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Culturally Competent Healthcare System

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About the program

An accelerator for startups working to improve health equity in the United States.

Despite spending more on healthcare than any other country in the world, marginalized populations in the US face vastly inequitable health outcomes. Our accelerator will support entrepreneurs building for-profit, market-based innovations that are improving health equity by addressing the social, economic, cultural or linguistic needs of patients.

Village Capital and Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures have partnered to create an accelerator program for tech-enabled startups focused on providing culturally competent care to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), low-income, or other underserved communities.

All applicants have also been considered for investment from the Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures Team.

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Advisory Board

Rashida Bobb
Rashida BobbFounder and Chief Strategist at Bricks Health
Terry Huang
Terry HuangFounder, Firefly Innovations; Professor and Chair, Chair, Health Policy and Management CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Lucienne Ide
Lucienne IdeFounder and Chairman of Rimidi
Niel Tashima
Niel TashimaManaging Partner at LTG Associates
Solome Tibebu
Solome TibebuCEO, Cephalo Health
Uriridiakoghene (Ulili) Onovakpuri
Uriridiakoghene (Ulili) OnovakpuriPartner, Kapor Capital
Jorge Leon
Jorge LeonDirector, Global Community Impact, Johnson & Johnson
Susie Qian
Susie QianInvestment Manager, Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures