Digital RESI November Final Agenda

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

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It’s been a busy week at Life Science Nation! As the audience chatters and orchestra buzzes in the moments before curtain opens on a show, the week before Digital RESI November 16-18 has been filled with booking meetings, partnering tutorials, panel planning calls, and putting the finishing touches on pitch materials. The energy is in the air and there’s nothing like it!

Check out some of the content coming to you virtually through Digital RESI November next week. Each session has been carefully crafted to highlight the best in early-stage life science and healthcare, and every feature is designed to connect fundraising founders with investors and strategic partners who are a fit for their product and stage of development.

  Tuesday (11/16) Wednesday (11/17) Thursday (11/18)
 
All Day Partnering
10AM EST Innovator’s Pitch Challenge #1 Diagnostics First Republic Bank Workshop – How to Evaluate Your Banking Partner Innovator’s Pitch Challenge #9 Longevity – Medical Devices
Innovator’s Pitch Challenge #5 Oncology Therapeutics
11AM EST Oncology Innovation Panel Cognitive Care Panel Digital Health Panel
Innovator’s Pitch Challenge #2 Medical Devices Innovator’s Pitch Challenge #10 Therapeutics
12PM EST TriNet Workshop – Piecing Together the Talent Puzzle MWE Workshop – Negotiating Term Sheets Burns & Levinson Licensing Workshop
1PM EST Innovator’s Pitch Challenge #3 R&D/Therapeutics Innovator’s Pitch Challenge #6 AI – Drug Discovery Innovator’s Pitch Challenge #11 Novel Drug Delivery
Tales from the Road: AI Innovators on their Fundraising Journey
2PM EST AI-Assisted Remote Care & Chronic Disease Management Panel Investing in Precision Medicine Panel Women in Age-Tech Panel
3PM EST MedTech Strategics Panel Clinical & Research Data Panel Impact Investors Panel
4PM EST Tales from the Road: Age-Tech Innovators on their Fundraising Journey Tales from the Road: Biotech and MedTech Innovators on their Fundraising Journey  
Innovator’s Pitch Challenge #7 Longevity – Therapeutics & Digital Health
5PM EST Angels & Family Offices Panel Innovator’s Pitch Challenge #8 Medical Devices  
Innovator’s Pitch Challenge #4 AI – Medical Devices & Digital Health

If you haven’t yet signed up for Digital RESI November, sign up now! There is still time, but meeting slots are booking up fast. If you’re already looking ahead to 2022, sign up for Digital RESI JPM early to save on super early bird rates!

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Embracing the Early-Stage Journey

By Rory McCann, Marketing Manager & Conference Producer, LSN

David Dlesk is a seasoned entrepreneur and investor, passionate about therapeutic innovation, which has led him to co-found Embrace Prevention Care, a company dedicated to safe and effective medication adherence for older adults. David has decades of experience in early-stage life science and healthcare, and has learned how to lead, connect, and accept sound advice. Listen to our recent conversation and join David at Digital RESI November, where he’ll be featured on the Tales from the Road: Age-Tech Innovators on their Fundraising Journey panel on November 16 at 4 PM EST. If you’re an early-stage fundraising executive, there’s still time to sign up and book meetings!

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Meet the RESI November Speakers

By Caitlin Dolegowski, Marketing Specialist, LSN

Imagine learning critical components to successful fundraising from key experts and deal-makers in a virtual environment specific to early-stage life science and healthcare. It seems too good to be true until you check out the Digital RESI November lineup. Digital RESI November 16-18 offers attendees three days of panels, workshops and pitch sessions, each of which is designed to enrich the journey of early-stage, life science entrepreneurs with insight into what investors are looking for, how CEOs have found success and learning from other fundraising executives. Panel topics have been created to cover hot industry topics, with panelist recruitment focused on adding valuable content for fundraising attendees. Check out the panelists that will be presenting at this November’s conference below.

Partnering has begun for this conference and there is still time to register to attend!

