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XLerateHealth, University of Kentucky to Expand Entrepreneurship & Commercialization Programming via Digital Learning Platform

A national healthcare accelerator based in Louisville, KY, in partnership with the University of Kentucky (UK) through UK Innovate, has been awarded the first phase of a potential $3.25M multi-year grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the...

XLerateHealth Selected for First Small Business Association (SBA) Catalyst Award

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--XLerateHealth (XLH) is pleased to announce that it has been selected for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) SBIR Catalyst Award, doing business as the XLerator Network, in collaboration with Jackson State University and the University of Kentucky. The SBIR...

Four Kentucky organizations receive part of SBA’s $5.4 million in prizes

The SBA announced 84 winners for the Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC) and eight winners for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Catalyst competition, a new component aimed at spurring investment in underrepresented communities within the innovation economy at scale, receiving...

SBA Administrator Guzman Announces $5.4 Million in Prizes to Nearly 100 Awardees to Support Inclusive Entrepreneurship in the Innovation Ecosystem

Today, U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced 84 winners for the Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC) and eight winners for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Catalyst competition, a new component aimed at spurring investment in underrepresented communities within the...

EnRICH’s pre-accelerator healthcare-focused program earns JSU a $25,000 visionary prize

Jackson State University has landed a $25,000 “visionary” prize for its pre-accelerator healthcare-focused program known as EnRICH (Engaging Researchers and Innovators for Commercialization at HBCUs). The award was earned during the recent Lab-To-Market (L2M) Inclusive Innovation Ecosystem Prize competition. Funding partners...

JSU leads effort to help HBCUs commercialize ideas focused on human health with support from NIH-funded XLerator Network led by XLerateHealth and University of Kentucky

Jackson State University is leading a partnership with the University of Kentucky and XLerateHealth, a national award-winning startup accelerator, to launch a program that helps advance and commercialize innovative human health-focused ideas from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The program is receiving support...

XLerateHealth Partners With U-M to Bring Biomedical Commercialization Program to Flint

FLINT – XLerateHealth, a Louisville, KY-based healthcare startup accelerator, has partnered with the University of Michigan to bring its Fast Forward Medical Innovation’s fastPACE biomedical entrepreneur program to XLH Flint. FFMI fastPACE is a four-week biomedical innovation and commercialization project-based...

XLerateHealth Receives NIH Funding to Continue Development of Healthcare Innovation in Under-Resourced States

LOUISVILLE, KY - XLerateHealth (XLH) is pleased to announce that it was awarded Phase II funding of $1.48M, plus an Administrative Supplement of $250,000, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue building the XLerator Network, one of four...

XLerateHealth Recognized as a Top Small Business Focused Accelerator for 4th Year

XLH is the only healthcare accelerator to receive the national SBA award four times; $50K grant will fund innovation in Kentucky and underserved states in the Southeast. Louisville, Kentucky – XLerateHealth (XLH) is pleased to announce that it has been recognized...

Digital Health Accelerators & Incubators

What is an accelerator? An accelerator is an organization that typically helps startup and early-stage companies mature and grow their businesses. Accelerators generally provide a structured training program over several months, extensive mentoring for company founders, limited capital investment, access...