NOVEMBER 28-30, 2023
WASHINGTON, DC
In Partnership with:
2022 Medical Innovation Challenge
TechConnect Accelerator and $250K Total Prize
Join the world's largest medical innovation acceleration and awards program, aligned with four leading medtech consortia representing over $20 Billion in health technology contracting authority. This is the second in a series of ATI sponsored accelerator events aligned with government, industry and societal needs. Pitch and connect your technology with leading corporate, investment and federal prospectors. Qualified participants receive engagement and membership opportunities with partnering consortia, while competing for a total $250K in prize pool ($50k Round-1 June, $175k Round-2 Sept, $25k student-prize Sept).
Accelerator Program
- $250K in non-dilutive prize money
- Membership & engagement opportunities with partner consortia (+$20B authority)
- Multiple in-person pitch programs: Industry, VC, Agency scouts
- Multiple one-on-one and virtual training programs
- Corporate & commercial services matchmaking
Who Should Apply
Transformative health-tech and bio-tech innovators representing dual-use solutions for both civilian and national security applications are ideal entrants for this Challenge.
Submissions
Submit and pitch your technology to top investment, industry and military tech-scouts. Submission places you in a qualifying process for membership and engagement opportunities with any of the sponsoring consortia. Your submission will compete for a piece of the $250,000 non-dilutive prize.
Dates & Deadlines
Submissions Open: April 28, 2022Informational webinar: June 1, 2022
Informational webinar on Vimeo.
Submissions Deadline: June 30, 2022
Pitch Event
TechConnect will invite finalists to pitch at Defense TechConnect Innovation Summit in Washington, D.C.
Date: September 28, 2022
Location: Gaylord National Convention Center and Hotel
Consortium Membership
Join one of our four partner consortia representing over $20B in technology prototyping contracting authority. Consortia relieve some of the contractual burdens typically placed on contractors working for federal clients, making it possible for non-traditional contractors to participate in technology development.
2022 MEDICAL INNOVATION CHALLENGE FINALISTS
| Organization | Technology |
|---|---|
| Darwin Biosciences, Inc. | SickStick: a portable, saliva-based diagnostic for the pre-symptomatic detection of infection |
| Eclipxe | Innovative muisc creation and delivery process |
| Ionica Sciences | The IonID diagnostic platform for infectious diseases and medical conditions |
| Kowa Inc | Convection Based heating/cooling system |
| Lab11 Therapeutics Inc. | Lab11 Mist, broad-spectrum antiviral therapeutic |
| Limax Biosciences, Inc | An innovative adhesive hydrogel for advanced bleeding |
| Livivos Inc | Point of Care NMR |
| Luna Labs USA, LLC | Nanofiber-Reinforced Hydrogel Dressings |
| Matregenix | MatriNova: A new platform technology for soft-tissue repair |
| McGill University Health Centre | MedSafer |
| Nakamir Inc | NARA – Nakamir Augmented Reality Assistant for Training, Rehearsal and Guidance |
| Novaurum Biosciences Inc. | Novel nanotech coating for implantable medical devices |
| Pockit diagnostics LTD | Point-of-care for stroke triage in the ambulance |
| Rhaeos, Inc. | FlowSense™ |
| Ridgeline Therapeutics | Recover faster, age stronger, live healthier |
| Rubitection | Rubitect Assessment Tool - Skin Health Risk Assessment System & Care Management Platform |
| SafeBeat Rx | Home-Based Antiarrhythmic Drug Initiation Kit |
| Sana Health Inc | FDA breakthrough designated device. Applications across pain and mental health. |
| Sense Neuro Diagnostics | NeuroHawk and NeuStat |
| Sonogen Medical, Inc. | Ultrasonic Bone Fracture Healing Device |
| StataDX | StataDX: Fingerstick, Point-of-Care Diagnostic for Traumatic Brain Injury |
| Symphony Biosciences | SymphNode is an innovative biomaterials that orchestrates the immune response against solid cancers |
| Tao Treasures LLC DBA Nanobiofab | RAPID-iNose: Real-time Agnostic Patch for Infection Detection using Intelligent Nose |
| Teledyne FLIR Detection | Portable, Rapid Mass Spectrometer for Breath-Based Infection Diagnosis |
| XSurgical, Inc. | Open Platform and Multi Quadrant Surgical Robot |
For submission questions, please contact Jennifer Rocha at jrocha@techconnect.org.
To Sponsor or Partner please contact Nick Kacsandi at nkacsandi@techconnectventures.com.
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