On May 28th, 2020, NEMIC held its first Curveball Pitch Night and first virtual pitch event with 3 startups pitching and 12 investors in attendance. Curveball at NEMIC is a play on and similar to their Softball Pitch Events.

After working for a large company for more than a decade, Dom Messerli was on his own for the first time in 2016.

He’d just launched a medical-technology startup out of his Bristol home specializing in spinal implants. A lot of work remained between the implant concept and the market, including clearing regulatory hurdles, and Messerli felt isolated.

“I was struggling, because I didn’t know anyone in the field,” he said. “I felt like I was this lonely guy in the medtech industry, and I just didn’t feel that there was anyone … who was doing the same thing.”

SMART is our Subject Matter Advisory Resource Team made up of subject matter experts that support NEMIC and our community of startups by providing advice, insight, knowledge, and connections to ultimately advance medical technologies to market. Each member of our SMARTeam was handpicked as a top subject matter expert in their field. Many are known as professionals who support the cultivation of an accessible and supportive Med Tech entrepreneurial ecosystem in Rhode Island.

Are you an early stage entrepreneur or industry professional looking to further your knowledge of the best practices in bringing a medical technology or digital health product to market?

Beginning this Fall, we are offering two immersive series’ of courses for entrepreneurs and industry professionals to teach learners how to develop a product within this highly regulated industry, examine current industry trends, learn the necessary skills to build a fundable business, and ultimately bring a successful technology to market.

Five NEMIC member startups, seven venture capitalists, and one in-valuable evening.  Softball at NEMIC.

Learn what it’s all about and how you can participate in this pitch event.

Digital Health, Design Health + Connections to Resources for Women Owned Businesses. This month’s Women’s Heath + Entrepreneurship Event pulls two speakers from two drastically different backgrounds in the healthcare field. One, a Doctor focusing on digital health and connecting women to funding for their healthcare startups and companies, and two, a designer focusing on global women’s health education though textile design will join us in sharing their stories of how they began working in their field, what needs they saw in their respective industries, and what they are doing now to fill those needs. Join us for an exciting event focused on women’s health and learn about these two women positively changing the healthcare space for women from drastically different angles.