Summer 2024 Prototyping Hardware Accelerator (Early Admission: 2/16/24; Deadline: 3/25/24)

Friday, February 16, 2024 9:00am - Monday, March 25, 2024 11:45pm

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Event Description: 

Are you an entrepreneur ready to take your product idea to the next level? Rev: Ithaca Startup Works invites you to take a deep dive into prototyping this summer!

Over 10 weeks, Rev’s Prototyping Hardware Accelerator guides product teams to determine if their ideas are commercially desirable, technologically feasible, and economically viable. Upon completion of the program, participants are positioned to recruit team members, bring on partners, initiate work with contract manufacturers and pitch to investors. Teams will receive a stipend of up to $2,000 to advance their prototype.

The program offers a MedTech Track in partnership with Cornell Biomedical Engineering and Weill Cornell. The MedTech track provides access to specialized prototyping equipment, regulatory resources and research and medical professionals in the field.  

The accelerator is held in person at Rev: Ithaca Startup Works in Ithaca, New York beginning in late May 2024. The program is free and open to the public. Applications are now open. Early admission deadline February 16, 2024. Applications close March 25, 2024. Learn more and apply hereQuestions about the program can be directed to rev@revithaca.com.