RESI Boston Investor Speakers

By Claire Jeong, Chief Conference Officer, Vice President of Investor Research, Asia BD, LSN

RESI Boston brings together active early-stage investors and life science innovators for two days of investor-led programming focused on capital, partnering, and market dynamics shaping healthcare innovation.

The agenda will feature leading biotech VCs, family offices, corporate scouts, health system investors, and impact-focused investors sharing how they evaluate opportunities, where they see momentum, and what founders need to understand as they prepare to raise capital and build strategic partnerships.

From Boston’s biotech ecosystem and early-stage therapeutic investing to pharma partnering, health systems, strategic capital, chronic disease, women’s health, family offices, and impact investing, the panel program offers practical insight across the full life science financing landscape.

These conversations are designed to help entrepreneurs better understand investor priorities, refine their fundraising strategy, and build relationships with the people actively shaping the future of healthcare innovation.

RESI Boston takes place in person September 22–23 at the Westin Copley Place, with virtual partnering September 25 and September 28–29. Whether attending in Boston or virtually, participants can connect with investors, gain perspective from the panel stage, and advance their next conversations through targeted partnering.

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Featured RESI Boston Investor Speakers
John Abeles
John Abeles
Northlea Partners
Marc Appel
Marc Appel
Pacific Bridge NY
Farnaz Bakhshi
Farnaz Bakhshi
ACS BrightEdge
Caleb Bell
Caleb Bell
Beyond Next Ventures
Alan Chiu
Alan Chiu
Breakthrough T1D
Scott Davis
Scott Davis
Sontag Foundation
Ronald Dorenbos
Ronald Dorenbos
BioFrontline Ltd.
Shane Duffy
Shane Duffy
Avanos Medical, Inc.
Tao Fang
Tao Fang
MRL Ventures Fund (MRLV)
David Fogel
David Fogel
Mass Medical Angels
Navin Govind
Navin Govind
Evidence Ventures
Nimisha Gupta
Nimisha Gupta
Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc
William Hsu, PhD
William Hsu, PhD
NuFund Venture Group
Austin Hwang
Austin Hwang
Analog Garage
Jonathan Ilicki
Jonathan Ilicki
Industrifonden
Renaud Jacquemart
Renaud Jacquemart
Omnium Global
Rohit Jain
Rohit Jain
HBS Alumni Angels of Northern California
Satoshi Konagai
Satoshi Konagai
Astellas Venture Management (AVM)
Jason Kraus
Jason Kraus
Boston Harbor Angels
Kathy Ku
Kathy Ku
Sazze Partners
Sally Wang Liang
Sally Wang Liang
Xpanse Venture
Nate Macht
Nate Macht
ACS BrightEdge
Nune Martiros
Nune Martiros
Paladin Capital Group
Andrew Merken
Andrew Merken
Polsinelli PC
Nikhil Mutyal
Nikhil Mutyal
AstraZeneca
Rohit Nuwal
Rohit Nuwal
TELUS Ventures
Maggie O'Toole
Maggie O'Toole
LabCentral
Soyoung Park
Soyoung Park
1004 Venture Partners
Dushyant Pathak
Dushyant Pathak
Autobahn Labs
Garrett Peterson
Garrett Peterson
Yahara Ventures
Andrew Rae
Andrew Rae
Woodgreen Ventures
Parthiban Rajasekaran
Parthiban Rajasekaran
Sanofi
Armin Rump
Armin Rump
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Mo Soleja
Mo Soleja
Golden Seeds
Yvanka de Soysa
Yvanka de Soysa
Foreground Capital
Daniel Teper
Daniel Teper
YADAY Health
Andrew Thomson
Andrew Thomson
Ipsen S.A.
John Tremblay
John Tremblay
Launchpad Venture Group
Le Zhan
Le Zhan
Yunion Healthcare Ventures

The 2027 RESI Conference Lineup: Global Capital, Strategic Partnerships, and Life Science Innovation

By Max Braht, VP of Business Development, LSN

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The 2027 RESI Conference Lineup: Global Capital, Strategic Partnerships, and Life Science Innovation

Life Science Nation’s 2027 RESI conference calendar will connect early-stage life science companies with global investors, pharma partners, and industry leaders across four major life science hubs: San Francisco, Tokyo, Philadelphia, and Boston.

The year begins during JPM week and continues through Asia, BIO International Convention week in Philadelphia, and Boston’s biotech week in September. Each event is designed to help emerging companies build the investor relationships and strategic partnerships needed to move their companies forward.

RESI JPM 2027: January 11–12

San Francisco Marriott Marquis, San Francisco

Registration is now open for RESI JPM 2027.

Held concurrently with JPM Healthcare Week, RESI JPM brings early-stage companies into San Francisco during one of the world’s largest annual gatherings for healthcare investment and business development. The two-day in-person conference will be followed by virtual partnering on January 13, 18, and 19.

