Plug and Play accelerator gains another major animal health backer: Hill’s Pet Nutrition

Hill’s Pet Nutrition is the latest company to throw its support behind a new, Topeka-based animal health accelerator.

“For over a century, Hill’s Pet Nutrition has been a cornerstone in the Topeka business community. They continue to be at the forefront of innovation and are a key driver in Topeka’s role in the animal health corridor,” Katrin Bridges, Greater Topeka Partnership’s senior vice president of innovation, said in a release announcing the company as the second founding partnering in the Plug and Play Accelerator’s-backed program.

“We are thrilled about this partnership and the new opportunities it will generate for Topeka and Shawnee County.”

Hill’s Pet — the maker of Prescription, Science Diet, Healthy Advantage and Bioactive dog and cat food — joins Cargill in co-founding the program, which is expected to virtually welcome its first 10 startups to the animal health corridor this fall.

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