Startups

The unique model is made to stimulate collaboration between inventors, entrepreneurs and industry experts to improve quality of service and reduce cost.

Bessemer Venture Partners and Kaiser Permanente Ventures led the round, with participation from KPCB, Montreux Equity Partners and Great Oaks Ventures.

The venture is looking to incubate companies led by Harvard alumni; in order to join it, at least one founding team member must be a recent Harvard graduate.

Startups in practically all stages of development are welcome, from well-thought-out ideas still in their presentation stages to proof-of-concept prototypes.

Each of the 10 startup companies has been offered an initial seed investment of $50,000 and is now participating in the three-month program in Salt Lake City.

The plan is to use the new money to expand the number of English classes, hire new instructors and launch the service all around the world next month.

With 165 entrepreneurs from 84 companies in seven countries and 45 cities, StartUp Health has the largest portfolio of digital health companies in healthcare.

The startup is tunes into different data sets along with Google Consumer Surveys as a research tool of Americans' drug experience to deliver meaningful data.

Corporate investors tend to have a bad reputation in the startup world; at worst - they cull ideas and strategies from the startups they invest in.

The MDP Accelerator companies will get seed funding, free office space at athenahealth's Watertown headquarters, as well as ongoing mentorship.