Healthcare company-building profile
StartX Med
StartX (Stanford University-affiliated nonprofit) with Stanford Health Care
AcceleratorUniversity acceleratorUniversityActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- University accelerator
- Organization
- StartX (Stanford University-affiliated nonprofit) with Stanford Health Care
- Organization type
- University
- Location
- Palo Alto, California
- Company stage served
- Not publicly documented
- Cohort or participation model
- Equity-free accelerator community membership for Stanford-affiliated founders; applications accepted on a rolling basis
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- StartX itself takes no equity; the affiliated Stanford-StartX Fund has historically invested in qualifying member companies
- Equity or fee model
- No equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
- Founded
- 2012
Public description
About the program
StartX Med is the healthcare and biotech vertical of StartX, the nonprofit accelerator community for Stanford-affiliated founders. It gives medical founders mentorship, a lab co-op, regulatory guidance, a talent pipeline and clinical partnerships spanning hundreds of hospitals. StartX and Stanford Health Care previously established a joint grant and venture fund to back community companies. StartX reports 20+ unicorns across its overall portfolio.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Healthcarebiotechtherapeuticsmedical devicesdigital healthdiagnostics
- Category: University accelerator
- Program structure: Equity-free accelerator community membership for Stanford-affiliated founders; applications accepted on a rolling basis
- Published terms: StartX itself takes no equity; the affiliated Stanford-StartX Fund has historically invested in qualifying member companies
Publicly documented people and network
Program leadership and alumni
- Notable alumni named in public materials
- Immune-Onc Therapeutics; GigaGen; Cooler Heads Care
Sources
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