In-Person Event
Building a Scalable HealthTech Startup
Building hosted by Founder Institute
Date
Nov 19, 2026
Time
03:00 pm - 05:00 pm
Address
WeWork Scott Circle, 1701 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Washington, DC
The talks are about the technology. Almost none of them are about turning it into a company.
This is the November in-person event run by the Founder Institute and Health2Tech.
We will focus on Healthtech and Biotech ventures and how to start from scratch.
REGISTER on LUMA: https://luma.com/9ghnqsec
What You'll Learn:
- How to turn a technical interest or a side project into a HealthTech business;
- What separates a demo people applaud from a company people pay for;
- How to validate an idea in the week after the conference, while the energy lasts;
- What the first ninety days of company building look like in practice;
Featured Hosts:
- Guc Ozenci runs the Penn West Founder Institute program. He co-founded a startup, raised venture funding and sold the company in 2020, and has since worked with 50+ startups as Managing Director of Founder Institute Washington DC.
- Alex Koshykov is an entrepreneur and built Health2Tech community in multiple cities globally. Hosting events and partnering with local ecosystem builders.
Who Should Attend:
- Engineers and technical professionals with a side project and no business plan;
- Founders in the earliest stage looking for structure;
- Anyone who leaves conferences energised and then does nothing with it.
Additional Resources: Find more Startup Events, read the Insights Blog for what to do in the week after a conference, or join an InfoSession.
About Founder Institute: The Founder Institute is the World's Largest AI-Native Company Builder, giving idea-stage, first-time founders, and employees making the leap to entrepreneurship the tools, global network, and proven methodology to build an AI-powered startup from zero to funding. Since 2009, our structured programs have helped over 9,000 founders across 100 countries raise more than $2BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 6 continents, our mission is to empower talented and motivated people everywhere to build impactful, AI-powered companies.
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