Ecosystem · Incubator & Accelerator
VelocityTX: San Antonio's Bioscience Innovation Campus
A San Antonio campus helping life science startups commercialize new technologies.
- What is it?
- Bioscience incubator & accelerator
- Who is it for?
- Life science startups & researchers
- Why is it useful?
- Labs, funding, and a "Connect-Support-Fund" model
About
VelocityTX is a nonprofit bioscience research and innovation campus on San Antonio’s East Side, built around a "Connect-Support-Fund" model to help commercialize life-saving technologies. The campus houses a startup incubator with BSL-1/BSL-2 wet labs and shared equipment, alongside two accelerator tracks: the Community Health Accelerator, run with Methodist Healthcare Ministries and focused on social determinants of health, and the TechNovum™ Accelerator, run with UT Health San Antonio for researcher-entrepreneurs. VelocityTX also partners with military medicine through its DoD Office Hours and AIM Health R&D Summit programming.
Leadership
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Rene Dominguez
Key Features
- Startup Incubator
- Community Health Accelerator
- TechNovum™ Accelerator
- DoD Office Hours & AIM Health R&D Summit
- SBIR/STTR bootcamps
- Step Into STEM
Benefits
- Wet labs and shared equipment on a 12-acre innovation campus.
- Two dedicated tracks for community health and researcher-led startups.
- Support through SBIR/STTR bootcamps and investor introductions.
Articles, Tools & Additional Resources
VelocityTX Incubator (opens in a new tab)
Eligibility and application details.
VelocityTX Accelerator Programs (opens in a new tab)
Community Health and TechNovum™ tracks.
Learn more
VelocityTX
Website: velocitytx.org (opens in a new tab)
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