Healthcare company-building profile
Health Wildcatters
Health Wildcatters
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Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Independent accelerator
- Organization
- Health Wildcatters
- Organization type
- Independent
- Location
- Dallas, Texas
- Company stage served
- Early stage
- Cohort or participation model
- 8 to 12 startups per year; ten-week program running September through November; in person in Dallas; one cohort per year
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Seed investment plus in-kind perks; third-party directories list $30,000 for 8% equity, which is not confirmed on the program's own site
- Equity or fee model
- Equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
- Founded
- 2013
Public description
About the program
Health Wildcatters is Dallas's healthcare-focused accelerator, running annual cohorts of early-stage health startups with mentorship from North Texas clinicians, operators and investors. Its 13th cohort welcomed 11 startups, and the organization has expanded into a venture center supporting the broader Dallas health innovation ecosystem. It is one of the longest-running dedicated health accelerators in the Southwest.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Digital healthMedical devicesDiagnosticsCare deliveryHealthcare services
- Category: Independent accelerator
- Program structure: 8 to 12 startups per year; ten-week program running September through November; in person in Dallas; one cohort per year
- Published terms: Seed investment plus in-kind perks; third-party directories list $30,000 for 8% equity, which is not confirmed on the program's own site
Publicly documented people and network
Program leadership and alumni
- Program leader
- Hubert Zajicek — CEO and Co-founder
Sources
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