Innovations in Health LatAm

Innovations in Health LatAm is an accelerator program supporting Latin American startups developing solutions across medical devices, logistics and medical services, managed healthcare, health coaching and wellness, and biopharmaceuticals. The initiative, funded by the Johnson & Johnson Foundation and run by Village Capital, provides mentorship, financial guidance, networking, media exposure and virtual workshops to help startups scale. Ten startups are selected to participate and three cohort members receive peer-selected grant awards. The program focuses on ventures operating in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico and on solutions that serve underserved communities and non-urban areas.

Mentorship from investors and strategic partners; one-on-one financial analysis coaching; media exposure; networking with mentors and founders; live and asynchronous learning sessions; virtual investor forum and mock-board meetings; peer-selected grant awards to three startups (page lists grants of USD 50,000, 15,000 and 10,000).

Eligible startups must be legally incorporated as for-profit entities in Latin America with operations in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, or Mexico; have at least one full-time founder based in one of those countries; be compliant with local law; have an MVP and have raised less than USD 1M in equity; and demonstrate meaningful customer or business validation.