Just by applying to an M2D2 challenge or accelerator program, your technology lands in front of key investors, industry leaders, and experts in medical device development.
Dive in, and discover how you can take advantage of these free funding and networking opportunities to propel your innovation to market.
$200K Challenge
The $200K Challenge is our flagship event, and an annual start-up competition focused on identifying and rewarding disruptive companies in the medical technology and biotechnology industries.
Up to 15 startups are selected to compete for a share of more than $200,000 in in-kind support, resources and funding to advance their technology.
The Barracuda Bowl is our annual "Shark Tank" style pitch competition, co-hosted with Mintz. Out of hundreds of applications, 5 startups are selected to pitch their point of care innovation to a panel of medtech "barracudas".
During the pitch competition at Mintz Law Offices in Boston, the finalists will get their solution in front of interested investors and strategics.
The UMass Lowell Innovative Fellows Training Program (LIFT) is an experiential biotech and Medtech learning opportunity for graduate students and post-doctoral researchers working in the fields of aging and aging-related diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease.
LIFT fellows will gain business skills including competitive analysis, analytical marketing, regulatory strategy, reimbursement strategy, and financing a venture.
The CAPCaT Point-of-Care Showcase is an annual event highlighting innovative technologies in digital health and point-of-care diagnostics. Hosted by the UMass Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies (CAPCaT), the event connects startups, researchers, and industry leaders to explore funding, partnership, and commercialization opportunities.
New this year, the Showcase will feature a Research Symposium focused on respiratory health, with selected academic abstracts presented alongside startup innovations.
The IMPACT Accelerator Program is a 12-week accelerator program that uses a unique 1:1 approach and is created to connect startups with resources needed for commercialization. Selected companies will have the opportunity to engage with our corporate sponsors.
The accelerator ends in a pitch competition held at the UMass iHub in Lowell, where the members of the cohort compete for prizes worth thousands.
“The content of the live events was excellent, and the support and encouragement offered by M2D2’s leadership team was exceptional.”
“We would recommend the IMPACT program to any startup willing to learn and advance their company to the next level.”
Contact M2D2
The Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) is a lifeline for the state’s smaller medical device companies, offering inventors and executives easy, affordable, and coordinated access to world-class researchers and resources at the Lowell and Worcester campuses of the University of Massachusetts.
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