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

Life Science Nation (LSN)‘s RESI JPM 2024 is less than two weeks away! For this conference, the Innovator’s Pitch Challenge (IPC) is especially popular and we are featuring 56 presenting startups across 14 sessions, each focusing on a specific sector/subsector. The LSN team has been busy recruiting active investors and industry experts to join the pitch judge panels. The investor and industry experts were invited to sessions based on their experience, investment interest and expertise. The judges will listen to 4 minutes of company pitches and have 8 to 9 minutes to engage in Q&A and provide feedback to the pitching companies.
Below is a list of IPC pitch judges at RESI JPM in San Francisco:
Chris Aleong Vice President BioIdeations |
Dozie Amuzie Head of Johnson & Johnson Innovation @ JLABS Canada Johnson & Johnson Innovation |
Joshua Barney Member Barrington Angels |
Samir Batra Managing Partner & Founder HIP (Health Innovation Pitch) |
Marianne Bjordal Partner 3B Future Health Fund |
Zac Hann Senior Associate LYFE Capital |
Steve Curtis Director, New Ventures BrightEdge |
Paolo Di Giorgio CEO and Managing Director Angelini Ventures |
Felix Breyer Associate Arix Bioscience |
Karen Drexler Angel Investor, Advisor Astia Angels |
Ruben Flores-Saaib Academic Innovations and Partnerships Lead General Inception |
Dimitra Georganopoulou General Partner Qral Ventures |
Gary Gershony Partner BayMed Venture Partners |
Tom Gibbs Director Debiopharm Innovation Fund |
Janelle Goulard Director of Health Investment Pangaea Ventures |
Tai Harada Partner Fast Track Initiative |
David Hendren Managing Director Augmentum Advisors LLC |
Dave Hood West Coast Outreach Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) |
Guanghui Hu Venture Partner & CEO Viva BioInnovator |
Sharon Huang Associate Tau Ventures |
Jochen Hurlebaus Head of Digital Health Innovation Roche Diagnostics |
Elena Itskovich President Nest Catalyst |
Enmi Kendall General Partner Healthy Ventures |
Don Lin Co-Founder, Managing Director Guoqian Venture Capital Investment |
Stephanie Marrus Director UCSF Entrepreneurship Center |
Terri Mead Founder Class Bravo Ventures |
Nick Mourlas Head of JLABS @ San Diego Johnson & Johnson Innovation |
Sonal Panda Principal Tau Ventures |
Rhiya Pau Associate Laerdal Million Lives Fund |
Jojo Platt US Partnerships Lead Corundum Neuroscience |
Rena Rosenberg Partner Robin Hood Ventures |
Alexander Schubert Partner SciFounders |
Parul Singh Partner Initialized Capital |
Anish Srivastava Managing Partner Telosity Ventures |
Jeff Stinson Director HealthTech Arkansas |
Scott Thielman Life Science Co-Chair – Northwest Keiretsu Forum |
Jeff Trost Managing Partner Laerdal Million Lives Fund |
Thomas Vogelsong Investor/Life Science Advisor KYTO Technology and Life Science |
Garrett Vygantas Co-Founder & Managing Partner Riverine Ventures |
Sally Wang Venture Partner Viva BioInnovator |
Kyoko Watanabe Managing Director DEFTA Partners |
Aaron Welch Associate SymBiosis Capital Management |
Hong Wen Partner Shanghai Healthcare Capital |
Ryan Witt Member Tech Coast Angels |
Jun Xiao Vice President Life Science Angels |
Ronald Dorenbos Principal BioFrontline Ltd. |
David Zarling Investor Family Office Based in California |






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