Healthcare company-building profile
AscendRural Senior Care Innovation Accelerator
Sourcewell (AscendRural)
AcceleratorGovernment or nonprofit acceleratorNonprofitActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Organization
- Sourcewell (AscendRural)
- Organization type
- Nonprofit
- Location
- Not publicly documented, Multiple
- Company stage served
- Not publicly documented
- Cohort or participation model
- Inaugural cohort of nine technology startups; cohort program pairing companies with rural senior care providers
- Investment or funding offered
- Not publicly documented
- Published investment terms
- Not publicly documented
- Equity or fee model
- Not publicly documented
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
Public description
About the program
AscendRural is a nonprofit that runs an accelerator helping technology startups become 'rural ready' for senior care settings, connecting them with rural providers for validation and deployment. It announced nine startups for the inaugural cohort of its senior care innovation accelerator. The organization has also published a position paper on how accelerators should be structured for rural care environments. NOTE: the program site blocks automated reading; existence corroborated through a Businesswire release naming Sourcewell as operator.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Rural healthAgingSenior careLong-term careDigital health
- Category: Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Program structure: Inaugural cohort of nine technology startups; cohort program pairing companies with rural senior care providers
Sources
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