Health Wildcatters, a Dallas-based health-care accelerator, is hosting its second annual Health Innovation Pitch Competition May 17 at the Healthcare Dealmakers Conference at the Four Seasons Resort in Irving.
More than 100 health-care venture capitalists will be on hand at the competition, eager to learn more about the businesses being presented.
Health Wildcatters invites all health-care startups in the Dallas-Fort Worth area to enter for a chance to win $25,000 and in-kind services from Health Wildcatters and its sponsors.
At last year’s inaugural event, Socrates Health Solutions snagged the grand prize at the 2016 Healthcare Dealmakers Conference at the Adolphus Hotel in downtown Dallas.
Startups that are interested in participating this year should submit their applications by April 30. To learn more about the competition or to sign up, visit the Health Wildcatters website.
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