Santa Clara, Calif.-based StartUp Health launched StartUp Health Colorado to support health innovation hubs.
Here are five things to know:
1. StartUp Health Colorado will collaborate with University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Children's Hospital Colorado and UCHealth, all based in Aurora.
2. The organizations will build a health innovation hub for health entrepreneurs, investors and industry stakeholders.
3. StartUp Health Colorado will work with each institution to build and commercialize at least 30 health startups.
4. The entrepreneurs and startups selected to join StartUp Health Colorado will participate in StartUp Health Academy, a lifetime coaching program, as well as connect with a network of 30,000 industry leaders.
5. The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade and the Advanced Accelerator Grant Program will offer some funding for the program.
"We are proud to see the launch of StartUp Health Colorado and welcome its global community of health transformers," said Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper. "We're seeing innovators flock to Colorado because there's no better region for entrepreneurs to invent and grow."
