Hosts
The Pearl
The Pearl is Charlotte’s first innovation district: a vibrant, one-of-its-kind ecosystem that sits at the crossroads of world-leading research, academic excellence, corporate innovation, clinical translation, entrepreneurial activity and community engagement.
Kepler Team
Digital health innovation lab specializing in rapid product development and EHR integrations. From prototypes to complicated enterprise-level systems, we build solutions for healthtech transformers who seek to better people’s lives through technology.
Champion Sponsor
DLA Piper
DLA Piper is a global law firm engineered to support ambition, whether organizations are scaling, transforming, or navigating complex challenges. With a presence in over 40 countries, they combine local insight with international reach to deliver sophisticated, commercially minded legal solutions. From corporate transactions and litigation to regulatory strategy, real estate, finance, IP, and beyond, they partner with clients across industries to make bold ideas real and manage risk with confidence.
Pitch Party Sponsor
Premier
Premier, Inc. is a leading technology-driven healthcare improvement company. Playing a critical role in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, Premier unites providers, suppliers and payers to make healthcare better with national scale, smarter with actionable intelligence and faster with novel technologies. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier offers integrated data and analytics, collaboratives, supply chain solutions, advisory services and other solutions in service of our mission to improve the health of communities. Please visit Premier’s news site at www.premierinc.com; as well as X, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram and Premier’s blog for more information about the Company.
Supported by
NC IDEA
NC IDEA is an independent private foundation committed to equitably empowering North Carolinians to achieve their entrepreneurial potential. Through their powerful combination of competitive grants and programs and a network of strategic partners, they are helping entrepreneurs when they need it most. NC IDEA’s resources are highly competitive, enabling the Foundation to support North Carolina’s most ambitious entrepreneurs. Specifically through NC IDEA ENGAGE, NC IDEA helps entrepreneurship
advocates offer programs, pilot new initiatives and organize virtual and in-person events that bring people together to support entrepreneurial activity.
The City of Charlotte
The City of Charlotte is committed to building a thriving innovation economy by supporting entrepreneurs at every stage of growth. Through strategic partnerships with accelerators, health systems, and economic development organizations, Charlotte invests in the founders and ideas shaping the future of healthcare. The City's support of the gBETA Charlotte Health Accelerator reflects its dedication to making Charlotte a destination where health innovators can start, grow, and scale.
Community Sponsors
Connect Labs by Wexford
Connect Labs Charlotte is a floor dedicated to supporting health innovators within The Pearl Innovation District. We provide move-in ready space along with staff support and shared equipment.
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
We create North Carolina’s competitive advantage in the life sciences by engaging partners, maximizing opportunities, and delivering solutions to accelerate innovation, investment, and job creation. The Greater Charlotte Region office contributes to the region’s innovation ecosystem by connecting stakeholder needs with resources and promotes NCBiotech’s programs and services to foster life sciences research, business, education, and strategy.
gener8tor
gener8tor fosters innovation ecosystems through its accelerator programs, venture capital funds, and skills-based workforce initiatives. With a strong track record of supporting high-growth companies, gener8tor has expanded across the U.S. and internationally, building partnerships with governments, corporations, universities, and economic development organizations to drive entrepreneurship and economic impact. gener8tor operates accelerators across 45 cities, 25 states and 3 countries, working with more than 300 startups per year. To date, gener8tor has worked with more than 2,100 startups that have cumulatively gone on to raise more than $2.9B in financing and employ more than 15,000 people.
TechCXO
TechCXO is the original fractional C-suite firm, founded in 2003 and pioneering the model that has helped thousands of high-growth companies access enterprise-level leadership without the cost of full-time hires. With deep expertise across Finance, Technology, Marketing, Sales, Operations, and Human Capital, including a dedicated Healthcare & Life Sciences practice, TechCXO's network of experienced executives embeds directly with teams to drive strategy and deliver measurable results. From funded startups to established companies, TechCXO brings the leadership that health innovators need to scale with confidence.
