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Lumos Health opens applications for second cohort

By Startup Enthusiast · 15 June 2026

What they do

Lumos Health is a healthcare speed-scaling programme for early-stage startups

It opened applications for Cohort II, deadline June 25, 2026, targeting healthtech and medtech startups

The programme is a partnership between HCG director Anjali Ajaikumar and Anthill Ventures

Lumos Health Advisory opened applications for its Cohort II.
The deadline to apply is June 25, 2026.
Cohort II targets early-stage healthtech and medtech startups from Asia and beyond.
The programme provides clinical infrastructure, regulatory expertise, market opportunities, and investor networks.
It is a partnership between Anjali Ajaikumar (Director of HCG) and Anthill Ventures.
Alumni companies include ErlySign, RayIoT, KroniKare, AyuRhythm, and Deep Holistics.
The programme reviewed over 500 startups, received over 350 applications, and selected 8 for its portfolio.

Lumos Health is a healthcare speed-scaling programme, not a startup itself.
It focuses on seed-to-early-expansion stage startups.
Support includes regulatory guidance, clinical validation, market access, fundraising introductions, mentorship, cohort learning, and infrastructure.
Focus areas include preventive health, longevity, oncology, fertility, women's health, genetics, genomics, diagnostics, and medtech.
It also encourages AI, predictive analytics, IoT remote monitoring, self-testing, image pathology, blockchain, and healthcare big data solutions.
Anthill Ventures is a global VC platform managing a $100M fund, with networks in India, the US, and Singapore.

Anthill Ventures (partner) — Anthill Ventures is a global VC platform managing a $100M fund, with networks in India, the US, and Singapore.