software: the buyers are hospitals, payers, and pharma, and the cycles are long. The industry runs many of the programs itself, from Johnson & Johnson’s JLABS and Bayer’s G4A to hospital-based cohorts like the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator.
Independent programs round out the list, from MedTech Innovator on the device side to Rock Health’s digital health lineage, with Dreamit Ventures and Jumpstart Foundry among the US options. Compare them below; the focus filter gathers every health-tagged program in the catalog.
Healthtech accelerators
101 accelerators
MassChallenge
Remote
16 wks · equity-free
Equity-free accelerator + non-dilutive cash prizes
GP Accelerator
Dhaka, Bangladesh
16 wks
Grameenphone’s startup accelerator
Co-creation Hub
Lagos, Nigeria
16 wks
Nigeria’s pioneering innovation hub
Qatar Science & Technology Park
Doha, Qatar
Qatar’s home for technology innovation
TAQADAM
Remote
26 wks · $40k · equity-free
KAUST six-month startup accelerator
Badir Program
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
24 wks
National technology incubators and accelerators
SINE IIT Bombay
Mumbai, India
52 wks
IIT Bombay’s technology business incubator
Axilor Ventures
Bangalore, India
14 wks · $100k
Seed fund and accelerator by Infosys co-founders
Invest2Innovate
Islamabad, Pakistan
20 wks
Accelerator for early-stage, high-impact founders
LUMS Center for Entrepreneurship
Lahore, Pakistan
24 wks
LUMS university technology incubator
CancerX Accelerator Cohort
Remote
17 wks
Structured mentorship, curriculum, and investor access
Danone Manifesto Ventures
Remote
$10000k
Up to $10M + a structured program
Startup Wise Guys SaaS Africa
Remote
26 wks · $65k · ~12% equity
Up to €65K for ~12% + a structured program
XNode
Shanghai, China
10 wks
Structured mentorship, curriculum, and investor access
Plug and Play Health
Remote
Structured mentorship, curriculum, and investor access
Sanofi iAwards Accelerator
Paris, France
Structured mentorship, curriculum, and investor access
GSK Accelerator
London, United Kingdom
Structured mentorship, curriculum, and investor access
Roche Startup Creasphere
Munich, Germany
26 wks
Structured mentorship, curriculum, and investor access
Novartis BIOME
Remote
Structured mentorship, curriculum, and investor access
Pfizer Healthcare Hub
New York, NY, United States
Structured mentorship, curriculum, and investor access
Villgro
Chennai, India
Structured mentorship, curriculum, and investor access
Brightlands Innovation Factory
Maastricht / Limburg, Netherlands
Structured mentorship, curriculum, and investor access
Merck Accelerator
Darmstadt, Germany
26 wks
Structured mentorship, curriculum, and investor access
Bayer G4A Accelerator
Berlin, Germany
Structured mentorship, curriculum, and investor access
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