CHESS

Run by University City Science Center CHESS.

CHESS is a three-month hybrid programme in Philadelphia for medtech and healthtech ventures, with the option to extend. It makes a $15,000 award alongside up to eight hours of clinical advisor access per month; equity terms are not published.

Investment

US$15,000 (Below North America median $100k · Below global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

Not disclosed

Duration

13 weeks (At North America median 13 wks · Shorter than global median 20 wks)

Format

hybrid

Cadence

Not disclosed

Location

Philadelphia, United States

Sectors

• MedTech
• Health Tech

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://sciencecenter.org/programs/clinicians-for-healthcare-excellence-and-startup-success-chess read 2026-09-05 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, duration weeks, format, application url, contact email

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Last verified 2026-09-05.