Startupbootcamp, a global family of industry - focused accelerators, has today announced the launch of its first accelerator programs in North America, Startupbootcamp Digital Health.
The Miami-based, Startupbootcamp Digital Health will focus on accelerating early-stage companies in the areas of digital health and will utilize Miami’s reputation as a centre for healthcare and life sciences to scale startups working on health-tech solutions.
With a $2 million investment from John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the program aims to help eradicate health disparities by attracting and scaling innovative startups working on digital solutions that could democratize access to health care.
Support for Startupbootcamp is part of Knight Foundation’s efforts to invest in Miami’s emerging innovators and entrepreneurs as a tool to build community, while fostering talent and expanding economic opportunity. Over the past three years, Knight has made more than 100 investments in entrepreneurship in South Florida.
Christian Seale, Managing Director of Startupbootcamp Digital Health, explained:
By bringing Startupbootcamp to Miami we intend to create a foundation for a robust accelerator and mentorship base, which is so crucial to a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem. Around the world, emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems have benefited from building ties to rising local industries. We see an immense opportunity to make Miami into a top health-tech destination globally and leverage the city’s diversity to build and scale solutions to help in the eradication of health disparities.”
Startupbootcamp’s proven model for igniting entrepreneurial ecosystems will help attract world-class talent to Miami and cultivate our growing community of local innovators, providing them with the resources they need to succeed,” said Matt Haggman, Knight Foundation program director for Miami.
“The accelerator's Miami program will support Knight's larger effort to invest in our city’s emerging innovators and entrepreneurs as a way to build community."
Startupbootcamp has 11 accelerator programs running in Europe and Asia, making the launch of a new program in the U.S. a landmark move for Startupbootcamp’s increasing global presence in cities with a strong entrepreneurial activity.
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