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VelocityTX signs UT Health San Antonio agreement to run TechNovum accelerator
21Feb By Iris GonzalezNo Comments
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VelocityTX signs UT Health San Antonio agreement to run TechNovum accelerator

VelocityTX, a San Antonio-based nonprofit innovation center, has signed an agreement with UT Health San Antonio (UTHSA) to run UT Health's TechNovum accelerator program. The TechNovum accelerator program launched in 2019 to support UT Health investigator entrepreneurs interested in commercializing their inventions. Read: UT Health San Antonio Launches New Accelerator for Researchers The contractual agreement outlines VelocityTX's compensation and responsibilities for executing UT Health's program. UT Health will help VelocityTX source program participants with continued support from John Fritz and Sean Thompson of UT Health's Office of Technology Commercialization. TechNovum's second cohort will run from March 20 to April 28 at VelocityTX. Demo Day will be held on April 26 on UT Health'...
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UT Health San Antonio TechNovum Accelerator for Researchers Graduates 8 New Companies
6Nov By Iris GonzalezNo Comments
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UT Health San Antonio TechNovum Accelerator for Researchers Graduates 8 New Companies

A new accelerator program designed for aspiring life science entrepreneurs has helped in the formation of eight new biomedical startups.Earlier this year, UT Health San Antonio launched TechNovum, a new technology commercialization accelerator for faculty researchers interested in developing their inventions for the market. John Fritz and Sean Thompson of the Office of Technology Commercialization at UT Health are co-directors and mentors for the new program.The first cohort graduated two therapeutics companies, spurred the development of four new medical devices, and included two digital health startups. The companies are:Atomic Therapeutics, developing novel anticancer therapeutics for leukemia Protectum Oncology, introducing low-dose arsenic for reducing cancer therapy ...
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UT Health San Antonio Launches New Accelerator for Researchers
9Apr By Iris GonzalezNo Comments
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UT Health San Antonio Launches New Accelerator for Researchers

A new accelerator program designed for aspiring life science entrepreneurs has joined San Antonio's entrepreneurial ecosystem.Biomedical research institution UT Health San Antonio is launching TechNovum, a new technology commercialization accelerator for faculty researchers interested in developing their inventions for the market. John Fritz and Sean Thompson of the Office of Technology Commercialization at UT Health are co-directors and mentors for the new program and will lead the educational coaching sessions. Each cohort will run annually from June through October. Plans for the first cohort are to invite five to eight teams of founder-inventors to join the program to develop medical devices for the market. The teams will meet weekly, typically in the evening, for two- to three-ho...
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