Next Phase Newsletter

By Antoinette Lowre, Manager of Business Development, LSN

If you have checked out our lineup of content scheduled for next week but find yourself not ready to start your fundraising round and meet with investors and strategic partnering, consider the Audience Access registration option ($295).

The Audience Access pass allows you to take advantage of LSN’s Global Partnering Campaign and Roadshow Preparation courses, which is built into the agenda for Digital RESI March 14-16. You will also get access to watch all the live investor panels, and entrepreneur workshops, and attend the Innovator’s Pitch Challenge sessions to watch startup CEOs pitch.

The LSN Global Partnering Campaign and Roadshow Preparation course will include 6 classes, 2 per day over the 3 day conference. These courses are focused on where to start with planning and executing a global fundraising campaign and how LSN can help with our vast network of investors.

Another registration option is the RESI Bundle Package. A way to increase your fundraising opportunities and save $1000 to attend both Digital RESI March & RESI June 5-7 in Boston this summer. Check out the RESI Bundle Package options below!

One Ticket for 2 Conferences!  More investor meetings and more savings with special RESI BUNDLES
Digital RESI March 14-16 RESIConference.com RESI June 5-7 The Westin Copley Place, Boston (June 5) Virtual Partnering only (June 6-7)
	Standard Bundle (March 14-16 & June 5-7)	Digital Bundle (March 14-16 & June 6-7)
STARTUP	$2,190 $3,190	$1,690 $2,690
SERVICE PROVIDER	$2,990 $3,990	$2,290 $2,290
TECH HUB (Including Startup Who’ve Raised Less than $2MM USD )	$1,990 $2,390	$1,390 $2,390
	Contact us to discuss further

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

The Innovator’s Pitch Challenge (IPC) has become one of the highlights of RESI, where entrepreneurs get a chance to pitch their companies to investors and industry experts, as well as RESI attendees in the audience. Digital RESI March will feature over 34 presenting companies across 9 sessions. Early-stage founders and CEOs will have 4-minutes to pitch and 8-9 minutes to engage in Q&A with the judge’s panel. LSN’s network of investors and strategic partners have actively participated in these sessions from the start and make both the IPC and RESI possible by their willingness to take part and give feedback. Below are the judges taking part in the IPC Q&A panels – thank you all for your participation!

Ehi Akhirome Norwest Venture Partners	Navid Alipour Analytics Ventures	David Apfel Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Priya Balachandran Life Science Angels	Carl Barrett AstraZeneca	Jay Batchu Xontogeny
Yael Benvenisti Mediterranean Tower Ventures	Oded Biran Individual Angel	Elsa Boukadoum Biogen
Bettina Ernst BERNINA BioInvest	David Fogel Mass Medical Angels	Gita Gupta NextStep Ventures
Tai Harada Fast Track Initiative	Z Haroon Julz Co	Ozan Isinak Keiretsu Forum
Julia Kaufman Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund	John Kim Aphelion Capital	Merika Koday Accelerator Life Science Partners
Will Krawczyk Banner Venture Group	Cheryl Kuai Sixty Degree Capital	Carla Lema Tome Spark Therapeutics
Linda Li Cleveland Clinic Ventures	Kevin Lin Transcenta Holding	Fiona Mack Bayer
Alexander Martynov Biovision Ventures	Milind Parate Northwell Ventures	Laura Pedroza High-Tech GrÜnderfonds
Stefan Pflanz Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund	Armin Rump Otsuka Pharmaceutical	Diana Saraceni Panakes Partners
Goslik Schepers Brandon Capital Partners	Shirin Schneeberger Apollo Health Ventures	Randy Scott HealthQuest Capital
Steve Seuntjens Personal Health Solutions	Jill Sorensen Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC)	Karen Spilizewski RiverVest Venture Partners
Santosh Vetticaden NuFund Venture Group	Jingjing Wang Lightstone Ventures	Aaron Welch SymBiosis Capital Management

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

Life Science Nation is excited to announce the list of finalist companies who will be participating in the Innovator’s Pitch Challenge (IPC) at our next conference, Digital RESI, March 14-16!

