Healthcare company-building profile
Tulane Innovation Institute
Tulane University
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Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- University accelerator
- Organization
- Tulane University
- Organization type
- University
- Location
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Company stage served
- Not publicly documented
- Cohort or participation model
- Multiple startup programs and funding calls rather than a single fixed cohort
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Tulane Ventures provides venture funding in healthcare, technology and climate/energy; terms not published
- Equity or fee model
- Not publicly documented
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
- Founded
- 2022
Public description
About the program
Established in 2022, the Tulane Innovation Institute helps Tulane students, faculty and Greater New Orleans innovators develop ideas, launch startups and access capital, with healthcare among the sectors targeted by its affiliated Tulane Ventures fund. It runs startup programs and mentorship, manages Tulane's commercialization pipeline from invention protection through market validation, and connects industry to university technologies. From FY23 to FY26 it reported $1.4M in funded ideas, 18 spinouts and 111 patents granted.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Healthcare venturesbiomedical commercializationtechnology transferregional entrepreneurship
- Category: University accelerator
- Program structure: Multiple startup programs and funding calls rather than a single fixed cohort
- Published terms: Tulane Ventures provides venture funding in healthcare, technology and climate/energy; terms not published
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