Congratulations to the UMass startups who have been selected as the 2025 Western Massachusetts Health Tech Challenge finalists!
- iPoint Innovation, Weirui Tan, chemical engineering
- Nalam Therapeutics, Seth Thayumanavan
- MetaBone, Jungwoo Lee, chemical engineering
- Hertz Innovative Tech, Yuzhen Zhang, food science
- NanoSynergy, Griffin Kane, biomedical engineering
- Gold NanoStar, Xinyi Du, chemical engineering
The Challenge will accelerate up to eight early-stage companies operating in Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden or Hampshire Counties. This year it has been expanded to include two tracks—Diagnostics and Therapeutics—each offering a $35K prize. Four companies will compete in each track. Over the next 10 weeks these early-stage companies will participate in acceleration workshops, work with expert mentors, and pitch their concepts.
The challenge is hosted by Lever and the Massachusetts Founders Network, and funded in part by the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center.
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