Global FemTech Accelerators
Additional contributions from Research Partner, Athene St John.
The list of global FemTech Accelerators for founder application:
VIRTUAL
Femovate by Guidea (Virtual)
Led by the award-winning UX experts at Guidea, Femovate is a unique sponsorship opportunity designed to help Femtech teams create and refine engaging tools through personalized, one-on-one UX research, strategy, and design support.
Re/Wire Health Studio (GSK Next) Virtual
On a mission to democratise access to everyday healthcare, create seamless health experiences, and improve health outcomes for consumers.
EUROPE
Health Hub Vienna (Vienna, Austria)
Pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, private and public insurance companies, healthcare suppliers and start-ups all work together to develop new, holistic and patient-centric solutions. The acceleration program is managed by INiTS, Vienna’s high-tech incubator with an over 15-year track record of successfully developing start-ups in the life sciences.
Femtech Founders Program at STATION F (Paris, France)
Organizing 3-months long Femtech Founders Program for entrepreneurs looking to expand their network and grow their business.
Startup Bootcamp Digital Health Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
Now entering its 3rd cycle, and is one of the most serious health accelerators in the continent. The program is supported by major pillars of healthcare, Sanofi, Munich Re, Berlin Institute of Health, Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank, Vilua and legal support via Dentons.
Vision Health Pioneers (Berlin, Germany)
9-month full-time structured program supporting 40 entrepreneurs through the key phases of product and business development. Exclusive partner network, giving access to mentoring by experts in healthcare, tech and innovation.
Startup Creasphere by Plug & Play (Munich, Germany)
An innovation platform at the heart of Europe, where forward-thinking corporations and disruptive startups can meet and create meaningful engagements. In partnership with Roche.
Rockstart Health (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Hands-on investment program focused on market-validated startups in the health sector. First of its kind program wherein, our expert mentors don’t just offer advice but work within the startup teams in an operational capacity.
DayOne (Basel, Switzerland)
DayOne’s mission is to create a world-leading hub for healthcare innovation, built on the strength of the Basel region. DayOne aims to be respected for its impact facilitating collaboration across disciplines and industries with a clear focus on precision medicine – understood as the convergence of diagnostics, treatment and digital health.
Tech4Eva (Groupe Mutuel & EPFL Innovation Park) (Lausanne, Switzerland)
FemTech community and a 9-months FemTech start-up acceleration program for companies developing innovative solutions to improve technologies relating to women’s health.”
Digital.Health London (London, UK)
Supports the pioneering of digital innovations by the NHS.
FemTech Lab (London, UK & Virtual)
The 12-week accelerator program includes individual mentorship with successful FemTech entrepreneurs, as well as workshops with prominent experts in product design, technology, data privacy, medicine, law, finance, and more.
For start-ups which have an MVP, product, or prototype tested, and are working on their go-to-market strategy. Eligible for startups looking to raise Pre-Seed or Seed level funding.
Network includes:
FemTech Lab team who select, mentor and run the programme for start-ups
Product experts: product design, UX, AI, medicine, digital health, technology.
Go-to-market experts: in digital health, marketing, branding, PR, partnerships & business growth strategy.
Fundraising experts: advisors with expertise in business, investment, and law → coach startups on fundraising strategy & pitching.
Personal growth & leadership: experts on team culture and leadership, personal growth coaches and inspiring Founders/CEOs.
Format: 12-week programme → hybrid between (majority) virtual and in-person sessions.
Introduction - Twice a year, FTL runs a 3 month program that helps 10-15 selected startups take their products to market.
Welcome Week: First week of the program is all about getting to know each other and setting ambitious goals for the upcoming months.
Week 2-4: Product Sprint - where founders will attend workshops, receive individual feedback, and future-proof their product strategy
Fundraising: founders will work through key challenges that come with raising funding
Week 5-10: Market Sprint: Creating a winning marketing & distribution strategy
Demo Day
Every Friday (Leadership & Mindset Coaching)
P4 Precision Medicine Accelerator Program (London, UK)
The programme seeks the worlds leading Precision Medicine startups to support through development, regulation, investment, adoption and scale to UK and international markets to innovate and advance the healthcare landscape.
The programme curates an ecosystem of physical space and specialist to support precision medicine innovations to develop research into world leading technology, support to gain regulatory approval and adoption not only to the UK healthcare system but scale internationally.
Open Accelerator (Bresso, Italy & Virtual)
Established in 2016 and sponsored by Zcube, Zambon Research Venture, Open Accelerator. In 2024, Open Accelerator launched a new program aimed at accelerating companies that are pioneering breakthrough innovations in women's health.
