A new startup accelerator program based at the Johns Hopkins University’s FastForward East will target companies developing health and fitness technologies.
Hopkins is teaming up with the University of Maryland, Plank Industries, Brown Advisory and the Abell Foundation to launch the 16-week program, called M-1 Ventures, in September.
“I see all these accelerators out there and they’re cool,” said Paul Singh, an angel investor who will lead the program. “But particularly when it comes from an investor’s standpoint, I think what a lot of these companies need is a vertical accelerator.”
Image: Johns Hopkins University's FastForward East is located at the medical campus in East Baltimore. (Kenneth K. Lam / Baltimore Sun 2016)
