Healthcare company-building profile
BioTools Innovator
MedTech Innovator (nonprofit, corporate-sponsored)
AcceleratorIndependent acceleratorIndependentActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Independent accelerator
- Organization
- MedTech Innovator (nonprofit, corporate-sponsored)
- Organization type
- Independent
- Location
- Los Angeles, California
- Company stage served
- Research or idea stage
- Cohort or participation model
- 30 companies in the 2026 cohort and 31 in 2025; roughly four months of mentorship; location agnostic with no relocation required; annual cycle
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Up to $300K in funding available including a $250,000 Grand Prize; no application fee; no equity stake described
- Equity or fee model
- No equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
- Founded
- 2019
Public description
About the program
BioTools Innovator is MedTech Innovator's sister nonprofit accelerator for life science research tools and diagnostics companies, founded in 2021. Companies go through roughly four months of structured mentorship and compete for cash prizes, with no application fee and no relocation required. The 2026 cohort comprises the top 30 life sciences tools and diagnostics companies; the 2025 cohort had 31.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Life science toolsDiagnosticsLab automationBioprocessingBiotech
- Category: Independent accelerator
- Program structure: 30 companies in the 2026 cohort and 31 in 2025; roughly four months of mentorship; location agnostic with no relocation required; annual cycle
- Published terms: Up to $300K in funding available including a $250,000 Grand Prize; no application fee; no equity stake described
Publicly documented people and network
Program leadership and alumni
- Program leader
- Kathryn Zavala, PhD — COO, MedTech Innovator and Managing Director, BioTools Innovator
- Notable alumni named in public materials
- Eukarys; Limula; BacStitch DNA; Aopia
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