# Incubators and accelerators backing Healthtech (2026 list)

> 27 incubators and accelerators backing Healthtech, 96% active in the last 12 months. Led by Y Combinator, Plug and Play, Google for Startups.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/lists/incubators-accelerators-healthtech (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Incubators and accelerators backing Healthtech

Updated 7 November 2026

Incubators and accelerators we have observed in a healthtech round in the last two years.

[See all 27 *→*](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&next=%2Fapp%2Finvestor-lists%2Fincubators-accelerators-healthtech)The top 25

**27** investors on the list *-1* this week

**1,637** cheques in 12 months *-18%* against the market

**$4M** median round they joined *-50%* against the market median

**96%** wrote a cheque in 12 months

**59%** have led a round

## The Top 25

Ordered by cheques observed, never by anything anyone paid for

Deploying now (25)

- 1 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **6,412** **$3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 2 [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **1,561** **$5M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 3 [Google for Startups](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-for-startups) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **811** **$1.4M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 4 [Creative Destruction Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-destruction-lab) *Deploying now* Accelerator · Canada **427** **$3M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 5 [Neo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/neo) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **364** **$5.5M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 6 [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United Kingdom **332** **$3.6M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 7 [Venture Kick](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venture-kick) *Deploying now* Accelerator · Switzerland **329** **$2.1M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 8 [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **154** **$40M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 9 [South Park Commons](https://millionrounds.com/fund/south-park-commons) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **153** **$7.8M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 10 [Startmate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startmate) *Deploying now* Accelerator · Australia **107** **$1.6M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 11 [Founders Factory](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founder-s-factory) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United Kingdom **106** **$2M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 12 [Thrive Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/thrive-capital) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **101** **$123M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 13 [Beam](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beam) *Deploying now* Accelerator · Germany **93** **$4M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 14 [AlphaLab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alpha-labs-accelerator-incubator) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **90** **$15M** median round **Jun 2026** last seen
- 15 [amplify.la](https://millionrounds.com/fund/amplify-la) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **90** **$9.8M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 16 [LAUNCH](https://millionrounds.com/fund/launch) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **82** **$5M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 17 [Norrsken VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/norrsken-vc) *Deploying now* Accelerator · Sweden **66** **$17M** median round **Aug 2026** last seen
- 18 [25madison](https://millionrounds.com/fund/25madison) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **46** **$5.2M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 19 [Platanus](https://millionrounds.com/fund/platanus-ventures) *Deploying now* Accelerator · Mexico **40** **$930K** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 20 [A16z Speedrun](https://millionrounds.com/fund/a16z-speedrun) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **22** **$6M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 21 [Madica](https://millionrounds.com/fund/madica) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **6** **$883K** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 22 [E Squared Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/e-squared-investments) *Deploying now* Accelerator · South Africa **5** **$1M** median round **Nov 2025** last seen
- 23 [New Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/new-ventures) *Deploying now* Accelerator · Mexico **5** **$5.5M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 24 [imec.istart](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imec-istart-fund) *Deploying now* Accelerator · Belgium **5** **$2.7M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 25 [CQDM](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cqdm) *Deploying now* Accelerator · Canada **2** **$5M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen

**2 more on this list**

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## The Newest Cheques

Rounds this list's investors joined most recently

- **7** Nov **[LionBio Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/lionbio-therapeutics)** Pre-seed · $6M *With* [South Park Commons](https://millionrounds.com/fund/south-park-commons)
- **5** Nov **[Nyquis](https://millionrounds.com/company/nyquis)** Seed · $6.3M *Led by* [South Park Commons](https://millionrounds.com/fund/south-park-commons)
- **5** Nov **[Venomics AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/venomics-ai)** Pre-seed · $2.7M *Led by* [South Park Commons](https://millionrounds.com/fund/south-park-commons)
- **4** Nov **[Lazarus AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/lazarus-ai)** $43M *With* [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)
- **3** Nov **[Apolarion](https://millionrounds.com/company/apolarion)** Other · $183K *Led by* [Venture Kick](https://millionrounds.com/fund/venture-kick)
- **3** Nov **[Agrani Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/agrani-labs)** $108M *With* [Google](https://millionrounds.com/fund/google-assistant-investments)

## Stages This Year

1,585 rounds

- Venture **26%**
- Seed **20%**
- Pre-seed **19%**
- Series A **14%**
- Series B **5%**
- Other **16%**

## What They Backed

Sectors, last 12 months

- AI **810**
- Fintech **95**
- Big Data & Analytics **91**
- Healthcare **90**
- Biotech **61**
- Financial Services **48**

## Cheques by Quarter

Led Joined

514 Q1 25

507 Q2 25

598 Q3 25

558 Q4 25

506 Q1 26

467 Q2 26

344 Q3 26

70 Q4 26

The last bar is the quarter still running.

