Emerald Bioventures was formed to incubate and build transformational life sciences companies with extraordinary entrepreneurs. Based on cutting-edge science, medicine, and technology, our aim is to improve human health today and for future generations.
Emerald is one of at least several dozen life sciences focused incubators based in the United States.
A unique aspect of our philosophy is the combination of a mission-driven approach with a focus on “white space” problems.
That is, we take on hard problems that, if solved, have the potential to positively impact humanity.
We will often start with a blank sheet of paper and look at a difficult medical issue like autism, breast cancer, heart failure or the obesity epidemic and we ask “how can one best address these diseases?”
We then go about creating a for-profit business that will permit this to happen. In other cases, we will encounter a new technology or scientific innovation and then go through an ideation phase of figuring out how to use the innovation for the benefit of patients.
A key aspect of Emerald’s philosophy is that mission-driven businesses need to ultimately become profitable. Otherwise, they will not be able to deliver on their mission.