The Trade Commissioner Service in Miami has partnered with the Mayo Clinic Innovation Exchange in Jacksonville, Florida to offer an opportunity to participate in a six-month virtual program. Selected Canadian companies are expected to begin the online program in August 2022 and end February 2023.
The program provides a powerful way to connect with health care entrepreneurs, start-ups, Mayo Clinic thought leaders, and industry experts, who all have the shared mission of bringing breakthrough innovations to market in order to benefit patients. The platform is flexible and support is personalized to reflect your own needs. The Exchange makes it easy to access the tools and resources you need to transform your ideas into products, and develop and grow your business. Qualified Canadian entrepreneurs, start-ups and other established companies in the Health Care and Health Tech sectors that are focused on improving patient care by bringing breakthrough innovations to market are invited to apply. Any phase of the commercialization process is welcome.
The application period ends on May 31, 2022 at 3pm Eastern Time.
Program highlights:
Virtual programmed services and events, tailored to the needs of Canadian entrepreneurs in all phases of commercialization.
Strategic connections to relevant Mayo Clinic physicians, researchers and/or scientists.
Access to premium business advisors and educational resources.
Opportunities for mentorship matching.
Introductions to funding: angel investors, venture capital firms, and other sources.
Preferred focus areas (but not limited to)
Advanced Care at Home-enabling tools: such as remote monitoring, etc.
Integrated oncology / carbon ion-relevant technologies.
Neuroscience and neurosurgery.
Regenerative Medicine and Immunotherapy.
Transforming Transplantation.
Next-generation precision cancer prevention strategies leveraging AI and consumer data.
Highly individualized cancer care incorporating multi-“omics”, innovative tumor and patient models, and novel approaches to radiology and pathology image analysis.
Application Information
Please email your interest to Ximena Pauvif-Machado no later than May 31, 2022 at 3pm Eastern Time.
The email should include the following information:
Company Name, Address, Phone, Website
Your Name and Title
Number of years in Business
Brief description of your company (maximum of two paragraphs).
Your company’s Area/Segment of healthcare.
Companies will be notified by end of June if they have been selected. Prior to acceptance into the program, all companies will be subject to the Exchange’s application process and completion of a background check (including personal, financial and criminal).