1337 Ventures Re launches Inno4Her for Women-led Startups in SEA

• 1337 has introduced Alpha Startups ™ Inno4Her 2026
• It is a dedicated accelerator for FemTech and women-led startups
• The program tries to respond to women's health, well-being, and daily issues

1337 Ventures has unveiled the start of Alpha Startups Inno4Her 2026, signaling the return of their accelerator program dedicated to FemTech innovation as well as women-driven startups in Southeast Asia.

Based on their initial cohort performance early in 2025, the program aims to address increasing interest in solutions that involve women’s health, wellness, and lifestyle issues, while at the same time narrowing the gap in terms of investments accessible to women entrepreneurs.

The 2026 program is usually open to early-stage startups dealing in a broad range of areas such as fertility and women’s health extending beyond tracking, menstrual and hormonal health, integrative women’s health and wellness, FemTech solutions for underserved women, and women-founded startups in areas beyond the healthcare industry.

In an effort to broaden its scope, the purpose of the Inno4Her initiative may be to address innovation in both the health and broader societal issues through scalable business models.

Inno4Her 2026 will be a hybrid accelerator model that will combine physical events with online components. It will offer such elements as physical onboarding, physical demo days, online one-on-one mentor meetings, and office hours.

The participating startups will get access to office hours with investors, operators, and corporate partners like Epic Angels and Microsoft For Startups. The startups will also get advice from experienced founders and subject matter experts in areas like product, regulatory, scale, go-to-market, and fundraising readiness.

The re-launch of this program has come against the backdrop of rising focus on FemTech innovation for women’s healthcare across the world. According to research quoted by 1337 Ventures, women are among the highly engaged healthcare users, yet many of their healthcare’s needs remain inadequately serviced.

The improvement of women’s healthcare is progressively recognized for its profound implications for healthcare delivery.

According to 1337 Ventures, Inno4Her is described as being both economically and socially driven to better facilitate access for women entrepreneurs to resources, networks, and opportunities. Applications for Alpha Startups Inno4Her 2026 have opened to startups in Malaysia and region-wide in Southeast Asia.

Inno4Her will kick off in January 2026 for selected startups to be showcased and accessed, along with being mentored.