Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator Announces Third Cohort

Pelham NY

20 January, 2022

8:06 AM

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Press release from the Westchester County Government: January 19, 2022 Westchester County Biosciences Accelerator (WCBA) today announced the third cohort of emerging biosciences ventures invited to join the annual program. Twelve ventures will engage in the 6 month-long program that features entrepreneurship education, coaching and mentoring, to develop fundable business plans and expand the Biosciences community in Westchester. Ventures are supported by an experienced entrepreneur coach and receive customized business networking introductions to business professionals to help advance their early-stage ventures. The program will culminate in a pitch day scheduled for Thursday, May 12, 2022. Westchester County Executive George Latimer said: "Biosciences is a key industry in the County's business ecosystem, and we are proud to once again identify and support emerging ventures in this exciting space. We are dedicated to continuing to grow this important community, which has a tremendous impact on our economy." WCBA Program Director Mary Howard, commented: "As we move into the third year of the accelerator program, we are thrilled to welcome high impact innovations, growing support from community mentors and increased engagement by the Westchester bioscience community. We look forward to helping the 2022 cohort of entrepreneurs advance and support the ever-expanding bioscience community in Westchester." Deborah Novick, Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Westchester County said: "Through WCBA, we are witness to the real-time progression of the biotech industry, from seed-stage to market. We are glad to continue to support this program and the innovators who are developing novel treatments to improve human health." The 2022 WCBA cohort participants and ventures include: WCBA cohort alums have already achieved important professional milestones including Kistein Monkhouse, winner of the 2021 Allscripts Advancing Health Equity Using Social Determinants of Health Developer Challenge with her mobile app, Patient Orator; JelikaLite has been granted Breakthrough Device Designation from the FDA for their Cognilum System - a novel, individualized, non-invasive technology for the reduction of pediatric autism symptoms; HomeoLux has rebranded as BRIGHT and enjoys increasing sales of their passive light therapy wellness product to stimulate brain, memory and attention. This press release was produced by the Westchester County Government. The views expressed here are the author's own.