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TechNovum Accelerator

UT Health San Antonio (The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio)

Last reviewed August 30, 2026

Intelligence summary

Program at a Glance

Program mandate
TechNovum is UT Health San Antonio's cohort-based accelerator for researcher-entrepreneurs commercializing health-focused innovations. Teams receive commercialization-oriented coaching, structured curriculum, mentoring, business coaching and pitch development, validating product ideas through customer discovery and market research before a Demo Day.
Organizational model
Academic · Nonprofit
Location
San Antonio, Texas
Program types
AcceleratorEntrepreneurship
Commercialization pathways
InvestmentStrategic partnership
Focus areas
ClinicalMedical deviceTherapeuticsDigital
Public scale or maturity signals

Established 2020

Documented successes: First cohort graduated eight companies in 2020 — Atomic Therapeutics, Protectum Oncology, EmergenceMed, CereNovum Inc., Diabetic Innovations Inc., Pulse Strip, AI+ Health and Dencision (UT Health San Antonio, 2020); First cohort spanned two therapeutics, four medical device and two digital health startups, with over a dozen mentors recruited and 15 investors attending demo day (UT Health San Antonio, 2020); Program charges no participation fee and takes no equity, with funding provided by the San Antonio Life Sciences Institute (UT Health San Antonio, 2020)

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

Mandate and remit

What This Program Does

TechNovum is UT Health San Antonio's cohort-based accelerator for researcher-entrepreneurs commercializing health-focused innovations. Teams receive commercialization-oriented coaching, structured curriculum, mentoring, business coaching and pitch development, validating product ideas through customer discovery and market research before a Demo Day. The program runs annually with a maximum of eight teams per cohort and charges no participation fee and takes no equity. It is powered by VelocityTX, a nonprofit subsidiary of the Texas Research & Technology Foundation, which supplies mentors, investor connections and access to the VelocityTX Innovation Center. Outside mentors and investors engage as coaches and Demo Day attendees, and graduating teams incorporate as companies.

Areas of Focus

ClinicalMedical deviceTherapeuticsDigital

Commercialization Pathways

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

InvestmentStrategic partnership

Publicly Reported Outcomes

  • Documented successes

    First cohort graduated eight companies in 2020 — Atomic Therapeutics, Protectum Oncology, EmergenceMed, CereNovum Inc., Diabetic Innovations Inc., Pulse Strip, AI+ Health and Dencision (UT Health San Antonio, 2020); First cohort spanned two therapeutics, four medical device and two digital health startups, with over a dozen mentors recruited and 15 investors attending demo day (UT Health San Antonio, 2020); Program charges no participation fee and takes no equity, with funding provided by the San Antonio Life Sciences Institute (UT Health San Antonio, 2020)

Leadership and Structure

Organizational home: TechNovum Accelerator, UT Health San Antonio (The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio)

  • Sean Thompson — Co-Director, TechNovum Accelerator, Office of Technology Commercialization

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Sources and Updates

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

  1. TechNovum Accelerator official source ↗ — otc.uthscsa.edu. Accessed August 30, 2026.
  2. TechNovum Accelerator source 2 ↗ — uthscsa.edu. Accessed August 30, 2026.
  3. TechNovum Accelerator source 3 ↗ — otc.uthscsa.edu. Accessed August 30, 2026.

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