The Rhode Island Business Competition aims to create and foster growth companies in Rhode Island that will increase local employment. It's all about helping emerging entrepreneurs achieve their dreams. This year, with support from Rhode Island Commerce, we are excited to announce a special track and prizes for applicants with medical technologies and digital health products.

On her year-end trip Managing Partner, Lydia Shin Schroter has met with the Director of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology and past participants of our Global Med Tech Bootcamps.

Curated by NEMIC’s Technology Partner in Residence, Tom Chiginsky, this online Flipboard magazine shares top news related to current technology trends in the healthcare industry.

Through Activate, startups can apply to be awarded professional services valued between $21,000-$37,000 to fill gaps in their business plan in preparation for a successful first round of fundraising. Learn more and apply now.

November 15th, 2019 — November 3rd, 2020 NEMIC welcomed 11 Korean startups, 1 Korean Accelerator, and 1 Korean University to Providence, Rhode Island for our 3rd Global Med Tech Bootcamp.

October 25th, 2019 — New England’s premier Med Tech venture studio, the New England Medical Innovation Center (NEMIC) hosted its second Softball Pitch Event on the evening of Thursday, October 24th, 2019. Softball is an invite-only “soft” pitch event with an overall goal to introduce NEMIC vetted startups to a group of local Med Tech focused VC’s, Angels, and investors.

Meet Debbie Lin Teodorescu the founder of SurgiBox, an on-the-go surgery solution. With SurgiBox, a surgery can be performed anywhere, such as in places without standard healthcare facilities or in emergency medical situations. Melissa Richter Bowley is the founder and CEO of Momunity, a platform to connect new and expecting mothers with care and support in their local community

Join our community of women’s health supporters and listen to our two entrepreneurs as they share their stories of why they started their business and how it has affected patients and women.

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

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.

FRESH ideas are at the core of the medical-technology industry, but as Aidan Petrie saw during his tenure as chief innovation officer at Providence-based Ximedica LLC, even the most dazzling concepts are dependent on knowing how to navigate a highly regulated field. Education can mean the difference between an idea that never takes off and…

Meet Stephanie Chamberlin, SPHR, HCS resident entrepreneur at NEMIC. Stephanie founded PINCH a talent acquisition and HR consulting services focused on the technical start-up community in May 2018.

This round table discussion topics is designed to provide insights on which angel groups provide funding specifically for female founders, the female investors’ perspective on this gap, and the percent of female angel investors growth trends. Join us on October 9th at 6PM.

The United States’ current healthcare system is in crisis. We spend the most money on healthcare-related expenses of any country. 27 million American citizens either pay out of pocket or have to refuse care because they lack healthcare insurance coverage. There is a disconnect in communication and information sharing across the entire system complicating care for patients and causing physician burnout. And that’s only the tip of the iceberg.

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.

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.

September’s event of the Women’s Health + Entrepreneurship Series is all about fertility. Conceiving, infertility, the costs, the coverage, STRESS…

Join us as we feature two speakers who have both founded local companies that lower the stress of conceiving by supporting women and couples during that time.

“In hindsight, everything is 20-20”, says Dom Messerli, an engineer turned entrepreneur who has been spending the last 3 years developing an entirely natural treatment for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures at his company, Lenoss Medical. As part of our research for the NEMIC Med Tech Leadership Program, we interviewed a number of professionals within the Med Tech development space, from investors and scientists to entrepreneurs. Messerli's background encompasses a number of key skill-sets required to develop and commercialize a Med Tech product.

Getting the right information, to the right people, at the right time.

Join Tom Chiginsky, a 25-year veteran in designing and enabling complex digital workflows and media experiences, as he explains why Ambient Computing and voice design plays a critical role in the success of the current industrial revolution and how it will ultimately play a role in innovating the current healthcare system. Tom will also give insight to how to design in the multi-modal Ambient Computing space.

PROVIDENCE, RI, August 8, 2019 - In partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training’s Real Jobs Rhode Island (Real Jobs RI) initiative, the New England Medical Innovation Center (NEMIC) announces that applications are open for an immersive Medical Technology Leadership Program to educate, train, and grow the Med Tech ecosystem in Rhode Island. This program is free of charge to all Rhode Island residents and employees, however, we encourage all to apply.