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— This year’s spring cohort for the gBETA Madison startup accelerator includes companies developing at-home health tests, health care operations software and more.
Organizers for the program recently announced the five startup companies chosen for the free, seven-week experience, which aims to prepare entrepreneurs for participating in equity-based accelerators and seeking investment capital.
Participants will pitch to investors and members of the public during an April 28th showcase event in Madison to cap off the program, which is organized by gener8tor and also involves WEDC.
The spring 2026 cohort includes:
*Nelambos, a Madison-based startup that’s developing an at-home self-administered diagnostic test for urinary tract infections. It can be used by patients or caregivers to detect UTIs earlier, with a goal of preventing further bloodstream infections and sepsis and reducing health care costs.
Company leaders have filed a patent application for its test, and have completed at least 250 customer interviews to gauge the market.
*Doogooda, a startup with an automation platform for operational decision-making in health care, such as staffing, policy updates and more. The Korean company points to a lack of documentation for decisions across these areas, resulting in “decision fatigue” among leadership and “zero audit trail” for justifying decisions to regulators or board.
The company says it’s generated $500,000 in revenue from at least five institutional clients in hospitals, government and other businesses. Founders are looking to leverage initial momentum in Korea’s single-payer health care system to enter the U.S. market.
Other startups in the cohort are developing technologies for manufacturing, energy storage and farming.
Since it began in 2015, graduates of the gBETA program have raised more than $1 billion in capital and created at least 7,000 jobs across the United States and Canada, according to gener8tor.
See more on the full spring cohort, and see the release below.
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