Jamie Sundsbak: I work alongside founders building in Minnesota, and the community that grows them.
20 years of research and clinical lab work at USDA/ARS, the University of Utah and Mayo Clinic, more than a decade contributing to Rochester's startup community alongside many partners, and today Director of Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate.
Highlights
- 150 AI health-tech companies in the Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate portfolio
- $1.25B raised by Accelerate companies after graduation
- 200+ founders advised one-on-one
- 400+ community entrepreneurship events since 2013
Work in Rochester
- Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate: Mayo Clinic's first global startup accelerator
- Collider Foundation: dedicated to helping founders thrive in Rochester
- Walleye Tank: Minnesota's first life science pitch competition
- Collider Coworking: Rochester's first entrepreneurial gathering place and coworking space
- Mayo Clinic Surgery Research Center: a rapid surgical prototyping incubator
- BioAM: Southern Minnesota's first bio-business startup community
- 1 Million Cups Rochester, Startup Weekend Rochester, Global Entrepreneurship Week
Recognition
- Twin Cities Business 100, 2025
- RAVE Warrior Award, first recipient, 2014
- SXSW Pitch Advisory Board, 2017–2025
- 19 publications
Contact: sundsbak.jamie@gmail.com · LinkedIn