What You Should Know:
- The UnitedHealthcare Accelerator program, announced its fifth cohort of 10 digital health startups to participate in its four-month collaborative mentorship-driven program.
- Selected startups will receive guidance from UnitedHealthcare and Optum executive, fundraising support, and $50k in capital. 90% of this year’s companies were founded by women and / or people of color.
Here is a look at UnitedHealthcare Accelerator’s 2023 program class:
- Advocatia | Lake Bluff, IL
Empowers healthcare organizations to engage and enroll their customers into benefits programs that reduce costs and improve health outcomes. - Affect Therapeutics | McLean, VA
National, tech-enabled healthcare provider offering digital substance use disorder treatment. - Budgie Health | New York, NY
Guides employees to the right health plan choice for them, leveraging real-time claims and financial analytics. - Isaac Health | New York, NY
Scalable platform for population brain health and dementia management. - Laguna Health | New York, NY
AI-powered contextual care management platform leveraging NLP to identify complex members’ individual life barriers and intervene automatically, at scale. - Marti Health | Atlanta, GA
Committed to eliminating health disparities in special needs populations beginning with sickle cell disease. - Mighty Health | Los Angeles, CA
The leading all-in-one chronic disease and weight management program for adults 50+. - Mirza | New York, NY
Mirza works with employers to remove childcare as an obstacle for working parents by maximizing available government funds that help workers afford the care they need. - Spark | New York, NY
Modern, tech-enabled Medicare brokerage partnering with local independent agents to advise Medicare beneficiaries on all their biggest healthcare decisions. - StationMD | Maplewood, NJ Telehealth company dedicated to serving individuals with intellectual and/or development disabilities (I/DD).