Bridging the Gap between Academia and Industry

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

Mansfield Bio-Incubator Chief Operating Officer, Alexander Margulis has been in the Life Sciences industry for over 20 years and is passionate about creating a robust and accessible entrepreneurial community among local universities, startups, and investors. Less than 1-hour away from Boston and Cambridge, the facility provides affordable private and shared spaces for research labs, mentorship and networking opportunities. In addition, they offer several resources such as access to professional advisors and assistance with government and private funding research applications. Currently, Mansfield Bio-Incubator hosts over 20 early-stage startups ranging from therapeutics, medical devices, and cleantech in the life sciences areas of oncology, women’s health, animal health, biomaterials, water purification, and more.

Listen to our conversation to learn more about how Alexander and his team are creating, growing, and ensuring the success of the next generation of life science companies at Mansfield Bio-Incubator.

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Vessl Prosthetics at RESI

By Rikki Piccirillo, Marketing Manager, LSN

RikkiCo-Founders, Sydney Robinson and Oleksiy Zaika of Vessl Prosthetics joined us at RESI Boston in September. With an understanding of the value of building relationships early in their fundraising journey, attending RESI made perfect sense. This team made the most of their time at RESI, researching attending investors, strategizing panel attendance, and capitalizing on every learning and networking opportunity that presented itself. As thorough and prepared as they were for their time at RESI, the same zest can be said for how Vessl Prosthetics came to be. In this interview with Sydney, you can learn more about their company, the product their developing and their strategy at RESI:

Registration is open for RESI JPM San Francisco, January 10 In Person at the Marines’ Memorial Club & Hotel & January 11-12 online Virtual Partnering.

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RESI JPM San Francisco Sponsor Highlight – Husch Blackwell

By Antoinette Lowre, Manager of Business Development, LSN

Life Science Nation was thrilled to have Hush Blackwell at RESI Boston in September as a Silver Sponsor. Their sponsorship included a workshop, Leveraging IP for Growing an Investable Medtech Company, hosted by Hush Blackwell Partner, Bryan Stewart. This panel highlighted the importance of IP leverage and included testimonials and insight from some of their current clients. Bryan stated:

“The Husch Blackwell team had a great experience sponsoring the RESI Boston conference. We featured founders from funded companies restor3d, Trio Labs, and protect3d on our panel presentation titled ‘Leveraging IP for Growing an Investable MedTech Company.’ Our team and our panelists enjoyed the industry-relevant RESI presentations, the pitch competitions, and networking with others in the RESI and LSN ecosystem. We found sponsoring RESI Boston immensely valuable – we will be back sponsoring RESI JPM!”

Husch Blackwell will be at RESI JPM in San Francisco as a Gold Sponsor and will be hosting another panel during our packed 1-day in person event on January 10, followed by two virtual partnering days.

To learn more about sponsorship and the benefits of sponsoring at RESI JPM, check out our Sponsorship Brochure and reach out to RESI@lifesciencenation.com with any questions or to book a meeting with your business development rep.

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Join Us as a Media Partner in 2023

By Caitlin Dolegowski, Marketing Manager, LSN

Calling all life science industry media producers: partner with us in promoting Life Science Nation (LSN)’s RESI conference series in 2023, and get valuable discounts for the members of your ecosystem!

LSN’s partnering conference series is the biggest in North America focusing on early-stage life science investments and strategic partnerships. At each conference event, we expect between 700-1,200 attendees participating from 5 continents.

Media partnership isn’t just a promotional tool for publicity and customer loyalty, it can also be expected to generate good will and awareness at LSN’s conference series. LSN makes media sponsorship as convenient as possible. As a media sponsor, you would promote and advertise LSN partnering conferences through your communication channels, and in return, LSN offers including:

  • Your logo on LSN’s Next Phase Newsletter (45,000+ readership), event websites, and program guide.
  • A unique discount for your subscribers for RESI conferences.
  • Our media partners receive a complimentary ticket and additional free tickets for every two registrations you provide.

For additional exposure we offer two posts of our LinkedIn network and a banner ad featured in our newsletter during 2023.

