Supporting startups from the ground up

The Henry Ford + MSU Innovation Hub places the power and expertise of both organizations in your hands. We provide the practical support you need, no matter where you are in your journey.

• Market assessment
• Business plan development
• Startup formation and programming
• Commercial development
• Early stage funding
• Ongoing mentorship and support

Beyond the Basics

We have a deep pool of resources you will not find anywhere else.

Clinical expertise including validation pathways, real-world evidence, data, research partnerships, and pilot sites.

• Clinical environments are essential for proving solutions that work beyond theory. We offer supervised access to those clinical settings for you to test, iterate, and validate products with health care providers.
• This accelerated validation pathway can significantly reduce time-to-market while strengthening regulatory submissions with robust evidence.

Entrepreneurial support including commercialization strategy, incubation programs, and regulatory guidance.

• We connect health care entrepreneurs with experienced mentors, clinical validation environments, and specialized regulatory guidance — all essential components for health care innovation success.
• We provide startups with direct pathways to early customers and reference sites through our established networks, addressing the classic adoption challenges that typically slow health care innovation.
• Programs like the Conquer Accelerator, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, and Mentor-in-Residence provide additional opportunities to learn and network.

Venture investment for seed stage companies.

• Beyond capital, our venture investments provide health care startups with "smart money" that includes deep industry insights, operational guidance, and access to subject matter experts across our networks.
• Strategic investors like us offer entrepreneurs invaluable market validation that attracts additional funding and partnership opportunities in ways traditional financial investors cannot match.

Reach out to us at InnovationHub@hfhs.org or complete our intake form.