Healthcare company-building profile
CHCF Innovation Fund
California Health Care Foundation
AcceleratorGovernment or nonprofit acceleratorNonprofitActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Organization
- California Health Care Foundation
- Organization type
- Nonprofit
- Location
- Oakland, California
- Company stage served
- Early stage
- Cohort or participation model
- Not a fixed cohort; rolling investment process with partnered accelerator pipelines
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Equity and other impact investments made from a mission-driven foundation fund; specific check sizes not published
- Equity or fee model
- Equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
Public description
About the program
The CHCF Innovation Fund is the California Health Care Foundation's impact investing arm, backing early-stage companies improving care for Californians with low incomes and those served by Medi-Cal and the safety net. The Fund has explicitly prioritized founders of color and founders with lived experience of the systems they serve, and has partnered with accelerators to open pipelines for entrepreneurs of color. It invests directly rather than running a fixed cohort program.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Health equityMedicaid and safety netDigital healthFounders with lived experience
- Category: Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Program structure: Not a fixed cohort; rolling investment process with partnered accelerator pipelines
- Published terms: Equity and other impact investments made from a mission-driven foundation fund; specific check sizes not published
Publicly documented people and network
Program leadership and alumni
- Notable alumni named in public materials
- Pear Suite
Sources
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