## Lists Like This

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- [VC firms backing Fintech 1,856](https://millionrounds.com/lists/vc-firms-fintech)
- [VC firms backing Big Data & Analytics 1,248](https://millionrounds.com/lists/vc-firms-big-data)
- [VC firms backing Biotech 1,207](https://millionrounds.com/lists/vc-firms-biotech)
- [VC firms backing Robotics 1,098](https://millionrounds.com/lists/vc-firms-robotics)
- [VC firms backing Construction 1,025](https://millionrounds.com/lists/vc-firms-construction)
- [VC firms backing Energy 998](https://millionrounds.com/lists/vc-firms-energy)
- [PE firms backing AI 956](https://millionrounds.com/lists/pe-firms-ai)
- [VC firms backing Cybersecurity 950](https://millionrounds.com/lists/vc-firms-cybersecurity)

[All investor lists *→*](https://millionrounds.com/lists)

## Reading for founders in health and biotech

- The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care Clayton M. Christensen · 2008 4.21 from 1,158 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Innovation Moats and competition About the book A groundbreaking prescription for health care reform--from a legendary leader in innovation... Our health care system is in critical condition. Each year, fewer Americans can afford it, fewer businesses can provide it, and fewer government programs can promise it for future… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Where Does It Hurt?: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Fixing Health Care Jonathan Bush · 2014 3.78 from 598 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Company building Innovation About the book A bold new remedy for the sprawling and wasteful health care industry Where else but the doctor’s office do you have to fill out a form on a clipboard? Have you noticed that hospital bills are almost unintelligible, except for the absurdly high dollar amount? Why is it that… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris Richard Kluger · 1997 3.94 from 306 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Company building About the book Ashes to Ashes is a monumental history of the American tobacco industry’s ironic success in developing the cigarette, modern society’s most widespread instrument of self-destruction, into the nation’s most profitable consumer product. Starting with its energized, work-obsessed… On AmazonListen on Audible
- The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek Howard Markel · 2017 3.87 from 969 ratings on Goodreads Health and biotech Company building About the book "What's more American than Corn Flakes?" --Bing Crosby From the much admired medical historian ("Markel shows just how compelling the medical history can be"--Andrea Barrett) and author of An Anatomy of Addiction ("Absorbing, vivid"--Sherwin Nuland, The New York Times Book… On AmazonListen on Audible

More books for founders and investors on the [Reading List](https://millionrounds.com/reading-list?role=founder&industry=health).

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## Quick answers about incubators and accelerators backing Healthtech

### Who are the most active incubators and accelerators backing Healthtech?

By cheques observed, the most active are Y Combinator, Plug and Play, Google for Startups, Creative Destruction Lab and Neo.

### How many incubators and accelerators backing Healthtech are there?

27 are on record. 96% made an investment in the last 12 months and 59% have led a round.

### Which stages do incubators and accelerators backing Healthtech back?

Of the rounds with a named stage in the last 12 months, mostly Seed (29%) and Pre-seed (27%).

### How big are the rounds incubators and accelerators backing Healthtech join?

The typical (median) round among the leading investors here is $5M.

### Which sectors do incubators and accelerators backing Healthtech back most?

In the last 12 months, mostly AI, Fintech and Big Data & Analytics.

### Which incubators and accelerators backing Healthtech lead the most rounds?

Thrive Capital (14 led), A16z Speedrun (12 led) and Y Combinator (11 led).

### Where are incubators and accelerators backing Healthtech based?

Among the most active, most are based in the United States (13), Canada (2) and the United Kingdom (2).

### What have incubators and accelerators backing Healthtech invested in recently?

Recent rounds include LionBio Therapeutics (Pre-seed, Nov 2026, with South Park Commons), Nyquis (Seed, Nov 2026, with South Park Commons) and Venomics AI (Pre-seed, Nov 2026, with South Park Commons).

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