New England’s Hub for Healthcare Innovation

What We Do

The New England Medical Innovation Center (NEMIC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving as the region’s premier innovation hub that accelerates healthcare technologies, workforce development, and ecosystem collaboration. We serve as a convenor, connecting, entrepreneurs, startups, industry leaders, academic institutions, healthcare organizations, and government partners to transform promising ideas into real-world impact.

Through accelerator programs, expert advisory services, commercialization support, industry events, and strategic partnerships, NEMIC helps innovators navigate the complex path from concept to market. Our work strengthens the healthcare and life sciences ecosystems while creating pathways to high-value careers, supporting business growth, and driving regional competitiveness.

By bringing together the people, resources, and expertise needed to solve healthcare's toughest challenges, NEMIC is building a healthier, more innovative, and more prosperous future for all.

How We Drive HealthTech Innovation

NEMIC Supports Startups at Every Stage and Beyond

Concept

Have an Idea? Don’t know where to start? Through NEMIC’s Educational Pathways and Programs, learn how to take your first steps from Concept to Pre-Seed.

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Our Services

Pre-Seed

So you’ve secured initial funding. Now what? With NEMIC’s Accelerator Program, get advice from seasoned industry professionals. Craft your deck, compete in pitch competitions, access investors and grow your network along the way.

Seed

Navigating FDA approvals, IP & Patents? NEMIC helps you throughout the regulatory processes. Work with our industry partners for legal advice and accounting expertise, with NEMIC’s support every step of the way.

Series A

Ready to prove your product in the real world? NEMIC connects you with clinicians and healthcare partners to test, validate and build the evidence your next stage depends on.

Series B

Established, funded and ready to leave your home market? Through NEMIC's growing partnerships, explore opportunities in innovation hubs across the globe.

Continued Support

Entering a new market? Launching a new product? Your journey with NEMIC doesn’t end here. We remain a connector and collaborator, helping you grow from your next idea to your next round.

Select stages to see how NEMIC can offer you support.

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Expert Advising

Pairing clients with advisors who match their unique business needs

Individually curated programs to accelerate the developmental process

Accelerator Programs

Consulting and Mentorship from experienced industry professionals

Services

Building and fostering a community of HealthTech innovators

Community

We Help Ventures Bridge the Gap from Idea to Reality

515+ Companies mentored, 10,000+ hours advised, 244,000+ patients/customers served, and $150M raised by Fellows

Our Fellows are Building Better Futures

We Match You with Services Grounded in Decades of Industry Experience

We work with an extensive network of expert advisors who are here to help you scale and grow your business. You can work with them directly by contacting the NEMIC team or enrolling in the NEMIC Virtual Classroom.

  • Anshul Parulkar

    Clinical Validation

  • Karen Miller

    Startup Operations

  • Tom Hutchinson

    Regulatory + Quality Assurance

  • David Josephs

    Intellectual Property

Global Reach,
Personal Impact

Enabling companies to commercialize and scale in US Markets

Our startups are taking on some of healthcare’s biggest global challenges. By connecting entrepreneurs with clinicians, service providers, pharmacies and industry partners, we help turn bold ideas into solutions that improve lives far beyond our region.

Our Partners

  • CBIZ
  • Nova
  • AlvaMed
  • EY
  • BCA
  • MMID
  • Peoples Credit Union
  • Practice
  • Octo
  • Delve
  • Battelle
  • Enlil
  • HA Horizontal
  • Boyd Biomedical
  • Veranex
  • CompLyonsHR
  • Vivvadae Life Sciences

Our Corporate Members

  • Emergency Digital Health Innovation
  • Brown University Health
  • Magpie
  • Northeastern University
  • KLR
  • Venture Café Providence
  • Advance RI-CTR
  • StartupX
  • RISD
  • DLT Rhode Island
  • Ximedica
  • DesignXHealth
  • RIBio
  • CIC
  • Providence Creative Capital
  • University of Rhode Island
  • Troutman Pepper Locke
  • Center for Digital Health
  • Rhode Island Commerce
  • Innovation & Design
  • Bryant University
  • Rhode Island Foundation
  • ARPA-H Investor Catalyst Hub
  • Cherrystone Angel Group
  • Rhode Island Life Science Hub
  • MIT Sandbox
  • Design RI
  • KOTRA
  • Slater Technology Fund
  • RIHUB
  • Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses