Sling Health is founded.
A student-run medtech incubator built around real clinical needs, started at Washington University in St. Louis.
Impact
Clinical problems walk in. Companies walk out.
Every figure below carries the scope it was measured at. Nothing on this page is a projection.
Metrics
$220M+
180+
20
$900K+
The record
Dated. Sourced. Verifiable.
Chapters share one stage.
Demo Day 2018 runs as a multi-chapter national showcase, university pennants lining the stage behind the presenters.
$2.3M from the NIH.
Olera, a Sling Health–founded venture connecting families with elder care professionals, receives an NIH Small Business Innovation Research grant.
Jim McKelvey on the innovation stack.
The Square co-founder joins the Sling Health Speaker Series.
Series B.
Geneoscopy, developing non-invasive RNA-based diagnostics for gastrointestinal disease, reaches Series B with backing from investors including Labcorp and Morningside Ventures.
Acquired by Lightbeam Health Solutions.
CareSignal, providing AI-driven remote patient monitoring across more than 30 conditions, is acquired to expand a population health platform serving 42 million patients.
$260K NSF Phase I SBIR.
A grant to develop machine learning that prevents diabetes-induced vision loss in vulnerable populations.
Sam Altman meets the cohort.
Sling Health students sit down with Sam Altman as part of the Speaker Series.
Nine batches in.
The ninth national cohort presents to a full house of clinicians, faculty, sponsors and investors.
$220M+ in follow-on capital.
The St. Louis chapter reports a record $220 million in follow-on funding raised by its alumni ventures.
An alum joins a San Francisco accelerator.
Sling Health alum and board member Joshua Robert is accepted into Delta Cohort II of The Residency, a San Francisco–based accelerator backed by Sam Altman.
Investors & Backers
Backed by the best.
Companies born at Sling Health have gone on to raise hundreds of millions of dollars from top-tier venture capital firms and secure highly competitive institutional grants.
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Labcorp
Series B lead for Geneoscopy
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Bio-Rad
Series C lead for Geneoscopy
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Morningside Ventures
Backer of Geneoscopy
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Y Combinator
Early accelerator for multiple alumni
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The Residency
Backed by Sam Altman
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
$2.3M SBIR grant for Olera
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
$260K Phase I SBIR for Oculo Labs
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Techwald Holding
Series A for SentiAR
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Elsevier
Acquired Wellsheet
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Lightbeam Health
Acquired CareSignal
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NASA & CDC
Institutional project backers
Ventures
The companies.
Ventures with a published outcome appear first. The rest are Sling Health projects that became companies; their milestones are being confirmed before they are published here.
Figures reflect publicly announced rounds and outcomes. 180+ teams have come through the program; these are the ones still running.
Geneoscopy
Non-invasive colorectal cancer screening.
Reached Series C with $105M backing from investors including Labcorp and Morningside Ventures.
Series C · $105M
CareSignal
Deviceless remote patient monitoring.
Acquired by Lightbeam Health Solutions to expand its population health platform serving 42 million patients.
Acquired
Olera
A digital caregiving platform connecting families with elder care professionals.
Awarded a $2.3 million NIH Small Business Innovation Research grant.
$2.3M NIH SBIR
Oculo Labs
Machine learning to prevent diabetes-induced vision loss in vulnerable populations.
Awarded a $260,000 NSF Phase I SBIR grant.
$260K NSF SBIR
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