Providence, RI, October 28th, 2020 - Two Rhode Island-based startups, Asthenis and Q2Behave, are awarded funding through the New England Medical Innovation Center’s (NEMIC) ACTIVATE Program.

ACTIVATE is a seed funding preparation program supported by Rhode Island Commerce. Through Activate, Rhode Island-based MedTech startups can apply to be awarded professional services valued between $15,000-$37,000 to fill gaps in their business plan in preparation for a successful round of fundraising.

Congratulations to a NEMIC Fellow, Lura Health on being awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Phase I SBIR grant for $256,000. This grant will support the development of their current intra-oral salivary pH monitor and help them progress towards the ultimate vision of creating a comprehensive personal health management system, using saliva as a diagnostic medium.

Providence, RI, July 7th, 2020 - Rhode Island-based startup, Quantitative to Qualitative Health a.k.a Q2Q Health, is awarded funding through the New England Medical Innovation Center’s (NEMIC) ACTIVATE Program.

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.

PROVIDENCE, RI, October 22, 2019 – The New England Medical Innovation Center (NEMIC) is excited to announce they have been awarded an Innovation Network Matching Grant from Commerce Rhode Island to grow Rhode Island’s Med Tech ecosystem and support local Med Tech entrepreneurs. The award of $195,000 will support:

• Activation Program

• Expansion into the CIC Providence

• RI Business Competition Collaboration

Our Managing Partners, Aidan Petrie and Lydia Shin Schroter linked up in 2017 when they found that their backgrounds and specialties in the Med Tech field fit like puzzle pieces.

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.

Do you have a biomedical technology or medical innovation you want to take to market?

Learn how to wow investors and secure funding to launch your business through this 10-week Immersion Program from the New England Medical Innovation Center (NEMIC) and Advance-CTR.