BICASA North America
BICASA North America is the U.S. joint venture with BICASA Srl, Italy’s renowned laboratory furniture and fume hood manufacturer established in 1947. Based in Charlotte, NC, we bring the precision of Italian design together with the reliability of American craftsmanship to serve laboratories across North America. We are committed to redefining modern laboratory environments through high‑quality, durable, and elegantly engineered furniture and fume hoods. Safety is the foundation of every system we build, delivering cutting‑edge protection while supporting the flexibility and adaptability today’s research spaces demand.
PitchBreakfast
PitchBreakfast provides startups a chance to practice their most crucial pitch in a supportive environment. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month, 3 founders are invited to pitch to a panel of investors for feedback and support in front of the community.
ScaleHealthTech
ScaleHealthTech is a healthcare exclusive technology and transformation partner trusted by leading healthcare CIOs and digital leaders to turn strategy into measurable outcomes. We help healthcare organizations modernize complex IT-Digital-Data and enterprise environments without disruption, vendor noise, or AI hype by combining deep healthcare expertise with execution led delivery. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, with center for digital health innovation ( CDHI) in New Delhi India, ScaleHealthTech bridges the gap between digital strategy priorities and execution capabilities enabling healthcare organizations to move faster, spend less, and deliver more.
PulsePoint Path
PulsePoint Path is the startup growth and de-risk engine at the center of the Health Board Advisors ecosystem — the triple-matching platform connecting healthtech founders to growth systems, expert operators, and investor networks. Backed by 100+ healthcare-focused operators and advisors, PulsePoint Path gives founders the capital-ready infrastructure and proven 12-point framework to move from early revenue to fundable scale. Alongside Health Board Advisor Fellowship and Venture Vitality, PulsePoint Path is where Health Innovation Day's most ambitious companies come to build what lasts.
HealthIMPACT Live
HealthIMPACT Live is a media and events company connecting senior health IT leaders through Digital Health Talks, our weekly podcast and video series, the HealthIMPACT Forum, the Virtual Changemaker Series, and the Operators Table Dinners. We bring together the executives and innovators doing the real work of transforming healthcare. Learn more at www.healthimpactlive.com.
Collaborators
Innovate Charlotte
Innovate Charlotte helps to strengthen and grow Charlotte’s innovation-driven entrepreneurial ecosystem. We do this by supporting founders directly, convening the community, and connecting startups with the talent, capital, and corporate partners they need to scale.
Medipreneurs
Medipreneurs is a network of health professional entrepreneurs and intrapraneurs who gather to support each other and learn in areas of business/practice development and growth, decreased loneliness, and the pursuit of supporting each other across professional and other lines.
Northeastern University
Northeastern University in Charlotte is home to Northeastern's Center for Health Sciences and is one of the few R1 research universities in Charlotte. The campus offers programs in health sciences including nursing (ABSN, DNP), MS in Speech-Language Pathology, MS in Applied Behavior Analysis, and Master of Public Health. With Northeastern's renowned experience-powered approach to learning, students benefit from expert faculty with extensive professional experience, strong partnerships across Charlotte's growing health sector, and access to Northeastern's global network of 14 campuses and 3,800+ employer partners. The campus serves as a hub for health sciences education, research, and innovation, leveraging deep connections across industry, government, and community organizations to accelerate healthcare advancement in the Charlotte region.
Lighthouse Leadership Consultants
Lighthouse Leadership Consultants helps executives and teams lead with credibility and cohesion, so innovation moves from idea to implementation faster.
Media Sponsors
Cress Photography
Cress Photography delivers clean, intentional imagery that highlights the people, processes, and purpose behind innovative work. Focusing on authenticity and detail, we help brands communicate and tell their story with clarity and impact.
MediaCutlet
MediaCutlet partners with health tech and life sciences leaders as both consultant and creator—bridging strategy and execution. We provide event intelligence, AI consulting, and digital experiences alongside best-in-class video and photo production, helping innovative organizations clarify their message, expand their reach, and accelerate impact.