Techstars AI Health Baltimore
Techstars AI Health Baltimore is Techstars’ flagship healthcare accelerator, investing $220,000 per company into AI-driven health startups building solutions that improve healthcare economics and patient outcomes. Powered by our region's top payor, provider, and academic institutions, we focus relentlessly on helping companies demonstrate measurable commercial traction, because in healthcare, ROI drives adoption.
Baltimore, United States
2026 March
In Person Program
Aug 25th, 2025
Applications Open
Nov 19th, 2025
Final Deadline
Mar 9th, 2026
Accelerator Starts
Jun 3rd, 2026
Demo Day
2026 September
In Person Program
Mar 2nd, 2026
Applications Open
Jun 10th, 2026
Final Deadline
Sep 14th, 2026
Accelerator Starts
Dec 10th, 2026
Demo Day
About This Healthcare Program
Techstars AI Health Baltimore Accelerator
Healthcare organizations are adopting commercial AI applications at more than twice the rate of the broader U.S. economy. Hospitals, clinics, and payers are integrating AI into workflows, revenue cycle, clinical decision support, and operations at unprecedented speed.
The shift is clear: healthcare is moving from AI curiosity to AI dependency. We invest in founders building the companies that power that transformation.
For the first time, Baltimore’s leading payer, health systems, and academic institutions have come together in a single accelerator collaboration.
Our anchor collaborators include:
Johns HopkinsÂ
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
MedStar Health
University of Maryland Baltimore
University of Maryland Medical System
Founders participating in our program gain access to real clinical environments, diverse operational models, payer and reimbursement insight, policy and regulatory expertise, scalable commercialization pathways, and real-world entrepreneurial mentorship and expertise.
This diversity of access is a meaningful advantage for startups building in healthcare.
The Team
Nick Culbertson
Managing Director
Emily McLanahan
Investment Manager
Ashley Kovacs
Program Manager
Accelerator Advisors
Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures
Myra Norton
Head of Innovation, Startup and Ecosystem Acceleration
Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures
Myra Norton
Head of Innovation, Startup and Ecosystem Acceleration
CareFirst
Laura Gomez Cadena
Investor
PTX Capitol
Matt Hellauer
Managing Partner
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Brian Hasselfeld, MD
Executive Medical Director, Digital Health and Innovation Executive
Medstar
Daniel Marchalik
Medical Director, Business Innovation
University of Maryland Medical System
Warren D'Souza
SVP, Chief Innovation Officer
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peter Najjar, MD
Vice President, Clinical Innovation
Medstar
Jeff Collins
Vice President, Business Innovation Lab
Carefirst
Rick Jeandell
Vice President, Information Technology
University of Maryland Medical System
Guy Henggeler
Vice President, iHarbor Strategy, Product Development, and Commercialization
Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures
Sha Zhan
Director, AI Innovation & Commercialization
Medstar
William Sheahan
SVP and Chief Innovation Officer
