Healthcare company-building profile
VHA Innovation Ecosystem (Innovators Network and Innovation Fellowships)
Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
AcceleratorGovernment or nonprofit acceleratorNonprofitActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Organization
- Veterans Health Administration, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Organization type
- Nonprofit
- Location
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Company stage served
- Seed
- Cohort or participation model
- Annual fellowship classes and staged Spark-Seed-Spread funding cycles for VA employee innovators; Innovators Network sites host local programming
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Non-dilutive; internal VA staged funding awards and in-kind support, no equity taken
- Equity or fee model
- No equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
Public description
About the program
The VHA Innovation Ecosystem supports VA employees and outside innovators in developing and scaling solutions for veteran care. Its Innovators Network spans dozens of VA medical centers and runs structured programs including Spark-Seed-Spread investment tiers, an Innovation Fellowship and an Entrepreneur in Residence-style pathway. The office has also collaborated with external partners such as The Catalyst at MIT linQ to accelerate clinician-led health innovation.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Veteran healthClinical innovationDigital healthMedical devicesCare delivery
- Category: Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Program structure: Annual fellowship classes and staged Spark-Seed-Spread funding cycles for VA employee innovators; Innovators Network sites host local programming
- Published terms: Non-dilutive; internal VA staged funding awards and in-kind support, no equity taken
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