By Karen Deyo, VP of Product, Israel BD, LSN
Life Science Nation’s (LSN) biggest Redefining Early Stage Investments (RESI) event of the year, taking place during JP Morgan Healthcare week in San Francisco, was a huge success last week. With over 3000 meetings and connections made through RESI, it will be weeks before the true outcomes will be fully realized. With over 1100 attendees, spanning 35 countries and 5 continents, RESI hit a record high investor registrations, with 650 investors registered to attend, both in person and virtually. Of these investors, one third were investors who were new to RESI. RESI is the premier event for investors wanting to connect with early stage life science startups, and for every event, the LSN Investor Research team received outreach from new investors interested in joining our network and connecting with exciting new innovators.
In addition to meetings, RESI’s compelling content provides startups with opportunities to learn from investors, industry experts and their peers tips and techniques to make their fundraise successful. With panels such as the Family Offices, Big Pharma, Health System Partners and Cross Border Investors, companies were able to learn how different investor types partner in the early stages, and how to approach these investors most successfully. Other panels covered different sectors, such as Early Stage Therapeutics and Medical Devices, and even focused on areas gaining increasing traction such as Mental and Behavioral Health. These investor panels focused on current trends in the industry, and where they think it is headed in the near future. Panels hosted by industry experts focused on challenges companies can face and experts that can help them avoid issues that can delay them in their quest to bring their technologies to market. Cambridge Scientific hosted a session on procuring space in incubators and labs, as well as equipment, and how to navigate that to best advantage. Husch Blackwell hosted a session on navigating a fundraise with a complex technology, and how to explain your technology to best advantage when there is a complicated regulatory and intellectual property landscape.
The LSN network continues to expand with every RESI we organize, with new attendees and new content, and we are excited for 2024, which will include several new locations hosting our RESI conference. Check out our schedule for 2024, and join us for what is sure to be a full year of fantastic events.
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