Boomtown teams with medical group for ‘health-tech’ accelerator program

BOULDER — Startup-accelerator Boomtown is teaming with the Colorado Permanente Medical Group to launch a 12-week mentoring program for entrepreneurs who want to launch “health-tech” companies.

Boulder-based Boomtown has selected veteran health-care professional Tom Base to be the managing director for its HealthTech accelerator, which will invest in 10 to 12 startups during 2016. The startups will receive mentoring and seed-stage investments.

Applications for the session are being accepted here.

“Health-care systems around the globe are in the early stages of a monumental transformation to more innovative, patient-centric and value-based care models,” Base said. “Technology is one of the key…