Google For Startups Growth Academy: AI For Health 2024 For Healthcare And Wellbeing Startup

Google for Startups Growth Academy: AI for Health 2024 for Healthcare and Wellbeing Startup

Applications are currently being accepted for the 2024 Google For Startups Growth Academy.

This three-month program is designed for healthcare and wellbeing startups that utilize AI. It offers essential growth skills, internationalization strategies, and Google tools to support their scaling efforts while promoting responsible innovation.

The program includes workshops, mentoring sessions, and networking events aimed at helping founders devise data-driven strategies for acquiring new customers and partnerships. Additionally, participants will gain tools to responsibly innovate with emerging technologies and expand into new markets.

The Google for Startups Growth Academy: AI for Health is a three-month hybrid program aimed at supporting promising startups in the healthcare and wellness sector that utilize AI technology for growth and responsible innovation.

Comprising workshops, mentoring, and networking events, the program assists founders in devising data-driven strategies to acquire new customers and forge partnerships, employing tools for responsible innovation with emerging technologies, and expanding into new markets.

Following the initial three-month period of core content, startups will continue to benefit from product support and mentorship from Google to overcome their challenges.

Following the initial three-month period, startups will receive ongoing product support and mentorship from Google to help them tackle their challenges. While two sessions will be conducted in-person (locations to be announced soon), the remainder of the program will take place virtually.

Requirements

Startups from Europe, the Middle East, and/or Africa at the Seed to Series A stage, aiming to expand globally.
Utilizing AI to tackle health or wellness challenges.
Proven progress, including a solid user base and revenue stream.
Scalable product or service, with a sizable market and a defensible growth plan.

Benefits

Equity-free assistance, offering access to Google products and resources.
Personalized guidance: Technical advice and individual support from Google mentors and AI specialists.

Hands-on mentorship

Technical consulting and one-on-one support from Google mentors and AI experts.

Strategic and product assistance: Help with AI, company, and product strategies.
Leadership development: Tailored training to enhance management skills.
Global expansion: Assistance from mentors and Google teams to explore new international markets.
Networking and community: Opportunities to connect with VCs, industry experts, and fellow founders, and join our alumni network.

Entry Criteria

Seed to Series A startups currently based in Europe, the Middle East, and/or Africa —but looking to scale internationally.
Leveraging AI to address health or wellbeing challenges.
Demonstrated traction, such as a clear track record of users and revenue.

Scalable product or service, with both a significant total addressable market and a defensible growth model.

Timeline:

March 1: Application Deadline
February–March: Founder Interviews
April: Cohort Announcement
Mid-April: Kick-off (In-person)
April–July: Core program
Mid-September: Bootcamp (In-person)