Healthcare company-building profile
Northwestern Medicine & Techstars Healthcare Accelerator
Techstars with Northwestern Medicine
AcceleratorHealth system acceleratorHospital or health systemActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Health system accelerator
- Organization
- Techstars with Northwestern Medicine
- Organization type
- Hospital or health system
- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
- Company stage served
- Not publicly documented
- Cohort or participation model
- Three months, in person in Chicago; 2027 cycle runs March 8 to June 3, 2027 with Demo Day June 3, 2027; applications opened August 24, 2026 with a final deadline of November 18, 2026; cohort size not published
- Investment or funding offered
- Not publicly documented
- Published investment terms
- Not publicly documented
- Equity or fee model
- Not publicly documented
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Yes
- Application status
- Active
Public description
About the program
A Techstars accelerator run with Northwestern Medicine for startups improving access to care, applying AI, or advancing digital therapeutics, precision medicine, robotics and clinical cybersecurity. Selected companies operate out of the Mansueto Innovation Institute and get access to Northwestern Medicine clinicians and operators. The program runs three months and ends in a Demo Day.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Digital healthAIDigital therapeuticsPrecision medicineRoboticsClinical cybersecurityCare delivery
- Category: Health system accelerator
- Program structure: Three months, in person in Chicago; 2027 cycle runs March 8 to June 3, 2027 with Demo Day June 3, 2027; applications opened August 24, 2026 with a final deadline of November 18, 2026; cohort size not published
Publicly documented people and network
Program leadership and alumni
- Program leader
- Brad Schnitzer, MD — Managing Director
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