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Insight Accelerator Member Wins MedTech Innovator Award Competition!
/in Events and News, Insight Accelerator Labs /byBriteseed Advances to Final Round Competition with Innovative SafeSnips™ Technology Chicago startup Briteseed outperformed 137 medical technology competitors at the 2014 Emerging Medical Technologies Summit in San Francisco to take first place in the MedTech Innovator Awards. Widely regarded among Silicon Valley investors and technology elites as the premier showcase for emerging medical device innovation, […]
Chicago Health Tech Ecosystem Expands!
/in Events and News, Insight Accelerator Labs /byAs part of Insight’s recent Chicago HealthTECH Summit, nearly 200 key industry leaders made their mark on the local ecosystem. Literally! Check out the Summit attendee-authored Chicago Health Tech Ecosystem graphic below that reflects the growing community working to support local startups at every stage of innovation - from leading grant and university technology transfer programs […]
Leveraging Technology to Realize Innovation
/in Insight Accelerator Labs /byThe gap between a core technology and a commercializable solution in the medical device space is substantial, and technology challenges are frequently what prevent products from making it to market. With more than 400 medical device products successfully launched in the marketplace, we thrive on the challenge of effectively and repeatedly bridging this divide for […]
Chicago’s Medical Startup Ecosystem
/0 Comments/in Events and News, Insight Accelerator Labs, Supporting Education /byEstablished in 2013, Insight Accelerator Labs is celebrating our first year of helping healthcare startups take ideas from patent to practice. In their time with us our first member company Briteseed has achieved not only several funding milestones but also huge steps in realizing their technology. Their accomplishments include winning first place in the healthcare track for the Rice […]
Insight Accelerator Labs Presentation Overview
/in Events and News, Insight Accelerator Labs /bySteve McPhilliamy is Partner and Director of Design at Insight and Executive Director of Insight Accelerator Labs, a Chicago-based medical device accelerator that helps startups close the gap between core technologies and commercializable solutions. Steve is an active member in the Chicago startup community, giving presentations ranging from innovation in healthcare to building med-tech businesses […]
Insight Accelerator Labs Expands Program to a Larger Group of Applicants
/in Events and News, Insight Accelerator Labs /byInsight Accelerator Labs is opening its medical device accelerator to a larger group of applicants. After a local university focused pilot period, we are now launching a national search for the best medical startup companies. If you are looking to innovate and grow in the healthcare space, apply at http://insightpd.com/accelerator/insight-accelerator-labs/
Insight Accelerator Labs recently featured in Inc
/in Insight Accelerator Labs /byInc.com recently featured an article about Insight Accelerator Labs; In the write-up, Inc points out some of the attributes about IALabs that they feel are unique from other incubators/accelerators. Inc. notes, “some fledgling businesses need more than tangential support to grow their businesses”. This article explains how Insight Accelerator Lab’s new model goes beyond the […]
Insight Accelerator Labs Charter Member, BriteSeed, LLC, Earns Second Place Overall in the Rice University Business Plan Competition
/in Events and News, Insight Accelerator Labs /byInsight Accelerator Labs is excited to announce the ongoing success and recognition of its charter startup member BriteSeed. Recently BriteSeed entered the Rice University Business Plan Competition, which is the world’s largest graduate-level business plan contest. This was the thirteenth year for the competition which had hundreds of entrants with 42 finalists competing for over […]
Helping Medical Startups Cross the Valley of Death: Insight Accelerator Labs Featured in Tribune Article
/in Events and News, Insight Accelerator Labs /byThe Chicago Tribune recently ran a piece focused on our Insight Accelerator Labs accelerator program, which helps medical startups go from conceptualization to achieving a market-ready product. Insight Accelerator Labs Executive Steve McPhilliamy told the Tribune how the project will work with several Chicago universities in order to find select companies and offer them an […]
Announcing Insight Accelerator Labs
/in Events and News, Insight Accelerator Labs /byInsight Product Development, a world-class, Chicago-based consulting group with extensive healthcare experience, is proud to introduce Insight Accelerator Labs , an accelerator program distinctly focused on medical-device startups possessing unique, innovative, and patentable technology within the medical and healthcare space. This program is designed to help early-stage companies align their vision to potential customers, communicate […]