“If large companies aren’t investing at early stages anymore and venture capitalists are not investing at an early stage anymore, there’s significant gap between sources of grant dollars and then later stage gross equity financing. [The reason] why GCMI was founded was to address this gap in the Southeast — to help the innovation happening…
Company Is First to Qualify for GCMI Medtech Accelerator Program OKLAHOMA CITY, March 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Linear Health Sciences, developer of the Orchid™ Safety Release Valve (SRV), announced that it has received a substantial grant to work with the Global Center for Medical Innovation. GCMI is a comprehensive medical-device innovation center that guides the…
New GCMI medtech accelerator generates first industry partner in BD. Last week we announced the formal launch of GCMI’s new medtech accelerator. Thanks to our industry partners Becton, Dickinson and Company, we have added a significant new asset to the Southeast medical device ecosystem. Danielle Kirsh, reporter for MassDevice and Medical Design & Outsourcing wrote:…
Collaboration with BD adds significant new asset to medtech development ecosystem in Atlanta and the southeast. Media Release – February 28, 2017 (Atlanta, Ga.) – The Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI) announced today it is partnering with BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) to support the launch of, and the first startup to enter, the…