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Assessments, Curriculum, and Digital Content

Startups commercializing medical devices, imaging tools, or sensor-based systems that require FDA review or operate within a regulated medical pathway. This category includes hardware-based devices, software-connected devices, point-of-care diagnostics, molecular or biological assays, imaging technologies, and any product that performs clinical measurement, detection, diagnosis, monitoring, or therapeutic support.

The value in this category resides in the device’s or diagnostic technology’s ability to perform regulated clinical functions—such as detection, measurement, imaging, monitoring, or therapeutic support—through specialized hardware, sensors, biological analysis, or clinically validated algorithms. Commercial value is driven by the product’s safety, accuracy, regulatory clearance, and validated clinical performance, rather than software delivery mechanisms or unregulated content.

Launch Term

Requirements

Equity
 
5% equity at the founder’s round.  Anti-dilution through series A or capital raise of $1 Million. 
Annual License Payments
 
NA
Royalty (based on cumulative revenue)
 
20%
Annual Minimum Royalty Payments until first commercial sale
 
  • Year 1: $0
  • Years 2-3: $5,000
  • Years 4+: $10,000
Sublicense Revenue Share
 
40% 
Patent Expense Reimbursement
 
NA
Diligence MilestoneFirst commercial sale of licensed product in 2 years.

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