Charlotte's Health Tech Ecosystem

The People, Companies, and Breakthroughs Moving Health Forward

Advisory5 connects health tech startups with structured advisory boards so they can land customers and raise capital faster.

Charlotte is building world-class health innovation infrastructure. Advisory5 connects the people inside it.

Igor Gorlatov, founder of Advisory5, in The Pearl Innovation District

For Founders

Get matched with a dedicated advisory team. Free, sponsor-funded, built around your stage.

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For Advisors

Use your expertise to help early-stage health tech founders. Team-based, structured, real impact.

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For Sponsors

Three ways to sponsor the ecosystem. Visibility. Participation. Co-Building. Pick yours.

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Featured
News

Advisory5 × Northeastern Venture Mentoring Network

Feature · July 2026

Advisory5 brings the founders Northeastern University VMN mentors have been waiting for. Inside the team-mentoring pilot built with Northeastern University’s Venture Mentoring Network — five ventures, nine founders, ten mentors — and the dedicated Northeastern Track it grew into.

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Recent Moves

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JUL
23
Ecosystem Move

HealthTech Partners Global opens headquarters at The Pearl

HealthTech Partners Global held a ribbon-cutting for its new headquarters at Connect Labs by Wexford. The rehab-device distributor — spanning clinical education, commercial strategy, and robotic service — is now anchored inside The Pearl.

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JUN
16
Ecosystem Move

The First Neighbor Night at The Pearl

Connect Labs and Advisory5 hosted the first Neighbor Night at The Pearl — thirty people meeting the neighbors they did not know were next door.

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JUN
11
Ecosystem Move

Of Earth & Sky at The Pearl

Nine Eighteen Nine brought its needle-felted fiber art to Connect Labs by Wexford at The Pearl for an evening reception. A few moments from the night.

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JUN
8
Ecosystem Move

The Pearl Turns One

The Pearl Innovation District celebrated its first anniversary last week. Advisory5 was there. A few moments from the evening.

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Upcoming Events

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Sep 14, 2026
UNC Charlotte CBES + NCBiotech
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Sep 15, 2026
Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society
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In the News

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Open Roles

Advisory seats, fractional leadership, and director-plus roles.

Fractional Chief Operating Officer
American Immunization Registry Association · Remote (US)
$175 – $225/hr
Director, Patient Experience Design and Optimization
Biogen · Research Triangle Park, NC
$188K – $259K/yr
Director, Product Management
Syneos Health · Morrisville, NC
$134.4K – $255.4K/yr

Reviewed by Advisory5. New roles weekly.

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Funding and Programs

Grants, accelerators, and programs currently accepting applications from health tech startups.

Up to $2M in non-dilutive federal funding for technically ambitious digital health startups — zero equity. The application is two steps: submit a free Project Pitch first (year-round, 1–2 month response). Only invited companies submit a Full Proposal; the next deadline for invited applicants is July 27, 2026.
Deadline: Jul 27, 2026
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