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i3 Asset Accelerator

Mount Sinai Health System (Mount Sinai Innovation Partners)

Editorially verified · Last reviewed August 30, 2026

Intelligence summary

Program at a Glance

Program mandate
The i3 Asset Accelerator is Mount Sinai Innovation Partners' milestone-driven investment program for advancing discoveries by Mount Sinai faculty, physicians and researchers toward commercial viability. Technologies are nominated by MSIP business development staff and then reviewed by an Investment Advisory Committee of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and industry professionals from pharma, biotech and medical devices.
Organizational model
Nonprofit
Location
New York, New York
Program types
Physician innovationAcceleratorTechnology transferVenture studio
Commercialization pathways
LicenseSpinoutInvestmentStrategic partnership
Focus areas
ClinicalMedical deviceTherapeutics
Public scale or maturity signals

Established 2018

The i3 Asset Accelerator is Mount Sinai Innovation Partners' milestone-driven investment program for advancing discoveries by Mount Sinai faculty, physicians and researchers toward commercial viability. Technologies are nominated by MSIP business development staff and then reviewed by an Investment Advisory Committee of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and industry professionals from pharma, biotech and medical devices. Selected projects receive staged funding tied to defined commercial inflection points, with the explicit goals of generating stronger intellectual property, licensing assets to corporations or new startups, and attracting outside investment. Projects are judged on commercial inflection point, market potential, technological novelty and clinical relevance.

Documented successes: Launched publicly in 2018 as the i3 Asset Accelerator to advance development of Mount Sinai discoveries; operates with an external Investment Advisory Committee of VCs and industry executives that gates milestone-based funding; supported by Mount Sinai Innovation Partners' broader licensing and startup formation infrastructure

Official engagement route
Program website ↗Health system website ↗
Last reviewed
August 30, 2026

Mandate and remit

What This Program Does

The i3 Asset Accelerator is Mount Sinai Innovation Partners' milestone-driven investment program for advancing discoveries by Mount Sinai faculty, physicians and researchers toward commercial viability. Technologies are nominated by MSIP business development staff and then reviewed by an Investment Advisory Committee of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and industry professionals from pharma, biotech and medical devices. Selected projects receive staged funding tied to defined commercial inflection points, with the explicit goals of generating stronger intellectual property, licensing assets to corporations or new startups, and attracting outside investment. Projects are judged on commercial inflection point, market potential, technological novelty and clinical relevance.

Areas of Focus

ClinicalMedical deviceTherapeutics

Commercialization Pathways

These routes appear in the program's sourced public record.

Venture Investment and Company Creation

Fund or office: i3 Asset Accelerator

The i3 Asset Accelerator is Mount Sinai Innovation Partners' milestone-driven investment program for advancing discoveries by Mount Sinai faculty, physicians and researchers toward commercial viability. Technologies are nominated by MSIP business development staff and then reviewed by an Investment Advisory Committee of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and industry professionals from pharma, biotech and medical devices. Selected projects receive staged funding tied to defined commercial inflection points, with the explicit goals of generating stronger intellectual property, licensing assets to corporations or new startups, and attracting outside investment. Projects are judged on commercial inflection point, market potential, technological novelty and clinical relevance.

Publicly Reported Outcomes

  • Documented successes

    Launched publicly in 2018 as the i3 Asset Accelerator to advance development of Mount Sinai discoveries; operates with an external Investment Advisory Committee of VCs and industry executives that gates milestone-based funding; supported by Mount Sinai Innovation Partners' broader licensing and startup formation infrastructure

Leadership and Structure

Organizational home: i3 Asset Accelerator, Mount Sinai Health System (Mount Sinai Innovation Partners)

  • Louise Lammers, PhDDirector, Business Development, Emerging Assets (i3 Accelerator), Mount Sinai Innovation Partners

Contact the Program

Use the program's published contact route for partnership, licensing, innovation, or program inquiries.

Program email
i3@mssm.edu
Official contact page
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Sources and Updates

Reviewed August 30, 2026. External source links open in a new tab.

  1. i3 Asset Accelerator official source ip.mountsinai.org. Accessed August 30, 2026.
  2. i3 Asset Accelerator source 2 mountsinai.org. Accessed August 30, 2026.
  3. i3 Asset Accelerator source 3 ip.mountsinai.org. Accessed August 30, 2026.

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