Health Transformers of the world unite
Calling all entrepreneurs and innovators. Join a Health Moonshot Community and you’ll immediately be able to leverage StartUp Health’s unique platform of expert coaching, global network, and media exposure.
Health Moonshot Communities
Instead of going at it alone, entrepreneurs enter a supportive and collaborative community where like-minded founders and funders learn from each other and share ideas and networks.
Colaborative Coaching
We offer founders a structured program to learn from entrepreneurial coaches with deep healthcare domain expertise and from their peers.
Brand Exposure
StartUp Health has built the world’s leading multi-media brand in health innovation and leverages that global reach to help founders connect with like-minded investors, customers, and partners.
At the heart of StartUp Health is Health Transformer University, our time-tested program for helping ambitious founders and funders achieve health moonshots.
At Health Transformer University, founders learn to...
Cultivate and sustain a transformational mindset
Successfully lead a company with an inspiring moonshot mission
Follow a time and energy rhythm in both their personal and business lives
Measure and celebrate company progress quarter after quarter
Build batteries-included teams
Craft valuable, trusted brands
Get capitalized with impact-aligned funders
Achieve a double bottom-line of health impact and financial returns
How to Apply
We partner with people, not companies. That’s why our process for evaluating Health Transformers always starts with a conversation. We take the time to understand what makes an entrepreneur tick and use our proprietary scorecards to assess mindset and health moonshot vision. The process typically takes between three and four weeks.
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Fill out the founder application
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Meet with the StartUp Health team
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Complete diligence process
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Receive final admission decision
Our Health Transformer Community
28%
MD/PhD Founders
27%
Female Founders
32%
Founders of Color
What We Look For
Batteries-Included Founder with Purpose
Coachability + Self-Awareness
Collaborative Mindset
Backable Team with Notable Advisors & Investors
Bold Health Moonshot Vision
Differentiated Brand + Proprietary Technology
Traction with Increasing Momentum
Ability to Execute
Tuition & Fellowships
We work with the world’s leading philanthropies and families to cover the cost of providing Health Transformer University to founders. For our Type 1 Diabetes Moonshot and our Alzheimer’s Moonshot, there is no cost to founders to join. Specific investment rights may apply.
For all other health moonshots, we use a SAFE model in which companies share 2-5% equity with StartUp Health.