Previous RESI JPM conferences have drawn more than 1,000 attendees, including over 600 early-stage life science investors, innovators, and industry experts. For companies raising capital, pursuing strategic partnerships, or preparing for a major financing milestone, RESI offers a focused setting to make the most of the week.

RESI Asia Japan 2027: April 13

ANA InterContinental, Tokyo

RESI Asia Japan launches in collaboration with the Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster (KBIC), Japan’s largest biomedical cluster.

Japan represents one of the life science industry’s most valuable and least accessible markets. Its leading pharmaceutical companies are active licensors and acquirers of external innovation, while the country offers deep clinical development capabilities and a progressive regulatory pathway for regenerative medicine, cell therapy, and gene therapy.

RESI Asia Japan will create a direct bridge between Japan’s world-class science ecosystem and global capital and partnering networks. The event is part of a broader collaboration between Life Science Nation and KBIC focused on strengthening commercialization pathways, entrepreneur education, capital formation, and international business development for Japanese life science companies.

RESI Philadelphia 2027: June 7

Convene, Philadelphia

RESI Philadelphia will take place during BIO International Convention week, complementing the broader industry activity in the city with a dedicated forum for early-stage companies and active investors.

Philadelphia is a leading center for cell and gene therapy, biopharma, medical innovation, and academic research. RESI provides companies and investors attending BIO week with a targeted environment for investor partnering, live pitch opportunities, and conversations that can turn promising science into fundable, strategic opportunities.

Virtual partnering dates will be announced soon.

RESI Boston 2027: September 22

Westin Copley Place, Boston

RESI returns to Boston during biotech week, bringing the global early-stage life science investment community together in one of the world’s most important innovation hubs.

Boston’s unmatched concentration of founders, investors, academic institutions, biotech companies, and strategic partners makes it an essential stop on the RESI calendar. The in-person event will offer targeted partnering, investor panels, educational programming, and the Innovator’s Pitch Challenge for companies seeking to raise visibility and advance fundraising conversations.

Virtual partnering dates will be announced soon.

A Global RESI Run

The 2027 lineup offers companies multiple opportunities throughout the year to engage the Life Science Nation network, deepen relationships with investors and strategic partners, and access new regional markets.

  • RESI JPM: January 11–12, San Francisco
  • RESI Asia Japan: April 13, Tokyo
  • RESI Philadelphia: June 7, Philadelphia
  • RESI Boston: September 22, Boston

Registration is now open for RESI JPM 2027. Register by October 2 to save $900 with Super Early Bird pricing. Learn more at resiconference.com.

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Why It’s Not Too Late to Make the Most of RESI Partnering

By Karen Deyo, VP of Product, Israel BD, LSN

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As RESI Boston approaches, companies that have not yet registered may assume the most valuable partnering opportunities have already passed. In reality, the final two weeks before a RESI conference are often when schedules begin to fill most quickly.

Many investors and strategic partners wait until the attendee list is more complete before committing to meetings. As a result, roughly 80% of partnering meetings are typically scheduled during the last two weeks leading to the event. This is when participants are actively reviewing company profiles, prioritizing conversations, and building their final schedules.

For early-stage life science companies, that means there is still meaningful time to secure high-value meetings, but the window is narrowing. Registering now gives your team the opportunity to create a strong company profile, identify the investors and strategic partners most aligned with your stage and sector, and begin sending targeted meeting requests before calendars become full.

The most successful RESI attendees do not rely on last-minute outreach alone. They use the remaining time strategically: refine the company profile, clearly communicate the value proposition and financing objectives, research potential partners, and focus outreach on the conversations most likely to advance their next milestone.

RESI is designed to help companies turn a few concentrated days of partnering into a stronger fundraising and business-development pipeline. Whether the goal is to raise a seed or Series A round, identify strategic partners, explore licensing opportunities, or gain investor feedback, the final weeks before the conference can be some of the most productive.

It is not too late to register for RESI Boston, but now is the time to act. The sooner your company is visible on the partnering platform, the more time you will have to connect with the investors and strategic partners who can help move your business forward.

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Hot Investor Mandate: Cross-Border Early-Stage VC Invests $150K–$1M in TechBio and Technology-Enabled Healthcare Companies

An early-stage venture capital investor is focused on globally scalable technology companies with connections to Southeast Asia and the United States. The firm primarily invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, and Pre-Series A stages, typically deploying approximately $150K–$1M per company and generally targeting ownership positions of 5–15%. A meaningful portion of the firm’s capital is allocated to life sciences and healthcare innovation. The firm leverages technical expertise, entrepreneurial experience, and international operating networks to support early-stage companies pursuing global growth. 

Within life sciences and healthcare, the firm focuses on techbio and technology-enabled healthcare innovation. Areas of interest include computational biology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, protein and RNA technologies, gene editing and CRISPR, precision therapeutics, AI-enabled drug discovery, biomaterials, regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, synthetic biology, screening and diagnostics, digital health, healthcare analytics, and health data infrastructure. The firm is comfortable investing at very early stages, including preclinical and research-stage opportunities, and is generally indication-agnostic, with additional interest in neurotechnology and neuroscience. 

