Healthcare company-building profile
Springboard Enterprises Women's Health Accelerator
Springboard Enterprises (nonprofit)
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Organization
- Springboard Enterprises (nonprofit)
- Organization type
- Nonprofit
- Location
- New York, New York
- Company stage served
- Not publicly documented
- Cohort or participation model
- 11 companies in the 2026 cohort; 65-plus companies total since launch; annual cycle with a Demo Day (third annual held June 2026); program length not published
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Non-dilutive; Springboard's accelerator model provides coaching and investor access without taking equity in participants
- Equity or fee model
- No equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
- Founded
- 2000
Public description
About the program
Springboard Enterprises runs a Women's Health Accelerator for women-led companies addressing unmet needs in women's health, spanning cognitive and brain health, cardiovascular, reproductive, gynecological, sexual health, aging and bone health, oncology and autoimmune conditions. The program combines high-value events, workshops and community engagement, culminating in an annual Demo Day. Launched in 2024, more than 65 companies have gone through it, building on Springboard's broader women's health work dating to around 2014.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
- Category: Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Program structure: 11 companies in the 2026 cohort; 65-plus companies total since launch; annual cycle with a Demo Day (third annual held June 2026); program length not published
- Published terms: Non-dilutive; Springboard's accelerator model provides coaching and investor access without taking equity in participants
Publicly documented people and network
Program leadership and alumni
- Notable alumni named in public materials
- Ashmi Health; Bea Fertility; Sena Therapeutics; 80 Beats Medical; Elle MD Biotechnologies; Rea Diagnostics; Freyya; Lusome; matricis.ai; Kapha Bio
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