BALTIMORE (March 10, 2025) – Techstars AI Health Baltimore powered by Johns Hopkins University and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield is proud to announce the 9 startups selected for the Spring Class of 2025. These promising, early-stage companies are addressing challenges in categories such as digital health, biotech, mental wellness, and more.
In the vibrant core of Baltimore, an exclusive three-month mentorship program is propelling the future of AI healthcare. Selected from a global pool of talent, the 2025 cohort will leverage strategic mentorship, unparalleled resources, and access to a powerful network to achieve rapid market traction and sustainable leadership. These founders are developing cutting-edge AI solutions poised to transform healthcare delivery.
"Welcoming the 2025 class to the Techstars AI Health Accelerator is a privilege," states Nick Culbertson, Managing Director at Techstars. "We're excited to fuel their journey with the tools and connections they need to accelerate their impact."
Demo Day is scheduled for June 5, 2025, where founders will have an opportunity to pitch their businesses to a community of mentors and potential investors.
Introducing our Spring 2025 class for the Techstars AI Health Baltimore powered by Johns Hopkins University and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Accelerator!
AidRx (Calgary, AB, Canada)
AidRx builds a clinical pharmacy ‘Upwork’ with remote work tools and EMR, enabling a pharmacist gig economy and expanding specialized care beyond retail to reach more patients remotely.
Behaivior (Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
Behaivior's Recovery™ platform uses AI and wearables to predict high-risk events and enable proactive, personalized interventions for recovery.
Compose Health (Ottawa, ON, Canada)
Compose Health uses AI to orchestrate health content production, slashing time and costs while improving quality to bolster more equitable health outcomes.
Embryoxite (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Embryoxite is a company that offers a non-invasive test to analyze embryo culture mediums, aiming to improve IVF outcomes with up to 70% accuracy.
Galen Health (Windsor, OH, USA)
Galen Health builds AI agents for cancer screening and early detection, helping identify cancer at its most treatable stages.
Opal (Tampa, FL, USA)
Opal is a clinician-instructed AI agent that helps mental health practices deliver engaging care between sessions, improving client engagement, clinician efficiency, and practice capacity.
Sloop (New York, NY, USA)
Sloop eliminates AI hallucinations by encoding your prompts with hypertokens, the GPS for LLMs that instantly upgrades the memory, reasoning, and privacy of your AI tools.
Undahealth (Middletown, DE, USA)
Undahealth's AI platform for gut health offers a clinical dashboard and patient app for data-driven care and improved outcomes.
Valio (Indianapolis, IN, USA)
Valio automates rebate compliance for hospitals and suppliers—helping hospitals maximize savings and suppliers drive profitable growth.
Nick Culbertson is currently the Managing Director of the Techstars Baltimore AI Health program. Prior to joining Techstars, Nick co-founded, led, and sold Protenus, a Baltimore-based AI company that brought automation and risk reduction to healthcare compliance. Under Nick's leadership, Protenus was recognized by Gartner as a Cool Vendor in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence, by CB Insights as one of the Most Innovative Digital Health Startups, by Forbes as one of America's Top Startup Employers, and by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare. Nick attended the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and served in the US military as a Special Forces “Green Beret”.