gener8tor and Prosper To Host the OnRamp Healthcare Conference in Birmingham, Alabama

The event will welcome hundreds of startups, corporations and investors focused on innovation and technology in the healthcare industry 

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - gener8tor and Prosper will host the OnRamp Healthcare Conference on Aug. 24-25, 2022 in Birmingham at the Protective Stadium and Legacy Arena. The conference will bring together corporations, investors, startups and members of the medical community, highlighting innovations disrupting traditional healthcare, the future of medicine, healthcare leaders making such innovations possible, and new technologies and business models that aim to reinvent the industry.

The OnRamp Healthcare Conference serves as a fast-paced networking event that provides a knowledge-sharing platform for emerging healthcare and healthtech startup companies. A diverse mix of companies will be in attendance to include the 2021 Prosper HealthTech Accelerator cohort startups – Peak Mind, Oben Health, Health OpX, Kaya, TruDiary – as well as startup companies from across the country including DocuMentor, EnsoData, Trusty.care, BotDoc, Delve Health, Pear Suite, Lensbox, AOA Dx, Mitivate, Inc. and CaringWire. These startups strive to foster dependable alternatives to healthcare and healthcare technologies, offer more accessibility to lower healthcare costs, and deliver increased efficiencies in healthcare processes. 

One of the main components of the conference is the Startup Track, which will sync startups with healthcare investors and corporations. Through one-on-one meetings, startup founders will have the opportunity to pitch their companies to financial investors such as J.P. Morgan, 450 Ventures, Altitude Ventures, American Family Insurance, Black Tech Capital, Delve, Husch Blackwell, LvIUp Ventures, Kimberly-Clark, Redhawk, Springtime Ventures, UAB Medicine, Unity Point and WisMed.

Conference attendees will hear from experts in both the startup and healthcare industries including a welcome address from Alabama Secretary of Commerce Greg Canfield and two engaging keynote speaker sessions. Wednesday evening will feature speaker Shegun Otulana, founder and CEO of Harmony Venture Labs, who will share his expertise through his speech titled, “Reimagining Startup Success and the Ideal Founder.” Roy Johnson, Pulitzer Prize-finalist journalist and statewide columnist for Alabama Media Group, will serve as the moderator during Otulana’s speech. On Thursday, keynote speaker, Camille Chang Gilmore, will deliver her keynote, covering the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion in healthcare, titled "No One Should Be Missed.” Gilmore is a leading health and medical device industry executive and 2022 BSX Catalyst Award winner for one of the most prestigious recognitions that honors DE&I leadership and excellence. 

“gener8tor is proud to partner with Prosper for the OnRamp Healthcare Conference, hosting the full-scale annual event in Birmingham for the first time,” said Maggie Brickerman, partner at gener8tor. “With our missions aligned, Prosper and gener8tor are collectively building up and sustaining the healthcare startup community, offering entrepreneurs - no matter their race, place or gender - impactful opportunities and access to industry-specific experts and investors through venues like this two-day comprehensive conference.”  

Prosper is a coalition of community, civic and business leaders committed to creating a more vibrant, racially- and gender-inclusive economy. In 2021, Prosper and gener8tor launched the Prosper HealthTech Accelerator, a program investing in health technology startups from across the country. In addition to alumni from the inaugural spring 2022 program to attend the conference, the fall 2022 startup companies will also participate. The newest cohort will be announced in the fall with the accelerator program running through November 2022.  

“Prosper is working toward a more equitable and inclusive economy in Birmingham through three main focus areas; job creation, job preparation and job access,” said Angela Scott Abdur-Rasheed, Communications and Community Engagement director. “Through our partnership with gener8tor, we are tackling these areas through four main initiatives, which include our HealthTech Accelerator and the OnRamp Healthcare Conference.” 

Additional generous OnRamp Healthcare Conference sponsors include American Family Institute for Social Impact, Authenticx, Delve, Blue Cross Blue Shield Alabama, eCosmos, UAB Medical, Hill Capital Corporation, Husch Blackwell and Protective Life.

For more information and to register to attend the conference, visit the gener8tor OnRamp Healthcare website.  

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About gener8tor 

gener8tor is a venture firm and national accelerator network that supports startups, founders, workers, employers, artists and musicians across race, place and gender. gener8tor partners with companies, governments, universities and nonprofits to operate programs in more than 35 communities across 20 states and two countries. Fast Company named gener8tor one of the Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2021 and 2022.

About Prosper 

Prosper is a coalition of community, civic and business leaders committed to creating a more vibrant and racially inclusive economy. Core to every action by Prosper is whether the action is equitable and whether it will invest in Birmingham’s Black community and women. 

About OnRamp Healthcare Conference

The OnRamp Healthcare Conference brings together corporations, investors, startups and members of the health care team. The conference highlights innovations disrupting health care and the future of medicine, the healthcare leaders making such innovations possible and how new technologies and business models will reinvent the industry. Determined to lower cost, increase access and improve outcomes, OnRamp Healthcare is for anyone striving to change healthcare for the better.

About Prosper Healthcare Accelerator Program

Prosper HealthTech Accelerator connects cutting-edge, health technology startups to the coaching, capital and connections they need to build and grow their businesses. This program aims to make Birmingham the center of health technology solutions through investments in entrepreneurship, talent and community engagements.  Prosper’s HealthTech Accelerator is funded through the Department of Commerce Growing Alabama initiative and Alabama Power tax credit donor.