Healthcare & Technology
Innovation Program

Springboard’s Healthcare & Technology Innovation Program combines high-value events and workshops with an impactful community. Selected participants are matched with a personal advisory team who provide relevant expertise and connections in support of women transforming the healthcare industry.

About the Program

Springboard’s Healthcare & Technology Innovation Program is for women-led healthcare companies seeking growth, funding, and connections to experts and strategic partners for product development and expansion.

The Healthcare & Technology Innovation Program includes, but is not limited to, innovation in awareness and education, diagnosis, treatment, ongoing care and wellness related to: medical devices, wearables, diagnostics, therapeutics, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, longevity, drug discovery and development, artificial intelligence, machine learning, application software, and platform technologies.

2024 Healthcare & Technology Innovation Program

Application Launch

Now Closed

Final Application Deadline

July 15, 2024

Virtual Interviews

August 2024

Virtual Bootcamp Week

September 9-20, 2024

Advisory Period

Q4 2024

Presenting the 2024 Healthcare & Technology Innovation Cohort

Founder & CEO, Aloe Therapeutics

Aloe Therapeutics’ mission is to improve outcomes for patients with hard to treat solid tumors and limited therapeutic options. Our lead platform, Allo Immunotherapy (AIM), is a nontraditional cell-based therapy implanted at the tumor site. AIM acts as “bait” to activate the immune system and increase response rates to commonly used cancer therapies.

CEO, Cellens

A pipeline of non-invasive, accurate, at-home and mail-in cancer diagnostic and monitoring tests, including OctoSense, the initial beachhead test for Bladder Cancer (BC) recurrence detection.

Co-Founder & CEO, Concerto Biosciences

Concerto Biosciences examines the microbial world with unmatched experimental depth to discover breakthrough microbe-based products. In partnership with a diverse array of biotech and biopharma companies, Concerto aims to unleash a new era of microbial research and microbe-based products.

Founder & CEO, Panakeia Technology Limited

Panakeia’s Gen AI-driven software provides comprehensive (5+ different types such as genetic, protein, RNA changes) multi-omic information directly from routinely used images of tissues & cells in minutes instead of days or weeks, eliminating the need for wet-lab assays.

Panakeia’s platform determines the changes of over 4,500 known molecular cancer markers across 30+ solid cancers with two UKCA & CE-marked breast & colon cancer products deployed in the clinic.

CEO, Phiogen

PHIOGEN is a late-stage pre-clinical stage company developing live biotherapeutic products for drug resistant and recurrent bacterial infections, located at the Texas Medical Center in Houston.

Founder & CEO, Revealix

Revealix offers a mobile smart foot health platform that uses advanced imaging and risk screening technology to digitize diabetic foot screenings, ensuring preventive care is accessible in any location, especially underserved communities.

Founder & CEO, RT MicroDx

RT MicroDx is pioneering the next generation of at-home diagnostic testing with our Triple-A solution—Affordable, Accurate, and At-Home. Our innovative technology offers a simple, over-the-counter molecular diagnostic test that provides PCR-quality results at a fraction of the cost and time. This solution not only meets the growing demand for at-home healthcare but also ensures accuracy and affordability, bridging a critical gap in global diagnostic access.

Co-Founder & CEO, RubyWell

RubyWell helps unpaid family caregivers maintain financial stability by providing access to training and payment for the care they provide to aging loved ones.

Founder and CMO, Harmony Appliance

Urban Innovations, developer of the Harmony Appliance, which stabilizes and supports the jaw and tongue by preventing the collapse of these structures back into the airway space during sleep.  The goal of the Harmony Appliance is to prevent dry mouth, improve the number of hours of uninterrupted sleep and restorative sleep for everyone (healthy sleepers and PAP users) to improve PAP efficacy and compliance rate, and to improve efficacy of nasal masks for PAP users.

Healthcare & Technology Innovation Program Sponsors

If you are interested in sponsoring, applying, or learning more about the program, please email [email protected].

Healthcare & Technology Innovation Program Alumna Testimonials

“Springboard Enterprises program provided access to a network of experienced mentors, industry experts, and successful entrepreneurs who offered invaluable guidance, shared their insights, and provided feedback on Lantern Laboratory Inc.’s business model and go-to-market strategy.

The credibility associated with the Springboard Enterprises program has enhanced Lantern Laboratory Inc.’s attractiveness to investors, incubators, and business partners.”

“Springboard is not just an incubator of women with great companies. It is simultaneously the teammate, the coach, and the cheerleader. It is a catalyst for long-term success.”

“The Springboard Enterprises program offered invaluable insights and equipped me with essential tools pivotal to my startup journey at Celmatix. As a pioneering founder addressing ovarian health, I encountered numerous challenges. Springboard provided efficient and effective strategies to overcome these hurdles. Today, Celmatix stands as a leading preclinical-stage biotech company, making significant headway in R&D to enhance women’s lives through improved ovarian health.”