Over 30 companies representing therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, and R&D / life science tools will be delivering a short pitch followed by a Q&A session with a panel of investors and industry experts. In addition, the companies will have a dedicated landing page, including non-confidential materials of their company, that will be showcased to all RESI attendees as a way for participating companies to boost their exposure.

Below are the participating companies – if you will be attending RESI, please make sure to look out for these companies and be sure to review their pages which will be launched next week!

If you are interested in the upcoming event but are not yet registered, you can register here to join hundreds of early-stage life science companies and investors.

By Erika Wu, Business Development Manager, Global Tech Hubs, LSN

A perk about an entirely virtual RESI conference is that any tech hub and early-stage startup from around the world can participate. In the case they miss any live sessions, such as investor-led panels, educational workshops, and the Innovator’s Pitch Challenge, they will be recorded and sent out to all registered attendees. Digital RESI takes place March 14-16, and all attendees who purchase a partnering ticket can reach out and book 1-1 meetings with investors and strategic partners.

If you’re not ready to partner with investors, or it’s your first time at a RESI conference, Life Science Nation (LSN) is offering a special “Seeing is Believing” Audience Access Pass program for only $295. This program is a first of its kind partnership between LSN and the tech hubs and includes a new Entrepreneurial Education Track. This pass is designed for startups who are not quite ready to pay for and attend partnering events but need to get a good idea about how to cater their materials for investors and how to partner effectively.

The tech hub network is always growing, which comprises of incubators, accelerators, non-profits, universities, and government organizations. Tech hubs are a crucial part of the LSN and RESI community as they provide capital, business development and technical support, lab space, and economic development for their cohort of aspiring scientist-entrepreneur and fundraising executives. With this immense support from tech hubs, their group of startups, who’ve raised less than $2M USD in capital, can accelerate their entrepreneurship journey by participating in RESI at a discounted rate.

Reach out to Erika Wu if you are eligible for tech hub rates.

Check out the current tech hubs attending Digital RESI in March:

By Antoinette Lowre, Manager of Business Development, LSN

Partnering conferences are an important part of an early-stage company’s journey to raising capital and achieving your fundraising goals. Life Science Nation (LSN) hosts the RESI conference series to provide partnering opportunities with investors and strategic partners. Additionally, LSN provides support to Founders and CEOs to get prepared for meetings by putting their best foot forward and prepping them with the tools necessary to get there. A key tool for making the most of our next conference, Digital RESI, March 14-16 is the RESI Survival Guide.

The RESI Survival Guide covers the 5 major steps to finding success at RESI:

1. Build a Comprehensive Partnering Profile
2. Develop your Executive Summary
3. Refine your Pitch Deck
4. Craft your Meeting Request Message
5. Outline a Follow-up Strategy

Read detailed explanations of each step along with examples of executive summaries and meeting requests in the RESI Survival Guide.

Partnering for Digital RESI March is live, and the first round of smart partnering will take place tomorrow, March 3. Make sure to set your schedules up and make time slots available and accept and send meeting requests to secure some meetings on your calendar.

If you did not get a chance to attend one of the Partnering Tutorials, you can review a recording here. The Partnering Tutorial is a terrific way to figure out how to navigate our new partnering system and some tips and tricks on outreach strategy to secure good investor and strategic partner meetings.

If you have any questions about getting into shape for Digital RESI March, or wish to have a consultation on your marketing materials reach out to RESI@lifesciencenation.com and the correct Business Development representative will schedule some time with you to review. Happy Partnering!

By Yang (Kenny) Zhou, Vice President of Marketing, LSN

Some of the biggest challenges executives of early-stage life sciences companies face is securing financing and forging their first licensing deals. Though they may possess deep scientific knowledge, finding the right investors and partners, and telling their story in a compelling way may require skills they have not yet developed. Life Science Nation works with entrepreneurs to tell their stories, identify potential investors and partners, and connect with them. Daniel Levine  of Levine Media Group interviews Dennis Ford, founder and CEO of Life Science Nation, for BigBio Communications about the journey and challenges life sciences entrepreneurs make when they set out to raise money, what investors care about, and what steps they can take to best ensure their success. Listen here: