Make a Lasting Impact on the Healthcare Industry
We’re looking for startups that use technology to boost healthcare quality, accessibility, and improve treatment outcomes.
Our business partners:
Scale your idea and revolutionize healthcare with MIT EF CEE’s Health Tech Accelerator Program
At MIT EF CEE, we connect healthcare industry leaders with early-stage startups that have innovative ideas and are looking to scale them and get them to market.
Find a partner that can help you create a PoC and polish your innovation. Get access to guidance, mentoring, and feedback you need to scale your startup.
Whether you’re working in education, eHealth, or using technology to tackle one of many other healthcare problems, our Accelerator Program is waiting for a startup just like yours.
Why join our Health tech Accelerator Program?
Get the opportunity to run a paid proof of concept and test your innovation in one of our partner’s facilities.
Take advantage of your corporate partner’s resources, including access to medical, regulatory, or legal expertise that’s critical to your startup’s success.
Connect with business professionals and industry leaders. Access invaluable business & healthcare know-how and experience.
Grow your professional network with access to a unique startup ecosystem. Meet fellow founders and potential investors, and get invited to alumni-only events.
Get access to unique data about the healthcare industry. Use them to improve your innovative idea and gain a competitive edge.
Leverage the size and network of your corporate partner and attract customers before you even officially hit the market.
Get a chance to secure up to $100K in AWS credits to support your cloud and infrastructure needs.
Become the top startup of our Demo Day and win an invitation to our Startup Expansion Week in either London or Berlin.
Our corporate partners

Novartis
Novartis is a global healthcare and pharmaceutical company focused on improving human life and extending human lifespan. It’s one of the world leaders in research, investing millions in finding and testing new drugs. As of 2023, it’s performing 96 clinical tests with 1197 patients in Poland. As our partner in the Healthcare Accelerator Program, they’re looking for startups that can help solve the following challenges:
Who should apply?
Your idea can help improve the productivity of health facilities and/or the experiences and lives of patients.
Your product or service can help solve one of our partners’ key healthcare challenges.
You have an original idea that already got market traction or that has been partially verified with at least a functional prototype.
You’re open to working closely with one of our partners and entering into a commercialization agreement with them should they offer you one.

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Help us transform key areas of the healthcare industry
We’re looking for startups that can help us solve key issues in diagnostics, hospital productivity, data management, AI, health education, e-health, as well as other areas of healthcare.
Please keep in mind that our needs change depending on the challenges faced by our corporate partners.
But, if you believe that your startup can solve one of them - hit the button below and apply to join our Health Tech Accelerator Program
Application Guide
Discover all you need to know to join one of our startup Accelerator Programs. Learn about the exact requirements to apply, and find key dates and documents that you need to prepare. Begin the application process, and get ready to learn and scale!
Rules & Regulations
Learn the rules and regulations of the MIT EF CEE Startup Accelerator Programs. Find out if your startup would meet the formal criteria and is eligible to apply.

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