ACCELERATOR - Health

Northwestern Medicine & Founders Factory Healthcare Accelerator

Apply by March 31st
$150k Investment • 4 Months Operational Support • London & Chicago

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program overview

Backing and scaling European AI technologies with a US healthcare leader

Northwestern Medicine, one of America’s premier, academic healthcare systems, is partnering with Founders Factory to bring the UK’s and Europe’s top AI founders to the US health market. This programme reflects Northwestern Medicine’s strategy to embrace innovations that advance new models of patient care, advance research and deliver operational efficiencies.

AI-enabled technologies are instrumental to improving healthcare. From detection and chronic disease management to treatment optimism, systems-wide change and expediting research, AI delivers far-reaching benefits across health systems.

Our programme offers founders $150k capital, 16 weeks support across product development, fundraising, GTM and commercialisation.

The programme includes a partner track to accelerate customer discovery, use case development and pilot execution with Northwestern Medicine in Chicago and the London Clinic in the UK. Northwestern Medicine is one of the premiere US health ecosystems: 11 hospitals, 5,400+ affiliated physicians, research facilities, 200+ outpatient/diagnostic sites and Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

As part of the programme, founders will attend a Residency Week in Chicago to scope and secure pilots with Northwestern Medicine, engage with our partners in the wider US healthcare ecosystem, and connect with local investors. The programme will culminate with an investor showcase in London, giving founders the opportunity to find investors in both markets.

Apply now

program overview

Backing and scaling European AI technologies with a US healthcare leader

Our programme offers founders $150k capital, 16 weeks support across product development, fundraising, GTM and commercialisation.

Apply now

INVESTMENT THEMES

We're investing in European AI HealthTech startups

go further, faster

Build, fund and commercialise your technology with the backing of Northwestern Medicine and Founders Factory

$150k Capital

Receive $150k cash investment and opportunities for follow-on funding through our investor networks.

Operational Excellence

Four months of expert-led programming across product development, operations, commercialisation, data science, partnerships, and fundraising.

Northwestern Medicine Partner Track

Commercial opportunities to deploy, validate and scale technologies with Northwestern Medicine, one of America's premiere healthcare systems. Additional opportunities with the London Clinic.

US Healthcare Industry Access

Access our networks of healthcare organisations, investors and clinical specialists - in the US, Europe and globally. Startups will be invited to Chicago for a Residency Week in August 2026 for pilot discussions, customer roundtables and connections to investors.

Playbooks & Resources

Leverage our venture building knowledge, systems and processes to de-risk your startup and increase the probabilities of success.

Deals & Perks

Access hand-picked deals, discounts and benefits with leading software and service providers, worth $300,000.

FEATURED COMPANIES

Our global HealthTech portfolio

Scan.com
Scan.com
/ Series B
Booking infrastructure for diagnostic scans, cutting waiting times and costs for MRIs, X-rays, ultrasounds, etc.
Preventative healthcare
Peptone
Peptone
/ Series B
Using AI, supercomputing, and advanced atomic imaging for the discovery of new medicines for disordered proteins
Drug discovery
Fundamental XR
Fundamental XR
/ Series B
An immersive training simulation for surgery using virtual reality and haptics
Medical training
Mae
Mae
/ Seed
Pregnancy and postpartum support to improve outcomes for Black women
Reproductive health
Origin
Origin
/ Series B
Safe expert care for pregnancy, postpartum, menopause, and sexual health.
Women's health
Honest Health
Honest Health
/ Exited
D2C vertical health platform for men aimed at delivering targeted care at scale. Acquired by Hims & Hers in 2021.
D2C health