The University of Nebraska System, in partnership with Omaha health care strategy and entrepreneurship support firm CQuence Health, has launched the Steel Works Health Accelerator to help medtech startups grow and stay in Nebraska.
The accelerator is a joint venture between CQuence Health, the tech transfer organization UNeMed and the startup incubator UNeTech Institute. Applications are open until the end of January, with spots for up to six startups. The startups do not have to be affiliated with the university.
Participants will be announced in late February for the 16-week program, meant to take pre-seed incubated companies and prepare them for sales and raising seed funds in the complex world of health care. A second cohort will open for applications in the summer…