Medical Device Accelerators: Southwestern Style
This article was originally published in Start Up
Executive Summary
Device start-ups are legion in some geographies-the areas around Boston and San Francisco or Orange County, CA-and not in some others. For instance, there's been very little company creation in the Southwestern parts of the US. A new device incubator, Avant Ventures LLC, will try to redress that problem in the four-state area that includes Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.
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