NORTH AMERICA
51 Labs (Chicago, USA & Virtual)
51 Labs is MATTER’s women’s health platform, focused on accelerating the development of innovations to improve women’s health. Each year, the program focuses on a different area of need within women’s health, while strategically bringing together key stakeholders to collaborate on this common cause. The 2022 focus area was menopause, and the 2023 focus area is preventing maternal mortality in the U.S.
Cedars Sinai Accelerator (Los Angeles, USA)
3-month program provides companies with USD$100,000 in funding, mentorship from more than 300 leading clinicians and executives, access to Cedars-Sinai, and exposure to a broad network of entrepreneurs and investors.
Dreamit (New York, USA)
Dreamit offers programs that provide startups with direct access to customers, investors, executives, and thought leaders in three verticals. The Healthtech program is designed for digital health, medical device, and diagnostics startups. Founders pitch, pilot, and partner with leading payers, providers, pharmaceutical companies, and medical device manufacturers.
Insight Accelerator Labs (Chicago, USA)
Advancing product-centric innovation across a range of health tech platforms, with a variety of complementary physical and digital technologies.
New York Digital Health Innovation Lab (New York, USA)
A collaboration between the Partnership Fund for New York City and NY eHealth Collaborative. The Lab ran five accelerator programs between 2012 and 2017 for growth-stage digital health companies developing cutting edge IT solutions for major providers and payers.
Nex Cubed Digital Healthcare Accelerator (San Diego, USA & Virtual)
Customised, semi-remote, four-month startup program focused on pairing talented founders with Healthcare subject matter experts with an emphasis on preparing the startups for investment and enterprise readiness.
Scale Los Angeles (Los Angeles, USA)
Home to healthcare and life science startups looking for the resources to grow, succeed, and reinvest in the Scale Los Angeles community.
Springboard Enterprises Health Innovation Hub – Life Sciences (USA)
Program for women-led life science and healthcare companies seeking growth funding and connections to experts and strategic partners for product development and expansion. Selected ‘Hub’ companies are matched with a personal advisory team tasked with providing a meaningful impact on the company’s next stage of growth.
Springboard Enterprises Health Innovation Hub – Digital Health (USA)
Annual Health Innovation Hub: Digital Health program, venture catalyst Springboard Enterprises partners with 10-15 women-led digital health companies seeking funding or strategic partners to empower the women leaders of these companies with access to a suite of relevant experts, services, & resources.
Areas of focus include: Caregiving Technology, Devices & Wearables, Monitoring Solutions, Medication Management, Nutrition Tools, Patient Care Coordination, Data Solutions, and more, with a special focus on Women’s Health Innovation.
UnitedHealthcare Accelerator by Techstars (Minneapolis, USA)
Focus on new health care innovations in digital health and wellness that help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone.
XLerate Health (Midwest & Southeast, USA)
XLerateHealth is enterprise-focused and helps early stage healthcare companies build out their commercialisation strategy, which includes their intersection with Payers, Providers (hospitals, ACOs, nursing homes, home health and group practices), and customers (employers and/or consumers).
ASIA
A14Health Asia (Manila, Philippines)
The AI4Health Asia is a 10-month accelerator program designed to promote and nurture innovations in Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) in South and Southeast Asia. The objective of the program is to fund and support startups that integrate AI innovations to solve health challenges across the region still reeling from the impact of COVID-19, particularly in the areas of (1) Sexual, Reproductive, and Maternal health, and (2) Epidemic and Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response.
Trendlines Medical (Misgav, Israel)
For teams with passionate innovators, entrepreneurs, and investors working to establish innovation-based companies developing medical devices and technologies to improve the human condition.
GLOBAL
Bayer G4A (Various Global Locations)
Formerly known as Grants4Apps, launched in Berlin in 2013, originally with the aim of funding healthcare mobile apps, G4A is now a global team that develops and scales solutions anchored in behavioural science.
Johnson & Johnson Innovation (JLabs) (Various Global Locations)
JLABS is a global network of open innovation ecosystems, enabling and empowering innovators across a broad healthcare spectrum including pharmaceutical, medical device, consumer and health tech sectors to create and accelerate the delivery of life-saving, life-enhancing health and wellness solutions to patients around the world.
FemTech Association Asia is the region’s first and largest industry network for founders, professionals and investors with the core focus on improving women’s health through technology solutions. Currently, we represent 70+ FemTech companies in nine countries across Asia.
Learn more about FemTech Association Asia and apply for membership here.