From a company and management team perspective, the firm seeks ambitious founders and technically strong teams developing differentiated intellectual property and defensible technology platforms. The firm can lead or co-invest and generally seeks board participation when leading a financing. The firm actively supports portfolio companies with technology strategy, business scaling, international expansion, recruiting, and future fundraising through its network of operators, technologists, and industry experts. 

If you are interested in more information about this investor and other investors tracked by LSN, please email salescore@lifesciencenation.com

Hot Investor Mandate: US-Based Healthcare Focused Fund Invests Around $10M in Companies Developing Novel Therapeutics, Open to Various Modalities

The firm is a U.S.-based healthcare investment manager focused exclusively on biotechnology and biopharmaceutical companies. The firm invests across both public and private markets and has more than two decades of experience investing in life sciences. Through its dedicated private investment strategy, the firm supports emerging biotechnology companies from Seed through Series B, with initial investments typically averaging approximately $10M and significant capacity for follow-on participation. Investments are primarily structured as equity, although convertible instruments may be considered for select Seed-stage opportunities. The firm primarily targets companies in the United States and Europe. 

The firm invests exclusively in therapeutics and is broadly agnostic across modalities and disease areas. The firm evaluates small molecules, biologics, antibodies, RNA therapeutics, cell and gene therapies, and other emerging therapeutic platforms. Areas of interest include oncology, immunology, rare diseases, metabolic disorders, and other indications characterized by significant unmet medical need. The firm is comfortable investing from the preclinical stage onward and prioritizes differentiated science, strong biological rationale, and programs capable of generating meaningful clinical value. 

From a company and management team perspective, the firm seeks strong scientific founders and experienced leadership teams capable of advancing complex therapeutic programs through key clinical and value-inflection milestones. The firm can lead, co-lead, or participate in investment syndicates and may seek board representation or observer rights. The firm takes an active approach to portfolio support, working with management on financing strategy, clinical development, business development, and long-term company building. 

If you are interested in more information about this investor and other investors tracked by LSN, please email salescore@lifesciencenation.com

Hot Investor Mandate: Global CVC Invests $1–3M in Healthcare and Life Sciences Companies Through Evergreen Fund

The firm is the corporate venture capital arm of a diversified global company with substantial healthcare operations. The firm operates through an evergreen investment model and invests globally, with particular activity across North America, Europe, and Asia. Initial investments typically range from approximately $1M–$3M, with the capacity to invest $5M or more over the life of a portfolio company. The firm pursues strategic investments that complement its parent organization’s healthcare businesses and long-term innovation priorities. 

The firm invests across pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, bioprocessing, and other enabling healthcare technologies. Areas of particular interest include pain management, critical care, kidney disease, musculoskeletal disorders, drug delivery, patient monitoring, digital therapeutics, and technologies that improve healthcare delivery and clinical outcomes. The firm is generally stage-agnostic but tends to favor opportunities demonstrating meaningful technical validation, preclinical proof-of-concept, or early clinical data. The firm evaluates investments partly based on their potential strategic relevance to its broader healthcare capabilities. 

From a company and management team perspective, the firm invests exclusively in private companies and is comfortable partnering with early-stage teams that are still developing their leadership and operational capabilities. The firm takes a collaborative, strategic approach and can provide access to global healthcare expertise, technical and manufacturing resources, and commercial relationships. The firm generally seeks board participation or observer rights and actively supports portfolio companies with business development, strategic partnerships, product development, and long-term growth. 

If you are interested in more information about this investor and other investors tracked by LSN, please email salescore@lifesciencenation.com

Hot Investor Mandate: VC With Global Investment Mandate Seeks Seed to Series B Therapeutics, Medtech, and Digital Health Companies

The firm is a venture capital investor with a global investment mandate and a significant allocation to healthcare and life sciences. The firm typically invests approximately $2.5M per company and participates in Seed through Series B financings. The firm can act as either a lead investor or co-investor and invests globally, with particular interest in opportunities across the United States, China, and Europe. The firm seeks companies with strong and defensible intellectual property that can provide meaningful downside protection and competitive differentiation. 

The firm invests across therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, and healthcare IT and is broadly agnostic across indications. The firm has particular interest in medical devices and cardiovascular technologies and considers devices across regulatory pathways and stages of development. Within therapeutics, the firm evaluates programs ranging from preclinical development through Phase III, while medical device and diagnostic opportunities may be considered at any development stage. The firm also evaluates healthcare technologies incorporating automation and robotics where relevant. 

From a company and management team perspective, the firm invests exclusively in privately held companies and does not impose specific management team requirements. The firm places significant emphasis on differentiated technology and strong intellectual property. The firm may seek a board seat in select circumstances but generally prefers board observer rights, allowing the firm to remain actively engaged while supporting portfolio companies alongside other investors. 

If you are interested in more information about this investor and other investors tracked by LSN, please email salescore@lifesciencenation.com