Neuroclear Pro Park, a student innovation team from the University of North Dakota, has been selected to join the Winter 2026 cohort of VentureWell’s competitive E-Team Program. Only twenty-two student ventures nationwide were chosen for this cohort, representing emerging technologies aimed at improving healthcare, sustainability, information technology, and other critical sectors.
Neuroclear Pro Park is developing a continuous-monitoring wearable designed to track biological changes linked to the progression of Parkinson’s disease. The goal is to support earlier intervention, provide clinicians with actionable data, and enable more personalized treatment pathways for individuals living with the disease.
Participation in the E-Team Program marks a major milestone for the team as they move from early hypothesis testing to broader commercialization planning. As part of the cohort, Neuroclear Pro Park will enter Pioneer, the first stage of VentureWell’s program, receiving $5,000 in grant funding and intensive entrepreneurship training to help them identify the best market fit for their solution.
The team is comprised of Enrique Alvarez as Principal Investigator, with student members Mercedes Terry and Abigail Tubbs. Earlier this year, the group completed 22 customer discovery interviews through the NSF Great Plains I-Corps Hub regional program, under the team name, MindMend Biotech LLC, where they began validating the clinical need and refining their problem statement.
The Neuroclear Pro Park team will join peers from universities across the country, including teams working on next-generation burn-care materials, food-safety devices for manufacturers, and other science- and tech-enabled solutions.
For more information about VentureWell’s E-Team Program, visit https://venturewell.org/e-team-program/.
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