Entrepreneurship in Health
Georgetown University’s Entrepreneurial Pilot Initiative in the Health and Wellness Space
Supporting Our Community in
Health & Wellness
Georgetown Entrepreneurship continues to create space for existing and aspiring entrepreneurs to explore their passions and translate ideas into new ventures, solving the toughest challenges and leaving the world a better place than how they found it.
Recognizing the urgent and growing need for this continued innovation within the health and wellness space, we launched a new pilot initiative to partner with leaders across the University and our community to provide more targeted entrepreneurial support to enable our students, alumni, faculty, and staff to embark on and be successful in furthering these ideas.
Through this pilot, Georgetown Entrepreneurship seeks to be a force multiplier for existing innovation programs, instill the entrepreneurial mindset in our thought leaders, and build the skillsets needed to make these ideas a reality.
Leadership
our Inaugural Entrepreneurship in Health Pitch Challenge - april 16, 2025
Congratulations to the winners of our Entrepreneurship in Health Pitch Challenge!
Mark Silverman Award ($2000): Ahlay Hussain – On the Go
Runner Up ($1000): Krish Kapadia and Malvika Mehta – HaloAegis
People’s Choice Award ($500): Callum Newton, Sophia Levit, and Michael Bratslavsky – Aurora Probiotics
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Past Events
Food as Medicine: Virtual Panel on Food and Healthcare Innovation
Mentoring & Resources
Start-Up Virtual Bootcamp
Tapping into the collective knowledge and experience of our Entrepreneurs-In-Residence and select alumni, we developed a mini-MBA curriculum, asynchronous resources, (including instructional videos, best practices, and winning pitch examples – all tailored to this unique market) and provided 1-on-1 mentoring to support medical students in pitching innovative ventures at this year’s Georgetown Entrepreneurship Challenge and Healthcare Innovation Summit.
- Increased participation by 30% in 2023 with an expected 100% additional increase in 2024
- Invited winning teams for consideration in Entrepreneurship’s Summer Launch Incubator and Georgetown Startup Accelerator
The Gap Fund
In recognizing the funding challenges of many early-stage discoveries, Georgetown created The Gap Fund to overcome some of the funding barriers and to strengthen the impact on innovation from our research enterprise.
In collaboration with The Office of Technology Commercialization and Georgetown Leadership, Entrepreneur-in-Residence John Jabara has been supporting The Gap Fund since inception. He serves on the advisory board that reviews applications and brings thought leadership and best practices in design thinking and lean startup to support university inventors and awardees in moving these ideas forward.
Learn more about how it could apply to your research and innovations:
Meet our Expert entrepreneurs in residence
healthcare entrepreneurship mentors
Service & Engagement
We continue to expand our engagement across the University and our region to build community, make connections, and offer expertise to further our impact.
Engaging with alumni
Connecting with our alumni working in the healthcare entrepreneurship and innovation space to help students to gain access to expertise, funding, and career opportunities.
Expanding our network
Building relationships with local innovation labs, government and policy leaders, and regional life science accelerators to amplify our impact.
Gaining Exposure
Bringing a start-up business point of view to University programs, like the Global Social Innovation Lab, to help companies refine their ideas to address global health and wellness challenges.
creating Informal communities
Facilitating collaboration and networking through established communication channels and student and club events.
Latest news
Shanda and Founder Dumi Mabhena Join the Leonsis Venture Lab
Georgetown Entrepreneurship’s Leonsis Venture Lab, a hub for alumni entrepreneurs located in downtown Washington, D.C., has welcomed two exciting additions to its community: Shanda Studio and its co-founder, Dumi Mabhena.
Ted Leonsis Donates $5 Million to Georgetown Entrepreneurship
Georgetown University recently celebrated a transformative gift from Ted Leonsis (CAS ’77), his wife Lynn Leonsis and their children Zach Leonsis (GRD ’15) and Elle Leonsis (COL ’14). The $5