The Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center is proud to welcome the trailblazing entrepreneurs of our Spring 2026 Milestone Makers Cohort, a mission-driven group of Health Tech founders advancing solutions across diagnostics, maternal health, digital care and healthcare access.
Milestone Makers, the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center’s flagship program, provides free, personalized business coaching, executive mentorship, and tailored support to help entrepreneurs achieve critical milestones that accelerate company growth. Selected through a competitive application process, each founder in this cohort shares a unifying ambition: to transform healthcare through bold, innovative solutions that expand access, reduce inequities and improve outcomes worldwide.
From AI-powered diagnostics and digital pharmacies to maternal health tools and youth-focused platforms, these entrepreneurs are building more connected, equitable and responsive healthcare systems—one milestone at a time.
Calling all Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovators: Join our Summer 2026 Milestone Makers cohort to scale solutions that advance responsible, ethical AI development.
Applications close May 4, 2026.
Asnake Amelo
MILESTONE: Expand a scalable B2B sales pipeline.
ACUBED improves access to diagnostics by connecting patients and providers to licensed labs through a digital platform (CO-LAB), enabling affordable, timely and reliable testing across East Africa.
Yewande Benn
PregAfrica
MILESTONE: Define a digital marketing strategy for PregAfrica’s maternal health platform based on user research and insights on the digital channels women use.
PregAfrica builds affordable digital tools that help pregnant women and frontline providers monitor maternal health, enabling early risk detection and better outcomes in underserved communities.
MILESTONE: Validate pricing value to align with our b2b market fit strategy.
End No Sleep builds AI-powered tools, including a WhatsApp chatbot, to make sleep and brain health education accessible to young people and bridge the gap between symptoms and care.
MILESTONE: Conduct structured partner discovery and document key insights to inform research partnership strategy.
Fertitude is an AI-powered reproductive health app that transforms cycle tracking into gamified learning and timely, actionable insights.
MILESTONE: Validate pricing structure to refine go-to-market strategy.
Focus Posters® is a visual support creation platform that helps children understand care, procedures, and routines through personalized illustrations where they are the main character, reflecting who they are and how they learn.
MILESTONE: Develop and execute a strategy fundraising plan to support thé scale-up across Africa.
Making healthcare more accessible, particularly for cervical cancer in women, with a rapid screening solution and treatment of precancerous lesions in rural areas.
MILESTONE: Over the next 12 weeks we will onboard and train partner pharmacies across South-West Nigeria to strengthen fast, reliable access to medicines and physician consultations through our platform.
Mariam Grey helps patients in underserved communities access doctors, pharmacists, safe medicine delivery and health guidance through digital tools and USSD, improving access to treatment and continuity of care.
MILESTONE: Establish Strategic Partnerships with Pharmacies and healthcare providers to expand Hubpharm’s distribution network from 10 to 20, increase patient access to essential and specialty medications when they are needed and drive a 30% increase in revenue over the next three months.
HubPharm Africa is a tech-enabled digital pharmacy delivering authentic chronic and specialty medications, supported by AI and coordinated care to ensure adherence and on-time delivery.
Dr. Thays Luz
Grupo Ame
MILESTONE: Scale our digital autism therapy model in new cities while improving our platform.
We democratize autism therapies through multidisciplinary clinics and proprietary VR/AI technology that enhances treatment quality and enables scalable, accessible care.
MILESTONE: Increase MyMonitor’s clinical pilot partnership by 50%.
MyMonitor.AI is an AI-powered dermatology platform that converts skin images into objective, melanin-aware clinical data for clinical trials and specialty care. The platform reduces diagnostic variability, improves trial efficiency, and integrates seamlessly into clinical workflows to support more equitable and scalable dermatology.
MILESTONE: Increase our monthly GMV by 50% to put Getmedford on a path to reach cash flow break-even by Q3 of 2026.
GetMedford is a pharma supply chain platform connecting patients and providers to quality, affordable medicines through a digital marketplace, logistics and fulfillment network, while enabling healthcare vendors to sell, manage and grow online.
MILESTONE: Develop and pilot a hospital-led postpartum care distribution model.
LavenderCare provides the infrastructure for postpartum care, connecting hospitals and care providers to deliver structured, continuous recovery support for mothers after childbirth
MILESTONE: Developing a U.S. market entry strategy to expand partnerships and scale.
Biofy Techonologies uses DNA sequencing and AI to identify bacterial infections, detect antibiotic resistance and recommend optimal treatment in just four hours, enabling faster, life-saving care.
Learn more about the Milestone Makers program and apply for the Summer 2026 Cohort here!
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