By Claire Jeong, Chief Conference Officer, Vice President of Investor Research, Asia BD, LSN
Life Science Nation (LSN) prepares early-stage entrepreneurs for their Global Roadshow Campaign. There are many tools in the LSN toolkit that we provide to make this happen. One of the tools is the Innovator’s Pitch Challenge (IPC). A key component of the Redefining Early Stage Investments (RESI) Conference Series, the Innovator’s Pitch Challenge (IPC), is an opportunity for early-stage life science and healthcare companies to apply to gain additional exposure to conference attendees and pitch directly to a panel of judges, featuring active investors and industry experts. Each finalist company also prepares a posterboard to be showcased in the exhibit hall and competes for “RESI Cash,” which attendees use to “invest” in their favorite presenters for the final prizes. The value of the Innovator’s Pitch Challenge comes from the real-time critique IPC finalists receive from the judging panel and the experience the finalists gain by pitching their technology to relevant industry leaders.
We are accepting applications for the RESI South 2024 Innovator’s Pitch Challenge until Wednesday, February 21. Learn more about the IPC and apply here!
Hear from past IPC finalists and Investor Judge:
Vanessa Williamson, CEO, Gliachem:“A 4-minute pitch is not easy. There is an opportunity to add a bunch more content than you would with just a standard elevator pitch, but you can’t overload. Coming up with a succinct message that focused on the problem, solution, differentiation and market opportunity was key. As tempting as it was to get deep into the science, we focused on the business opportunity. The LSN and RESI resources were also invaluable. We attended the prep session you offered and followed the recommendations with respect to focus.”
Dr. Alberto Ramos Vernieri, Chief Scientific Officer, Untech:“This prize is exactly that because the judges of the contest are people with a lot of experience and well recognized in the field. Each question from this kind of person is always useful to learn more about those things you can’t learn in other ways.”
Dr. Gennady Bratslavsky, Co-Founder & Partner at Avicella Capital:“An opportunity for us to have a good deep look during the presentations. It also gives an opportunity to provide feedback…It is an opportunity to put their best foot forward and an opportunity to have great exposure.”
David Medina, PhD, Co-founder at Novaurum Biosciences:“I had the opportunity to pitch for the first time at RESI in Boston. I was impressed by the quality of the questions I was asked by the investor judges, and it was great to be able to continue the conversation over a drink at the end of the day. We are currently still in conversation with some of them. I also think it helped us get more meetings with investors at RESI. A great experience!”
To learn more and hear about how to prepare for the IPC, LSN offers free webinars. You can listen here to a previous recording Preparing for the Innovator’s Pitch Challenge.
Applications for the Innovator’s Pitch Challenge are now open for RESI South.
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