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Local companies among finalists selected for Connect Tech Innovation Challenge
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WESTBOROUGH Six companies from across Massachusetts were recently selected as finalists for the Connect Tech Innovation Challenge, the fourth in a series of pitch competitions organized by the Innovation Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative and Lever, Inc. to identify and grow innovations inspired by challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and recession.
Hopkinton’s Outside Interactive and Industrial Polymers and Chemicals of Shrewsbury are among local companies participating in the challenge.
Finalists in the Connect Tech Innovation Challenge will participate in a six-week accelerator that will help them develop connective technologies with the potential to spark the Commonwealth’s economic recovery and improve the flow of goods, services, and information.
The Innovation Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative, in conjunction with North Adams economic development non-profit Lever, is seeking entrepreneurs and startups to participate in its Connect Tech Innovation Challenge, the fourth iteration in a series of competitive pandemic-related accelerator programs.
Participants will complete a six-week acceleration program aimed at developing COVID-inspired ideas to help bolster economic recovery and strengthen the flow of goods, services and programs, according to Mass. Tech. The program will culminate in an April 9 pitch competition, with the winner taking home $40,000, and the runner up taking home $10,000.
Applications are due Feb. 19, with finalists selected by Feb. 26.