Healthcare company-building profile
Connecticut Bioscience Innovation Fund and Bioscience Pipeline
Connecticut Innovations
AcceleratorGovernment or nonprofit acceleratorNonprofitActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Organization
- Connecticut Innovations
- Organization type
- Nonprofit
- Location
- Rocky Hill, Connecticut
- Company stage served
- Research or idea stage to Early stage to Growth stage
- Cohort or participation model
- Periodic calls for applications rather than fixed cohorts
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Grants and convertible or equity-based awards through CBIF; specific terms vary by award
- Equity or fee model
- Equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
- Founded
- 2013
Public description
About the program
Connecticut Innovations, the state's quasi-public venture arm, administers the Connecticut Bioscience Innovation Fund and the Bioscience Pipeline program to fund early-stage bioscience research and companies. The Bioscience Pipeline issues calls for applications and has awarded grants to Connecticut academic teams to advance human health projects. CBIF supports company formation, proof of concept and growth stages.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
BiotechTherapeuticsDiagnosticsMedical devices
- Category: Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Program structure: Periodic calls for applications rather than fixed cohorts
- Published terms: Grants and convertible or equity-based awards through CBIF; specific terms vary by award
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