The application process has begun for UpTech, the region's new business super-accelerator. UpTech will fund with $5 million, educate, mentor and provide office space to 50 informatics companies over the next three to five years.
Kicking off the program in late May or June will be a class of 10 companies from around the nation, in any of five categories: health information technology, cloud computing virtualization, business analytics, digital media and cyber security. And they'll be selected by a panel of executives from CBS, Cisco, Dell, Procter & Gamble, SAP, Scripps and Summus Software. Each company will receive a $100,000 investment and six months of free office space at One Riverfront Place in Newport.
The application deadline is March 9.
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