Local entrepreneurs selected to take part in the new Healthbox accelerator program in Nashville will receive a $50,000 boost to give them legs while going through the program. Healthbox, which already has programs in Chicago, Boston and London, establishes a microfund for each program that strategic partners act as investors in, which is where that $50,000 for program companies comes from. In Nashville, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is the anchor partner, and Healthbox Director Jenna Rose, who will oversee the Nashville program, said more partners will be announced. Depending on what stage companies are at when they enter the Healthbox program, they may get that money right out of the gate or over the course of the four-month program, explained Rose.
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