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Back and better than ever!

Accelerating

MedTech Innovation

We’re a Memphis-based medical technology program that supports early-stage founders looking to accelerate toward commercialization.

Bring Your Medical Breakthrough to Market

We prepare founders for large-scale success with a unique focus on regulatory and quality dynamics. Your company will receive an equity investment and participate in an intensive 13‑week program. To support your vision we bring together:

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    Advisors

    Tap into our rich network of medical device/MedTech experts in the Memphis region to provide ongoing mentoring and coaching for your team.

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    Subject Matter Experts

    The program includes experts from product development, intellectual property, quality, regulatory, and reimbursement.

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    Service Providers

    We’re expanding our soft skill curriculum by providing sessions on how to network, public speaking, working with co‑founders, and other social skill development.

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    A Dedicated Network

    You will network with alumni, funders, and advisors from our rich regional medical device cluster.

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    An Intensive Curriculum

    Get ready for a packed agenda! Last year we held 112 sessions over a 13‑week period. All aspects of practical success are addressed, including hard science and soft social skills.

Apply to Join Our Next Cohort

Each company will be granted a $25k investment upon acceptance and initiation into the cohort. An additional $25k will be provided if a company decides to set up its residence/location in the Memphis area for at least 12 consecutive months. 

Applicants are required to demonstrate a plan for a foothold connection to the Memphis area. The connection can be up to the discretion of each company, and may be part of their extended network. For example, a qualifying connection could be a clinical advisor, a planned clinical study, or more traditionally a company/co‑founder could decide to be located in Memphis.

How We’re Different

Our program focuses on providing a personal, founder-centered experience by accepting a limited number of companies into each cohort. The curriculum is customized and tailored to meet the needs of each company. Our partners and alumni help to support founders in practical, meaningful ways. ZeroTo510 provides each team with specific, tailored connections through our vibrant medical device/MedTech cluster. 

Our network has a breadth of experience across various fields of medical technology.

  • Business Model Development

  • Product Design / Development

  • Regulatory

  • Reimbursement

  • Transfer to Manufacturing / Production

  • Clinical Studies

  • Preparing for Capital Investment

Why Memphis?

  • $4.1 billion impact

    According to a 2022 report by the Greater Memphis Medical Device Council, the medical device industry has a $4.1 billion impact on the Memphis region, which is about 5.5% of the Memphis GDP.

  • 18k+ jobs

    The medical device cluster directly or indirectly supports more than 18,000 jobs in the Memphis area.

  • 5 major medtech manufacturers

    Major manufacturers in Memphis include Medtronic, Smith & Nephew, Microport, Stryker (formerly Wright Medical Group) and Olympus.

  • 9 key life sciences institutions

    The region’s life science industry is backed by research assets and a large bioscience research campus including the Memphis Medical District; a 250‑acre area of Downtown Memphis that boasts nine of the region’s key life sciences institutions.

  • 39 colleges & universities

    In addition to the University of Memphis (a Carnegie R1 research institution) there are 38 other colleges and universities providing life science and healthcare-related educational opportunities in the Greater Memphis region.