Next Phase Newsletter

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

The Innovator’s Pitch Challenge (IPC) taking place on January 10, as a part of the RESI San Francisco at JPM event is now accepting applications to its waiting list. This year’s pent-up demand for face-to-face partnering is a trend we’ve seen throughout 2022, and most notably at RESI Boston in September. The IPC is a popular feature of RESI, and we are thrilled that, due to high demand, we are now accepting waitlist applications. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to attend LSN’s flagship event of the year, RESI San Francisco, during the biggest partnering week in the life sciences industry. The game is afoot!

By Aidan Eustace, Investor Research Analyst, LSN

In just over two-weeks, RESI returns for virtual partnering at Digital RESI November. Investors and strategic partners – including large pharma, family offices, and traditional VCs – have been registering daily to attend this partnering-only event November 15-16, and we expect over 150+ investors to participate.

Get to know the investors at Digital RESI November and check out some of the attending firms below. Sign up now for Digital RESI November and bundle your registration with a pass to the hybrid RESI JPM San Francisco, January 10-12 to save $500.

Confirmed Digital RESI November 2022 Investors and Strategic Partners

As of 11/3

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

The RESI conference schedule is based on the reality that startups need to connect with investors multiple times over the course of a year to build and maintain relationships to close fundraising deals. The power of RESI is not just in the chance to meet with an ever-rotating list of new and familiar faces, but also to gauge the traction of your pitch as your company grows and develops.

A company’s pitch is always evolving – as you advance and achieve milestones, necessary pivots, and strategy changes based on your product development, you hone your story. As your story shifts, you start the process anew to find what message resonates the most with your investor audience. As frustrating as it may seem, attending frequent events and taking as many meetings as possible is a necessary step to gaining valuable feedback, as well as allowing you to close your deals.

Digital RESI, November 15-16, is focused entirely on virtual partnering – register today to request meetings with these investors  to make connections. RESI JPM is just around the corner, Life Science Nation (LSN)’s biggest event of the year – don’t miss out on your chance to hone your pitch before then!

By Caitlin Dolegowski, Marketing Specialist, LSN

The end of the year is a critical time for early-stage fundraising. It is imperative for founders to end the year on a strong note and be ready to continue connections and building new relationships into the new year. To aid in this endeavor, Life Science Nation (LSN) is offering an extended bundle for Digital RESI, November 15-16 and RESI JPM San Francisco, January 10-12.

Digital RESI is LSN’s virtual event, featuring two days of dedicated partnering. This event provides early-stage entrepreneurs with the opportunity to connect with capital and licensing partners who are a fit for their product and stage of development before the end of the year. If Digital RESI November is a dress rehearsal, then consider RESI JPM San Francisco opening night. RESI JPM San Francisco is a hybrid event taking place during the JPM healthcare week – the life science industry’s biggest event of the year. The hybrid format features a day of in-person partnering, live investor panels, educational workshops, and the Innovator’s Pitch Challenge (applications now open!) on January 10, followed by two days of dedicated virtual partnering to allow attendees to take advantage of the RESI platform while also experiencing all the events taking place simultaneously.

The bundle package extended deadline is tomorrow, October 28. Sign up to take advantage of these deals and save $1,000 to ensure a strong end to the 2022 fundraising season and a promising start to the next one.

By Rory McCann, Director of Marketing & Conference Producer, LSN

Applications are now open for the first 2023 Innovator’s Pitch Challenge (IPC) taking place in-person at RESI JPM San Francisco on January 10! The IPC is Life Science Nation (LSN)’s pitch competition dedicated to putting talented founders and promising tech in front of a live panel of investors who are a fit for their product and stage of development. The IPC is a popular mainstay at both digital and hybrid RESI events, and RESI JPM San Francisco will be no exception!

Learn more about the IPC and hear from 2022 winners. The following interviews were with companies and founders who have found value in the process and connections associated with their pitch experience with RESI. Applications close November 30, so submit your application today!

