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Initiative for Health Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Innovation & Entreprenuership

An EDA-supported University Center grant will expand the 51AV Collaborative for Economic Engagement (the Collaborative), a one-stop shared-services central innovation hub for businesses and entrepreneurs, to include a targeted IHI Initiative for Health Care Entrepreneurship and Innovation (IHEI).

With the backing of the Life Science wet lab in Covington and regional anchor bioscience and health-related industries, IHEI promises to strengthen Northern Kentucky’s bioscience and health innovation ecosystem by providing skill development and work force training in STEM, healthcare, and entrepreneurship; applied research for economic development; mentoring for commercialization; and targeted entrepreneurial support for founders.

Initiative for Health Entrepreneurship and Innovation
112 Pike Street
Covington, KY 41011

Email: pulsfortl1@nku.edu
Local: (859) 572-7877

 


Our Partners

NKU Collab
NKAdd
Bexion
NKU Collab
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Bexion
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Our Team

Doug Ladd

Doug Ladd

Entrepreneur-in-Residence
laddd1@nku.edu

Rico Grant

Rico Grant

NKY-HII Managing Director
rico@socapaccelerate.com

Lauren Pulsfort

Lauren Pulsfort

NKU Collaborative Programs Manager

(859) 572-7877
pulsfortl1@nku.edu

Highlights from SoCap Accelerate

4M+ in Capital Raised

1000s of Connections and
Coaching Sessions

100s of hours of Pro
Bono legal and accounting services

1 company accepted
into TechStars

 
We always will need money, but leveraging the social capital of the network is invaluable. It leads to connections, money, and expertise we could not have gotten elsewhere.
TERRY WALL
CAREFEED
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Doug Ladd, our EIR, has been very busy this past year. He has engaged with 34 companies ranging from inventors with a new concept to those now selling their new products and looking for capital to help fund their expansion plans. These companies have created approximately 150 new jobs in the region. He helped nine of them land $22.3 million from investors. He also helped later-stage companies plan for clinical studies, develop marketing strategies, and assess new product development opportunities.