Healthcare company-building profile
MassCONNECT
MassBio
AcceleratorGovernment or nonprofit acceleratorNonprofitActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Organization
- MassBio
- Organization type
- Nonprofit
- Location
- Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Company stage served
- Early stage
- Cohort or participation model
- Multiple mentorship cycles per year, typically three to five startups per cycle
- Investment or funding offered
- Not publicly documented
- Published investment terms
- Non-dilutive; no equity taken
- Equity or fee model
- No equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
- Founded
- 2005
Public description
About the program
MassCONNECT is MassBio's mentorship program pairing early-stage life science startups with panels of experienced industry executives over a structured cycle. Cohorts of roughly three to five companies are admitted several times a year, and a digital health variant, MassCONNECT.DH, runs alongside it. Participation is non-dilutive.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
BiotechTherapeuticsDiagnosticsDigital healthMedical devices
- Category: Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Program structure: Multiple mentorship cycles per year, typically three to five startups per cycle
- Published terms: Non-dilutive; no equity taken
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