• Bold Therapeutics (2^nd Place, March 2022)
• Prolifagen Therapeutics (3^rd Place, January 2022)
• Amplified Sciences (Finalist, September 2022 / 1^st Place, January 2022)

By Alexander Vassallo, Manager of Business Development West Coast (US), Entrepreneurial Education Lead, LSN

Life Science Nation (LSN) attended The MedTech Conference at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center this week alongside some of the industry’s most innovative technology assets and professional development services. Located at Booth #910 and led by Dennis Ford, Founder and CEO of LSN, this was an exciting opportunity to connect with global players in the medtech industry and begin to build lasting relationships for years to come.

Featuring an array of well-delivered pitches by fundraising executives and interesting panels covering important industry topics, The MedTech Conference powered by AdvaMed provided ample opportunity for networking and establishing the dialogue with key players in the global device sector. Representatives from over 30 countries attended the conference and it was an excellent opportunity for LSN to connect with international groups looking to propagate the growth of their regions’ medical device sectors.

A highlight was connecting with MTPConnect, an Australian-based biotechnology and medical device growth center, which served to further LSN’s relationship with the Australian life sciences community – a relationship that was cemented earlier this year with the engagement of twelve medtech startups from Brisbane Economic Development Agency (BEDA) in LSN’s education curriculum and RESI JPM San Francisco, January 10-12, 2023.

As we approach 2023, maintaining established industry relationships and building new ones through leading partnering events like The MedTech Conference and RESI are essential to continue the growth propagation of the life sciences sector. The opportunity at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center this week was certainly a rewarding one for all involved. To learn more about RESI and take advantage of exclusive bundles, visit our website and we hope to see you virtually at Digital RESI, November 15-16 and via our hybrid format at RESI JPM San Francisco, January 10-12!

By Dennis Ford, Founder and CEO of Life Science Nation, Creator of the RESI Conference Series

Successful fundraising campaigns begin in 2022. Planning your 2023 capital investor and licensing roadshow needs to start with a full-on run at Digital RESI November. Life Science Nation (LSN) is offering a bundle package for Digital RESI November and RESI JPM San Francisco to get your best foot forward for funding in 2023. Digital RESI November is a two-day dedicated virtual partnering event featuring 250 investors and strategic partners, most of whom also showing up for RESI San JPM Francisco for in-person meetings. This affords startups the opportunity to sort their partner target list and set up for a fruitful JPM week, kicking off your global 2023 partnering. The combination of virtual and in-person meetings is compelling (one thing we got out of Covid) as you can save time and money on travel, while still securing the key meetings with strategic players that are a fit for your exact stage of development and product set.

LSN knows hybrid events work, as we have procured some interesting metrics at our RESI Boston event in September.  We saw 600 attendees show up to RESI Boston with an additional 300 for the virtual component. These numbers were evenly split by fundraising CEOs and scientist-entrepreneurs and capital investors and licensing partners. LSN also found that 250 of the sell-side attendees got a majority of the 2,000 meetings by making multiple requests and leveraging an appropriate follow-up process to the buy-side attendees. The numbers speak for themselves with an average of 8-12 meetings, with many having over 20 meetings. Securing a strategic partnership is a numbers game and sticking with a proven process to identify the right targets through our match-based partnering system and then going after meetings with these matched partners works.

LSN hosts five Redefining Early Stage Investments (RESI) events each year around the globe. Strategic partnering doesn’t work by attending one or two events. You need to generate some mojo and get yourself in front of the global players that are a fit. Virtually or in-person, it all starts with the initial dialogue that will develop into a relationship over multiple meetings, and eventually, a deal.

Check out the Digital RESI November and RESI San JPM Francisco bundle and and kick off your 2023 strategic partner roadshow in a few short weeks! RESI San JPM Francisco is one of the most compelling and dynamic meetings of the year with 1,200 attendees, and is usually sold out a week or so beforehand, so investing in the package now is a no-brainer!