CHICAGO – March 10, 2025 – The Northwestern Medicine and Techstars Healthcare Accelerator is thrilled to announce the startups selected for its inaugural class. The program is designed to provide healthcare startups with resources, mentorship, and network to scale across the healthcare industry. 

“It’s hard to overstate just how competitive the selection process was this year,” said Brad Schnitzer, Managing Director of the Accelerator, Techstars. “The talent and passion of these founders are exceptional, and we’re excited to help them over the next 13-weeks. We’ve also been incredibly impressed with the Northwestern Medicine team, who have been so accessible and deeply committed to ensuring the success of this program. Northwestern’s support is invaluable, and we’re thrilled to be collaborating with such a hands-on health system.”

These early-stage companies are tackling some of the most critical challenges in healthcare today. The three-month, mentorship-driven program will take place at Northwestern Medicine’s Mansueto Innovation Institute, right in the heart of Chicago’s dynamic healthcare ecosystem.

“We are excited to support this well-deserving inaugural class as they build the next wave of health care innovation,” said Doug King, chief information officer, Northwestern Medicine. “Over the next few months, we will have the opportunity to engage, converse and explore the latest in innovation and technology and the potential long-term impact it may have on the health care ecosystem.”

The selected startups for the 2025 class are:

• Decimal Code (Chicago, IL) – Helping healthcare providers eliminate operational waste through automated medical coding and improved billing accuracy.

• LastMinute (Boston, MA) – Optimizing healthcare workforce management with AI to reduce staffing inefficiencies.

• efficientSC (New York, NY) – Empowering hospitals to manage supply disruptions more effectively and efficiently.

• Aimedica (Birmingham, AL) – Delivering evidence-based EHR automation to improve reimbursement accuracy, care quality, and compensation integrity

• ExactRx (Nashville, TN) – Converting care facilities into an AI-native, intelligent, data-driven environment.

• Voythos (Houston, TX) – Using Multimodal AI to transform cardiovascular disease management and treatment.

Demo Day for the inaugural class will take place on June 5, 2025, where these startups will pitch to a community of mentors, investors, and healthcare industry leaders.

About Techstars

Techstars invests in early-stage startups led by unstoppable entrepreneurs with transformative businesses. With 45+ accelerators worldwide, an unrivaled network of alumni, mentors, commercial partners, investors, and dedicated operating teams, Techstars supports entrepreneurs throughout their entire startup journey while helping to build thriving startup communities. Since 2006, we have invested in more than 4,400 portfolio companies, accelerating the growth of businesses including Chainalysis, Zipline, DataRobot, Alloy, and many, many more. www.techstars.com

About Northwestern Medicine

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