FOUNDER FOUNDATION / PRE-ACCELERATOR
Validate. Build. Prepare.
A practical life sciences pre-accelerator that prepares early-stage teams for your accelerator, investment readiness and commercialization.
Partner-first
Built for innovation hubs
Specialized
Life sciences curriculum
Practical
Worksheets and experts
Measurable
Track founder progress
WHY INNOVATION HUBS AND ACCELERATORS PARTNER WITH HEADWAY
Send better-prepared founders into your accelerator.
Headway helps your innovation hub or accelerator turn scientific promise into more focused venture opportunities—without replacing your program identity or relationships.
01
More qualified cohorts
Bring founders with a clearer unmet need and evidence plan into your accelerator.
02
Better founder discipline
Build commercial thinking, customer discovery and decision-making habits.
03
Less staff reinvention
Use specialist curriculum, worksheets and a consistent operating sequence.
04
Visible readiness gains
Compare entry and exit scores and identify the next milestone.
STRUCTURED LIFE SCIENCES PROGRAMMING
A clear framework your ecosystem can deliver.
Headway gives program leaders a practical operating sequence, documented milestones and reviewable outputs.
01
Discover
Clarify clinical problem and customer.
02
Validate
Test assumptions and solution relevance.
03
Market
Define users, buyers and competition.
04
Model
Build venture logic and economics.
05
Prepare
Address team and feasibility gaps.
06
Advance
Document accelerator-ready milestones.
WHAT YOUR ORGANIZATION RECEIVES
A pre-accelerator curriculum you can embed in your ecosystem's founder intake and preparation process.
- Problem, buyer and market validation
- Founder and team readiness assessment
- Initial business model and evidence map
- Accelerator preparation roadmap
YOUR BRAND. YOUR PROGRAM. HEADWAY'S SPECIALIZED SUPPORT.
Designed for the organizations guiding life sciences founders.
Accelerators
Strengthen cohort readiness and specialist support.
Innovation hubs
Offer a defined program without building everything internally.
Universities
Move discoveries and spinouts toward better decisions.
Ecosystem funders
Track founder milestones and program-level progress.