Sling
Health
The foremost healthcare accelerator incubating student + clinician ventures
About UsFounded in 2013 at Washington University in St. Louis, Sling Health is the nation’s largest student-oriented medtech accelerator, with startups raising over $220 million in follow-on capital.
Thanks to our clients, friends, partners. Thank you to our team of volunteers who made this journey possible.
Teams collaborate with healthcare professionals to uncover real, unmet needs in the clinical setting.
From sketches to functional prototypes, students build medical technologies using design thinking and rapid iteration.
Teams receive feedback from clinicians, researchers, and investors to refine usability, feasibility, and impact.
On Demo Day, teams present their ventures to a live audience, gaining visibility, funding opportunities, and potential partnerships.
Where bold ideas meet real-world impact.
Demo Day is the culmination of months of collaboration, iteration, and visionary thinking. It's where Sling Health teams unveil solutions to real clinical problems-- designed, developed, and validated with mentors and clinicians by their side.
From concept to prototype, every project tells a story of possibility: shaped by students, guided by experts, and inspired by patient care. Join us as we celebrate the next generation of medtech innovators, and the breakthroughs that begin with a single idea.
From Student Innovation to Scalable Impact: The Sling Health Effect
Every prototype starts as a problem worth solving.
At Sling Health, we don’t just incubate ideas; we equip the next generation of innovators with the tools, mentorship, and clinical partnerships to turn those ideas into real-world solutions. From medtech prototypes to funded startups, our student-led teams are transforming healthcare, one breakthrough at a time.
Capital raised in follow-on funding by alumni projects
59 teams launched and 14 spin‑off companies created at WashU, raising $2.5 M+ in external funding
National chapters
across top universities nationally
Teams graduated
$900 K+ allocated directly to support student-led prototypes and team initiatives
