Startups working in the following healthcare focus areas can now apply to Cohort 4.
Cardiology | Genomics | Digital Pathology | Remote patient monitoring | Radiology and Advanced Imaging
The program aims to create solutions that will help healthcare providers deliver precision health. We are looking across the healthcare continuum in terms of preventive healthcare, precision diagnosis and treatment in a timely and affordable manner, improving workflows that place patients at its center and clinicians, technicians, radiologists and IT support as the ecosystem that surrounds the workflow.
GE Healthcare is accelerating the transformation of healthcare with India EdisonTM Accelerator – but we can’t do it alone. We strongly believe in the power of a collaborative ecosystem.
We intend to nurture the startup ecosystem and work with them to create healthcare solutions leveraging the India EdisonTM Accelerator platform and decades of GE Healthcare’s expertise – solutions that will improve patient outcomes and experience, efficiency of clinical practice and that of the healthcare facilities, reduce waste and inefficiencies, and eliminate costly and harmful errors.
The program will harness the brainpower and energy of startups and allow them to use the building blocks of the India EdisonTM Accelerator platform to deliver solutions that address quality and affordable healthcare for customers globally.
Through this program, we aim to create solutions that will help healthcare providers deliver precision health across the care continuum.
India EdisonTM Accelerator is an advanced intelligence offering used by GE Healthcare’s internal developers and strategic partners to develop new healthcare applications, services, and AI algorithms. It comprises of applications, smart devices, and the India EdisonTM Accelerator platform. Over the next few years, we expect India EdisonTM Accelerator to become central to the healthcare ecosystem and an important hub for healthcare innovation with thousands of applications and services available on it.
Benefits provided to startups during the program
Any startup based out of India, having their core development activity/team in India can apply for India EdisonTM Accelerator. Companies working in the healthcare space, working on customer solutions are preferred. However, companies who are interested to build solution in healthcare space are also invited. Startups leveraging advanced technologies like cloud, Internet of Things, big data and advanced analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning, image and time series processing, edge computing, etc. will have an advantage.
22nd November, 2023
Cohort 4.0 Launch
15th March, 2023
Application Closure
15th April, 2023
Business Pitch by selected startups
01st June, 2023
Cohort 4.0 Kick-off
15th December, 2023
Cohort 4.0 Demo-day
Startups can apply online. The applications are evaluated via a three-stage screening process. Shortlisted applicants are invited for a final face-to-face pitch session with GE Healthcare leadership. The final selection is based on the strength of the business idea/plan, maturity and the closeness to productize their solution, team capabilities and relevance to the focus areas.
Core value proposition of the program is to help startups scale their applications and start generating revenue through GE Healthcare’s India EdisonTM Accelerator platform. To make this possible,
We provide a combination of data, technology and market access to startups including:
Unique value propositions for startups: