Healthcare company-building profile
51 Labs Women's Health Accelerator
MATTER, with Health Care Service Corporation, Laerdal Million Lives Fund, BayCare, Parkview Health, University of Chicago Medicine, Organon and Stryker
AcceleratorGovernment or nonprofit acceleratorNonprofitActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Organization
- MATTER, with Health Care Service Corporation, Laerdal Million Lives Fund, BayCare, Parkview Health, University of Chicago Medicine, Organon and Stryker
- Organization type
- Nonprofit
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
- Company stage served
- Not publicly documented
- Cohort or participation model
- Cohort-based accelerator with sponsor health system pilot matchmaking; multiple cohorts run since launch
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Non-dilutive; program participation and sponsor-funded support, MATTER does not take equity
- Equity or fee model
- No equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
- Founded
- 2022
Public description
About the program
51 Labs is a MATTER-run women's health accelerator focused on reducing maternal mortality and morbidity in the United States, backed by a consortium of payers, health systems and life sciences companies. Selected startups receive mentorship, pilot matchmaking with the sponsoring health systems and structured programming over the cohort. MATTER has run multiple 51 Labs cohorts and publicly reported outcomes from the second cohort.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Maternal healthWomen's healthMaternal mortalityHealth equity
- Category: Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Program structure: Cohort-based accelerator with sponsor health system pilot matchmaking; multiple cohorts run since launch
- Published terms: Non-dilutive; program participation and sponsor-funded support, MATTER does not take equity
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