Sangeeta Agarawal
Co-Founder & CEO
Helpsy Health
Cynthia Cai
Venture Partner
Viva BioInnovator
Mylea Charvat
Principal & Partner
LiquidSMARTS
Jonathan Cohen
CEO
20/20 GeneSystems
Ruchi Dana
Board Member
Dana Group
Nissim Darvish
Senior Managing Director (Israel)
OrbiMed Advisors LLC
Dave Dlesk
CEO
Embrace Prevention Care
Keren Etkin
Founder
TheGerontec
hnologist
Lana Feng
Co-Founder & CEO
HumaAI Inc
Dave Fogel
Member of Screening & Due Diligence Committees
Mass Medical Angels
Michael Fossel
President and Founder
Telocyte
Les Funtleyder
Chief Investment Officer
TechNik
Shruti Gandhi
Founder & Managing Partner
Array Ventures
Ernst Geutjes
Partner
Aglaia Oncology Funds
Tom Gibbs
Director
Debiopharm Innovation Fund
Kimberly Ha
Founder & CEO
KKH Advisors
André Harrell
Venture Partner
Cancer Fund
Chihiro Hosoya
BD/VC Head, Rx+ Business Accelerator
Astellas Rx+ Business Accelerator
Baudouin Hue
Partner
Karista
Rachel Stillman, MBA
Senior Associate
7wire Ventures
Taha Jangda
Partner
HealthX Ventures
Yury Kukushkin
Investment Director
JDRF T1D Fund
Pepper Landson
CEO
Praetego Inc
Taja Lester
Managing Partner
Health Equity Capital
Justin Leushner
Partner
Launchit Ventures
Richard Lipkin
Co-Founder, Co-Chair
The Catalytic Impact Foundation
Betsabeh Madani Hermann, MBA
Life Science and Healthcare Investor and Advisor
Andrew Meadow
General Partner
Health Innovation Capital
Andy Merken
Partner, Corporate and Securities Co-Chair, Life Sciences
Burns & Levinson
Brian Meshkin
Managing Partner
Profound Ventures
Petra Meyer
Managing Director – HealthCare Sector Group Lead
Golden Seeds
Christos Monovoukas
VP, Global M&A/Business Development
Olympus Corporation
Alex Morgan
Partner
Khosla Ventures
Sasha Naydich
Associate
Myeloma Investment Fund
Rohit Pratap Singh
Vice President, Investments
Xeraya Capital
Rachel Rea
Director of Business Development and Licensing
Medtronic
Christina Salys
Director of New Business Development
Intuitive Surgical
Beth Sanders
Founder & CEO
LifeBio Inc
Diana Saraceni
Founder, Managing Director
Panakes Partners
Rachel Scherl
CEO
SPARK Solutions for Growth
DJ (Dennis) Schmitt
Founder/CEO
Neuro20 Technologies
Bryan Shao
K4 Deal Screening Committee
Keiretsu Forum
Xuhui Shao
Managing Partner
Foothill Ventures
Patrik Sobocki
Investment Manager Life Science
Industrifonden
Thomas Vogelsong
Investor/Life Science Advisor/Director, Deal Flow
KYTO Technology and Life Science
Richard Ward
Director, Search and Evaluation, Oncology R&D BD
AstraZeneca
Travis Whitfill
Partner
Bios Partners
Thierry Wurch
Senior Director
Ipsen S.A.
Tiffany Yu
Vice President
Equality Asset Management LP
Lu Zhang
Managing Partner
Fusion Fund

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Innovator’s Pitch Challenge – Finalists Announced!

By Gregory Mannix, Vice President International Business Development, General Manager Europe, LSN

At Digital RESI November we will again be showcasing top technologies across Drugs, Devices, Diagnostics and Digital Health in this edition of the Innovator’s Pitch Challenge. These companies will be featured on the RESI Live Agenda and will participate in live Pitch Sessions focused on a particular sector or indication, fielding questions from a panel of selected investors and industry experts.  The IPC has grown tremendously in popularity over the past year and attracts a big virtual audience, including investors and strategic partners.

Best of luck to the finalists!!

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The Future ETF of Early-Stage Investments

By Rory McCann, Marketing Manager & Conference Producer, LSN

KYTO Technology & Life Science is not your typical investment firm. They have a unique model that focuses on the financial investment, mentorship and advising, as well as growth and success of early-stage life science technology and their founding teams. Tom Vogelsong is the Director of Deal Flow and he sat down to discuss what makes KYTO’s outlook and processes different, the unique value they add to their portfolio, and exciting developments in the works.

KYTO is a frequent attendee and valuable asset to the RESI community. Get to know Tom and the team at Digital RESI November 16-18. Partnering is open, but there’s still time to sign up and book meetings! Register today to jumpstart your fundraising.

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Last Day to Save

By Karen Deyo, Director of Investor Research, Israel BD, LSN

Life Science Nation’s next event, Digital RESI November, is fast approaching, and with early bird pricing ending this Friday, now is the time to register if you haven’t already. Whether a first-time attendee or a familiar face, RESI offers many opportunities to advance your startup. From panels featuring investors and strategic partners providing insights into how they are best approached, to entrepreneurs sharing their fundraising success stories, to service providers providing tips on how to navigate the complex path to market based on decades of experience, RESI provides opportunities for seasoned entrepreneurs and first-time founders.

What makes RESI truly unique is the match-based partnering infrastructure and free education around how to make the system work in your favor to connect with partners who are a fit for your product and stage of development. RESI’s powerful ability to bring together the early-stage life science ecosystem and to provide companies and investors with a way to tailor their meetings to ensure the most effective use of their time makes it stand out at a time when virtual events are a dime-a-dozen. Don’t believe us? Check out the list of attending investors below. The partnering system is open, so make sure to register soon!

Confirmed Digital RESI November Investors and Strategic Partners

As of October 28

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Applications Due Tomorrow

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

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The Innovator’s Pitch Challenge (IPC) is a highlight at Life Science Nation events, with innovative startups in life science and healthcare pitching to investors in a live Q&A format, providing feedback, practice, and for some, valuable connections that lead to deals. The IPC returns to Digital RESI November 16-18 and there is one day left to apply at the extended deadline!

If you are involved with a company in active fundraising mode and want to boost your exposure, gain valuable feedback from investors and industry experts, and secure meetings with investors who have a genuine interest in your technology, you do not want to miss out on the last IPC of 2021!

Below is a list of companies who have been accepted as finalists – conference attendees will be able to vote for their favorite pitch.

 

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