March 2023 Newsletter: It's all About the Pitch
Ready...Set...Pitch! As spring approaches, baseball players aren't the only ones getting ready to pitch. We're busy preparing for a super exciting Speed Pitch event with Venture Café Providence. In this newsletter, learn how you can particpate! Plus, in our Virtual Classroom Course Spotlight, we're detailing our amazing course on pitching your startup.
Speed Pitch: Join Us as We Highlight RI's Med Tech Ecosystem
NEMIC is partnering with Venture Café Providence to shine a light on Rhode Island's extensive and ever-growing med tech community.
Venture Cafe's Thursday Gathering on March 30 will give participants an insider peek into ongoing and developing healthcare startups, companies, and service providers bringing value, change, and growth to Rhode Island and beyond. This event spotlights Rhode Island’s extensive local healthcare ecosystem via impactful 2-minute presentations, spanning topics from medical devices and healthcare technologies to the service providers supporting startups on their paths forward. Come explore why Rhode Island has an impressive stake as a Med Tech Center of Excellence.
Participants Include:
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SMöLTAP
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Practice Marketing and Communications
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ResusciTech
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KardioStatus
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Virtual Classroom
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Ursanex
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Solstice Consulting
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Michelle Wu Consulting
If you'd like to apply to pitch, CLICK HERE »
Course Spotlight: Pitching a Company 101
Every successful startup needs a pitch deck that influences and inspires investors.
NEMIC Virtual Classroom's course "Pitching a Company 101: Storytelling for the Entrepreneur"a-company-101 is a must for the budding entrepreneur.
During this course, NEMIC advisors Aidan Petrie and Lydia Shin Schroter will teach you how to tell the story of your venture and help you organize that information into a compelling pitch deck. And, like all Virtual Classroom courses, Pitching a Company 101 is asynchronous - allowing you the flexibility to learn on your own time and at your own pace.
Trust us, it's the best $120 investment you can make in your startup. It's just one of many a la carte options available.
NEMIC Announces 2023 Accelerator Program Participants
NEMIC is thrilled to announce we'll be helping six amazing startups knock their ventures out of the park. They've been chosen to join the 2023 NEMIC Accelerator Program - funded thru the Rhode Island Department of Labor & Training.
Participants Include:
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eMoglobin
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ResusciTech
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Just Breathe LLC
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Rahoo
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Joshua Burrow
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Hyscope
These outstanding startups are ready to create meaningful healthcare products and services that will transform communities.
Please join us in congratulating everyone selected!
NEMIC in the NEWS
PBN: NEMIC programs helping draw global startups to Providence, break into U.S. market
(PBN) — John Cho was not very familiar with Providence a few months ago. As a South Korean entrepreneur in the healthcare sector, he never thought of Rhode Island as a hub for medical technology. So when he applied for a global program in South Korea and was partnered with the New England Medical Innovation Center in Providence, he was unsure what the state could offer him.
“I realized they [NEMIC] were completely in our sector, and they were the ones who could not just have opportunities to have funding but to give helpful guidance for this sector specifically,” said Cho, founder of Kangsters Corp., a South Korean startup that produces fitness products for wheelchair users
PBN: 5 Questions with Lydia Shin Schroter
NEMIC co-founder Lydia Shin Schroter leads our global programs, which bring foreign startups to Providence to help them break into the U.S. market. She recently traveled to South Korea for the 20th World Korean Business Convention, where she was invited to be a judge for a startup pitch competition.
She discussed with Providence Business News NEMIC’s accelerator programs, its global aspirations, and Providence’s potential to be a hub for innovation.
Community News
NEMIC Fellow Joyuus, LLC Receives $1.7 Million in Small Business Innovative Research Grant Funding to Develop Postpartum Technology Program
Joyuus™, LLC, a digital health startup in women's health and a NEMIC fellow, recently announced it received $1.7 million in Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant funding through the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Minority Health, and Health Disparities.
Of the 4 million births per year, one in three women will have a severe (often preventable) health outcome. Black and brown women are 3-4 times more likely to die from preventable postpartum complications than white women. One in seven women suffers from depression over the 12 months after having a baby. Too many women struggle unnecessarily. Founded by experts in health research, product development, and design, Joyuus is working on converting scientific research into an impactful healthcare solution.
Through this funding, Joyuus will deliver evidence-based information on over 100 topics impacting moms during the entire 12 months after having a baby, from acute clinical concerns to physical, mental, and real-life issues to give women power over their postpartum health.
Are you looking for funding to take your business to the next level? Join Venture Café's signature Thursday Gathering focused on startup funding and leveraging networks. Speakers at this Gathering include investors, founders, and master networkers.
The gathering will be on March 2, 2023 | 4:30 - 7:30 pm
4:30-7:30 PM - Innovation on Tap
4:30-6:30 PM - Conversation Corner - How to Unlock R&D Funds with RI Commerce
5:30-7:00 PM - Find Those Funds with Rhode Island Business Competition
6:45-7:30 PM - Workshop - Creating Massive Impact Using Linkedin