For more information, please contact Caitlin Dolegowski, Marketing Manager, LSN

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LSN Announces Collaboration with California Life Sciences at RESI JPM San Francisco

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

Last week, Life Science Nation (LSN) was happy to announce a first-of-its-kind collaboration with California Life Sciences (CLS), in the buildup to our next in-person RESI, taking place Jan 10-12, 2023 in San Francisco, during JP Morgan Healthcare week. The collaboration with CLS, who will be featured as a Title Sponsor, will bring into the spotlight many of the elite technology assets emerging from the state’s most impactful life sciences trade association. Over the past nine years, their FAST advisory program has seen 12 exits, 9 acquisitions, and 3 IPOs, with over $2.5B investment secured across all fundraising rounds.

RESI JPM San Francisco, which will see over 500 investors and licensing partners and 350 fundraising executives congregate during JPM week at the Marines Memorial Hotel, is an excellent event to begin the collaboration. CLS will also be featuring 8 early-stage firms across the biotech and medtech sectors in the Innovator’s Pitch Challenge (IPC) at RESI San Francisco as part of the CLS Innovation Track which will serve to further the visibility and growth of these fundraising firms with LSN’s global partner network.

CLS is hosting a networking reception during JPM, a chance to network with the CLS community, including the companies pitching at RESI. Registering for this networking event can be done through the link below.

CLS Reception at JPM: January 11, 2023 | 5:30-7:30PM | The Olympic Club

Led by Sibylle Hauser, Executive Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at CLS, and Alex Vassallo, Business Development Manager (West Coast) & Entrepreneurial Education Lead at LSN, this collaboration will serve to strengthen the relationship between the two organizations as the industry moves into 2023. As LSN’s first Strategic Global Tech Hub Partner, CLS is well-positioned to continue fostering the growth of their early-stage life science community and help bring innovative technologies to the market which will hopefully one day change the current paradigms of healthcare.

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Join These Global Investors at RESI JPM San Francisco 2023

By Joey Wong, Investor Research Analyst, Hong Kong BD, LSN

After a successful RESI Boston this fall, we are looking forward to bringing together more investors, strategic partners and early-stage, life science and healthcare companies from around the globe at our next in-person event, RESI JPM San Francisco, in the coming year. Whether you plan to travel to San Francisco in-person or participate virtually, RESI will be a great opportunity to kick off your business development or fundraising campaign for 2023.

With the conference starting in less than 2 months, our investor research team has been receiving a great deal of interest from investors every day, including both domestic investors and those based outside of the US. We are expecting 500+ global investors to join this conference, including large pharma/medtech, traditional VCs, family offices/private wealth, and angel groups.

Check out the registered investors for RESI SF below:

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Check RESI Website to See More Confirmed Investors

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Tech Hub Exposure at RESI 2023

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

RESI JPM San Francisco will be in-person, January 10, followed by two-days of virtual partnering January 11 & 12. If you’re part of a tech hub, Life Science Nation (LSN)’s RESI is the hot spot for meeting with players in the earliest stages of the life science industry.

A key part of RESI is a global tech hub ecosystem of accelerators, incubators, non-profits, universities, tech transfer offices, and regional organizations who set up their early-stage life science startup constituents for success with their entrepreneurship journey. Recently, RESI has hosted tech hubs ranging from National Institute of Aging (NIA), Brisbane Economic Development Agency (BEDA), California Life Sciences (CLS), Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2), Government of Ontario, and more.

Through RESI partnership, tech hub affiliated startups gain access to resources beyond partnering with investors and strategic partners. Resources such as the LSN Investor Database, Innovator’s Pitch Challenge (IPC), free workshops, and Entrepreneural Courses. These tools help develop compelling marketing materials, build meaningful relationships with investors and secure necessary early-stage funding.

At RESI San Francisco, tech hub organizations and their startups who’ve raised less than $2M can utilize:

  • 50% discount for startup registration (startup must be from LSN’s tech hub partners)
  • Complimentary tech hub staff registration
  • Exhibition space

If you’re a member of a tech hub or looking to add value to your members, reach out to see which offerings best fit your needs. From lab to clinic, and providers to patients, LSN is accelerating the growth and success of companies emerging from tech hubs.

For more information please contact Erika Wu, Business Development Manager, Global Tech Hubs of LSN.

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