Innova partner Jan Bouten was invited to write an entry for WSJ.com’s blog series The Accelerators.
We wrapped up a great year here in Memphis when it comes to accelerated startups. Specifically, we ran ZeroTo510, the first dedicated medical-device accelerator. We only ran it once so far, but we appear to be on to something: Out of the six startups, one has raised a $2.5 million Series A round and four others got $100K each of additional seed funding. So when asked to write this essay, I tried to figure out why this accelerator was successful here in Memphis…