In the local and national business landscape, where small businesses and startups carve out their niche, there exists a need to level the playing field. Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Women Business Enterprise (WBE) certifications bolster this mission and offer a pathway for small and diverse businesses to access opportunities historically out of reach.

The candid conversation around finances resonated with attendees, making these often taboo topics more approachable.

In the blink of an eye, January is gone, and February is here. From a great Lunch + Learn with our #EMPOWER cohort to our latest Startup Spotlight featuring Revive Therapeutic Services - here's your chance to catch up with everything NEMIC.

A dynamic group of 12 innovators had lunch, pitched their projects, and participated in a Q+A session with Olinda Urizar-Mendez from Commerce RI.

Abby and Akos have worked to procure a dynamic, diverse team of therapists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and psychiatrists, all committed to providing high-quality, individualized mental health care to patients.

While we work to chart the course for years of sustainable future growth, it's also important to look back and reflect on all that we were able to accomplish during 2023. Together with our partners, we had our best year yet - working with hundreds of startups, entrepreneurs, and inventors. We engaged with more global companies than ever, setting the groundwork for bolstering Rhode Island as a Center of Excellence in Health Technologies.

Aidan Petrie was honored to be invited to participate in two key industry events last month: the 2023 Beahrs Surgical Innovation Summit, in Rochester, MN; as well as the 2023 Northern New England MedTech Conference, in Hannover, NH .

Companies developing medical and healthcare technologies frequently need access to highly specialized expertise to guide and advise as they progress. As part of NEMIC’s consulting services, those companies will now have access to a network of the brightest minds in the healthcare industry

Just Breathe is a revolutionary relaxation device placed into the mouth that uses light airflow to guide users through pre-programmed breathing patterns that are calming, targeted, and science-backed.

This latest and much-anticipated strategic partnership aims to amplify our combined strengths to enrich the health innovation ecosystem in Rhode Island with the shared goal of expanding beyond local and regional borders.

As a corporate member, Marcum will bring its extensive professional expertise to the table, offering a range of advisory, financial, and strategic services to empower NEMIC's innovators.

NEMIC is pleased to announce the 20 distinguished individuals and startups selected as recipients of our most recent Accelerators funded through RI Commerce and DLT.

As we all come together under the domain of the newly minted RILSH Board, the state will be well-poised to realize its ambitions and carve a niche for itself across the full spectrum of the Life Sciences.

Since Rhode Island's first community vaccination drive began in Central Falls, about 15% of the city's residents have received their first doses of vaccine. That’s compared with 9% of residents statewide.

At the end of 2020, NEMIC was asked by Dr. Eugenio Fernandez of the Asthenis Pharmacy, a NEMIC Activate Fellow, to help build out a COVID-19 vaccination delivery program in Central Falls, Rhode Island.