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February 20, 2019
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  • Toggle Health wins 2017 Venture Sharks competition, takes home $37,000 prize

    By Melissa Chipman | Posted on May 3, 2017

    XLerateHealth and LaunchIT alum, Jake Miller, and his company, Toggle Health, won the 2017 Venture Sharks Competition at the Venture Connectors Luncheon Wednesday. The company makes a sterile, wireless computer controller for use in the operating room so that surgeons can manipulate computer images like...

  • Venture Connectors Luncheon: Former Stonestreet One president talks acquisition by Qualcomm

    By Melissa Chipman | Posted on May 10, 2016

    It has been almost two years since Qualcomm acquired Louisville’s Stonestreet One for an undisclosed sum. On Wednesday, June 1, the founder of Stonestreet, Tim Reilly, will share his experiences with one of the city’s most notable acquisitions at the June Venture Connectors Luncheon. The...

  • More on Edumedics’ $4.2 million raise with COO Mark Crane

    By Melissa Chipman | Posted on December 10, 2015

    Edumedics COO Mark Crane tells IL the $4.2 million Series A round raise the company announced Wednesday will go toward expanding their capabilities. Edumedics delivers clinical care by nurse practitioners to people with chronic diseases like diabetes. The NPs then use Edumedics’ proprietary software, Healthward, to track...

  • Times are changing: High school senior wins Startup Weekend, top three companies women-led

    By Melissa Chipman | Posted on October 12, 2015

    The seventh iteration of Startup Weekend Louisville proved to be a historic occasion. Not only was it the most gender diverse of the seven events so far, but the three top prizes went to women-led companies, and the overall winner was a high school...

  • It’s time to #ThinkBig about Louisville’s health-care industry

    By Melissa Chipman | Posted on July 19, 2015

    #ThinkBig is a grassroots initiative started by Brian Wallace of NowSourcing, one of the premier infographics firms in the country. It’s a series of discussions for the startup community, each themed around one of Louisville’s major business sectors. The next community discussion will revolve...

  • XLerateHealth accepting applications for third cohort

    By Melissa Chipman | Posted on April 9, 2015

    Is your new startup company looking to disrupt health care? Then XLerateHealth is looking for you. XLerateHealth is accepting applications for its fall 2015 class. XLerateHealth is a 12-week early-stage health care company startup launched in 2013 at the Nucleus Building at 300 E. Market...

  • XLerateHealth celebrates graduates and SBA accelerator prize

    By Melissa Chipman | Posted on October 31, 2014

    XLerateHealth celebrated the conclusion of its second cohort of seven teams with a non-competitive demo day Thursday at the Nucleus Building. Turns out the healthcare accelerator has more to celebrate than its graduating class. Mayor Greg Fischer announced that XLerateHealth had won $50,000 in the...

  • Startup Briefs: Startup Next beginning and XLerateHealth ending

    By Melissa Chipman | Posted on October 13, 2014

    Startup Next taking applications now through Oct. 22 You don’t have to be a Startup Weekend alumni to attend Startup Next, but they’re both in the same family. Startup Next, held at Velocity, is a nationwide pre-accelerator program — in fact, it bills itself...

  • XLerateHealth accelerator announces its second class

    By Melissa Chipman | Posted on August 5, 2014

    Yesterday, XLerateHealth  announced its second class of eight companies in its health-related startup accelerator. The immersion program began this week and will conclude on Demo Day, Oct. 30. The companies include (descriptions provided by XLerateHealth): Blue Sky Case Management, Louisville Blue Sky Case Management is...

  • Louisville wins big NEA grant to pair artists and businesses

    By David Serchuk | Posted on July 16, 2014

    “This is a way to bring the two sides together, so that one-plus-one equals three,” says Bob Saunders, chairman of Louisville healthcare startup accelerator XlerateHealth. “The creativity element is important to commercial success.” What Saunders referred to above is the new $50,000 National Endowment...

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