Tampa Bay Wave HealthTech|X Accelerator

Amount

In-kind

No equity; $100K+ resource

Deadline

Rolling

Odds

Not published

Effort

1–2 days

Can you get this?

✓Behavioral health or addiction tech startups only

✓Seed or Series A stage required

✓Must have proprietary technology

✓At least two full-time team members

✓Minimum 6–12 months financial runway

Your real odds

The 2026 cohort is limited to behavioral health and addiction, so if that is not your focus, you are not competitive regardless of team quality.

Cohort sizes are likely small given the dual-region structure and selective framing, and the thematic filter is doing most of the screening work before anyone reads your application.

What it takes

Confirm fit: verify your startup is in behavioral health or addiction tech at Seed or Series A with 6–12 months runway and a two-person full-time team1–2 days

Prepare application materials: business plan, market validation evidence, financial runway proof1–2 weeks

Submit application by the deadlineBy Sept 14, 2026

Worth knowing

The access to Vanderbilt researchers, clinicians, and technology licensing is the real differentiator here, because those relationships can get your product validated inside an actual health system rather than by an advisory board with no procurement power.

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