Ecosystem Moves
Recent partnerships, collaborations, and developments shaping Charlotte's health tech ecosystem.
Charlotte Health Founders at Innovation Quarter
Connect Labs by Wexford and Advisory5 took a bus of Charlotte health founders from Connect Labs, gBETA Charlotte Health and Advisory5 to Innovation Quarter in Winston-Salem, a research district built inside former R.J. Reynolds tobacco buildings.
PitchBreakfast Charlotte, October 2026
With Juan Garzon away, Laura Smailes and the PitchBreakfast team ran October's session at Sparkhouse West without missing a beat. Nexabi, Propera and Health Perspectives pitched, and the investor panel gave candid feedback.
Cram & Crunch at Carolinas College of Health Sciences
Carolinas College of Health Sciences hosted Cram & Crunch at The Pearl, organized by the college's events coordinator, Stephanie Suarez: a make-your-own cereal snack bar and Ike, a therapy dog from Invisible Paw Prints.
AI Conference Reception at Connect Labs
The Wake Forest University School of Medicine AI conference wrapped its first day downstairs at The Pearl and came up to the seventh floor. Connect Labs by Wexford hosted. Advisory5 brought six startups to a room of physicians and faculty: Emray, Global Bridge Pharmaceutical, Znvio, Predoc, Adherix Health, and Transcendent Care. Two Connect Labs members, MindMaze and Hippocratic AI, showed alongside them.
gBETA Charlotte Health Info Session
An evening on innovation in community health at The Pearl — a panel with leaders from Advocate Health, Atrium Health, Seae Ventures, and the City of Charlotte, followed by a reception at Connect Labs. Applications are open for the fall cohort.
Coffee & Connections at The Pearl
The Pearl team fueled the fall with a morning pop-up at The Assembly — complimentary coffee, sweet treats, and a table of fall essentials to kick off the season.
IRCAD Tour by Connect Labs members
Connect Labs members toured IRCAD North America, the surgical training institute four floors below their desks at The Pearl — ten months after opening, already the largest of the nine IRCADs in the world.
Winthrop + The Pearl + Levine Children’s → pediatric STEM learning
Winthrop teaching fellows deliver hands-on STEM learning to hospitalized K–12 students at Levine Children’s Hospital, supported by The Pearl’s K–12 STEM Lab program.
PENTAX Medical → Connect Labs at The Pearl
Engineering lab for endoscopic innovation and clinical education.
NCBiotech + CLT Alliance → Connect Labs at The Pearl (planned)
NCBiotech, CLT Alliance, City of Charlotte, and other economic development partners plan a shared office at Connect Labs — a one-stop shop for biotech companies on capital, incentives, and support.
gBETA Charlotte Health launches at The Pearl
City + Advocate + gener8tor launch health pre-accelerator.
Advocate Health launches National Center for Clinical Trials
AI-enabled clinical trials platform with Wake Forest School of Medicine.
Tract Bio opens lab at The Pearl
New lab to expand R&D and biotech collaboration in the district.
Advocate Health goes live on Workday
Enterprise HR, finance, and supply chain unification with PwC.
Oscar + Atrium Health expand Charlotte plans
Tech-powered health insurance plans for Charlotte market.
Healthcare Innovation Academy microschool
Cabarrus County Schools + Atrium + The Pearl workforce pipeline, Fall 2026.
PENTAX Medical + IRCAD North America
Multi-year endoscopy training and innovation collaboration.
Proximie + IRCAD North America
Digitally connected surgical training and data-enabled innovation.
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