By Greg Mannix, Vice President International Business Development, General Manager Europe, LSN
RESI will bring over 300 global investors and licensing partners to Barcelona for 1 day in person on June 17 and 2 days of virtual partnering June 18-19. Super Earlybird registration is now open until April 12th, so register now to save 500€. The RESI conference series is a partnering conference that connects start-ups and early-stage investors and strategic channel partners. RESI maximizes fundraising companies’ efforts to find partners who are a fit for their technology and stage of development. RESI is a unique and powerful tool for sourcing assets and advancing innovation across early-stage life science and healthcare.
Startups are also encouraged to apply to pitch in the Innovator’s Pitch Challenge (IPC) at RESI Europe. The Innovator’s Pitch Challenge (IPC) is an opportunity for early-stage life science and healthcare companies to gain additional exposure to conference attendees and pitch directly to a panel of judges, featuring active investors and industry experts.
Life Science Nation looks forward to hosting RESI in Barcelona, a top event destination in Europe, and June is the best time of year to visit. Long days and amazing outdoor dining spots make the après-conference unforgettable, and you can’t miss the emblematic Modernist treasures like Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia cathedral or the Paseig de Gracia district. Take advantage of the opportunity to see this amazing city on the Mediterranean.
To get prepared for RESI Europe, LSN will be offering the following FREE WEBINARS:
April 16, 2024 | 16:00 CET / 10:00 AM Eastern / 07:00 AM Pacific
Preparing for the Innovator’s Pitch Challenge (IPC) – Sign Up
Maximizing your exposure to investors is critical to a successful fundraising campaign, and participating in pitch events plays a large role in that. The RESI Innovator’s Pitch Challenge has been designed to give companies a platform to promote their companies, practice their pitch, and get feedback from a panel of relevant investors and industry experts. Join this session to learn what you can gain from participating in the IPC and how to apply.
May 2, 2024 | 16:00 CET / 10:00 AM Eastern / 07:00 AM Pacific
Presenting to Investors: Compelling Story vs Pitch Deck – Sign Up
The most successful entrepreneurs are always the best storytellers. Finding a way to formulate your company’s unique story naturally and portraying it through multiple modalities, whether a 1-minute elevator pitch or a 12-slide pitch deck, is one of the most effective ways to get potential investors and partners on board with your value proposition. This bootcamp will cover the importance of entrepreneurial agency, finding your voice, and developing a compelling narrative for the different players that will emerge along a deal chain, and language tools to refine your hook.
May 14, 2024 | 16:00 CET / 10:00 AM Eastern / 07:00 AM Pacific
The LSN Event Partnering Process – Sign Up
Attending partnering events is a crucial component of a successful fundraising campaign. Learn more about our proven successful strategy and how to craft your messages from your initial outreach and each follow-up message after that.
June 11, 2024 | 16:00 CET / 10:00 AM Eastern / 07:00 AM Pacific
Investor Fireside Chat – Sign Up
This Fireside Chat will feature investors representing funds focusing on early-stage life science companies. Find out more about these funds joining the LSN ecosystem.
Hope to see you in Barcelona!
This interactive workshop, organized and led by McDermott Will & Emery, will provide wisdom to early-stage CEOs and management on the latest trends in term sheets, with a focus on founder and management equity opportunities. The workshop will cover common issues of concern to entrepreneurs (valuation/dilution, liquidation preference, board makeup, protective provisions, anti-dilution). Experts from the legal, investment and entrepreneurial community will discuss the interplay of financing milestones in the term sheet discussion.
Startups that need access to incubators, laboratory space, and medical and research equipment have many options today. This workshop will map out how to determine the best opportunities for you and best practices to manage the process of evaluating lab space and procuring equipment. Topics discussed are the current laboratory and startup incubator space business models, equipment choices, and other auxiliary offerings like consulting and introduction to partners. How does a startup determine the best lab model and equipment for your current needs? Understand how to find and locate lab space and then ask the right questions to meet your current and future needs. The main topics to explore are inexperienced realtors with the cookie-cutter preconfigured lab space versus experienced customized midlevel and high-end build-out and the used versus new equipment. The workshop will explain what and where the pivot points are for shelling out the dollars for something new that will enhance and speed up product development and when to save money and go with the used, tried, and true. This workshop will empower you to navigate and make better choices and ask the right questions when choosing your laboratory and equipment providers.
Once you are ready to embark on your fundraising campaign, how do you know whom to target? What investors are the best fit for you, how do different investors invest and partner, and how do you get in touch with them? Identifying investors, learning about the differences between investor types, accessing a database to provide you with key information to filter your best-fit investors, and finally, using a CRM to manage your fundraise are critical to an efficient and successful fundraise.
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