The Faces and Voices of RESI Boston

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

As exciting as it is to bring RESI back to Boston after more than two years of virtual conferences, the soul of the event isn’t in the location, but in the faces and voices of the community of early-stage players who attend. As organizers, it’s essential that those speaking at RESI represent the experiences, challenges, and successes of the industry in order to celebrate the accomplishments and recognize areas of growth. Panel recruitment remains ongoing as we seek out these speakers and their stories through early-stage investment and entrepreneurship. Check out below some of the faces of RESI Boston speakers, who will be attending in-person September 21-22 at the Westin Copley Place Hotel.


Charles Cameron
Founder and Managing Director
Hub Angels Investment Group

Kalyan Chakravarthy
Senior Manager, External Innovation
Ipsen S.A.

Elizabeth Cho-Fertikh
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Meda Angels

Alicia Chong Rodriguez
Founder & CEO
BloomerTech

Steve Cohen
Executive Director, External Scientific Affairs
Daiichi Sankyo

Bruce Cohen
Venture Partner
Xeraya Capital

Anthony DePasqua
President
EnClear Therapies

Lisa Fabiny
Operations Manager
SENS Research Foundation

Dave Fogel
Member of Screening & Due Diligence Committees
Mass Medical Angels

Sam Goldberger
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Ambit Health Ventures

Nan-Wei Gong
CEO
Figur8

Sherry Grisewood
Senior Investment Officer
FoxHill Asset Management

Tomoko Ishikura
Partner
Kicker Ventures

Ray Jang
Associate
Primetime Partners

Arianne Kidder
Principal
Seae Ventures

Jinwoo Kim
CEO
HAII

Vic Lanio
Partner
Flare Capital Partners

Wasim Malik
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Iaso Ventures

Jasmina Marjanovic
Director
AbbVie Ventures

Andrew Meadow
General Partner
Health Innovation Capital

Andy Merken
Partner, Corporate and Securities Co-Chair, Life Sciences
Burns & Levinson

Tom Miller
Managing Partner
GreyBird Ventures

Ron Paliwoda
Founder and President
Paliwoda Group

Jane Rho
Investor, Venture Fund
DaVita Venture Group

Maria Shepherd
President & CEO
Medi-Vantage

Chelsea Sumner
NALA Healthcare AI Startups Lead
NVIDIA Corporation

David Uffer
Senior Partner
Alira Health Ventures

Matt Weinberg
Partner
Max Ventures

Sam Yang
Managing Director and Co-Founder
Xandar Kardian

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Hot Investor Mandate: USA-Based Life Sciences VC Invests Up to $50M in Therapeutics Companies, With Strong Interests in Autoimmune Disease, CNS, Oncology, and More

A USA-based life sciences venture capital and company formation firm with billions of dollars under management is currently investing out of their latest fund that closed last year. The firm will make equity investments of approximately $30–50 million over the lifetime of the company and can either lead investments or co-invest. The firm considers investment opportunities worldwide.

The firm invests primarily in therapeutics and invests broadly across different therapeutic areas and modalities. Areas of high interest include precision medicine approaches, gene therapy, autoimmune diseases, oncology, neurology (particularly diseases with genetically defined populations), ophthalmology, and rare diseases. The firm generally invests from preclinical (2–3 years pre-IND) through to Phase II, and prefers to invest in assets with good animal models and/or genetic evidence to support efficacy and target validation.

The firm generally invests in privately held companies and likes to work with experienced management teams who have had prior startup successes. The firm is an active investor and the partners have deep experience in company building, and we are therefore interested in providing support on strategy, BD, recruiting and other areas of active management in addition to providing capital.

If you are interested in more information about this investor and other investors tracked by LSN, please email mandates@lifesciencenation.com.

Hot Investor Mandate: CVC Fund Invests Up to $10M, Actively Seeking Novel Drug Delivery Systems in Oncology, Cardiovascular, Chronic Disease, and Pulmonary Indications

A corporate venture arm of a leading electronic solutions provider focuses on medical and pharmaceutical sectors, among other areas. The firm is actively looking to build and expand their pipeline and will focus on strategic investments in which the firm could bring significant value and those that supplement the firm’s business areas. The firm invests up to $10M over the lifetime of the company, usually between Series A to C rounds but will look at Seed stage within the life science space. The firm usually invests around $1-5M initially and reserves capital for follow-on investment. The firm has a global footprint, with manufacturing plants throughout USA and Asia. The firm is open to global opportunities including those in rapidly growing markets such as China and India.

Within the early-stage life sciences ecosystem, the firm is most interested in novel drug delivery systems with target indications including oncology, cardiovascular, diabetes, and COPD. The firm also looks at technology relating to other chronic illness, consumer health & wellness, and point of care diagnostic systems. The firm also has a strong interest in technologies with a connected health component. The firm is open to all early-stage opportunities that are relevant to the firm’s focus areas, but those who do not yet have a working prototype would be considered too early for the firm. The firm is open to all classes of devices including 510k and PMA. Recently, the firm has invested in a novel inhaled insulin delivery device.

The firm can act as either the lead or co-investor. The firm would prefer to see companies that already have some sort of commercial engagement established. The firm aims to bring strategic value into their portfolio companies, such as working on product design and development. If the company already has such manufacturing partnership established, it is unlikely for the firm to invest in the company.

If you are interested in more information about this investor and other investors tracked by LSN, please email mandates@lifesciencenation.com.

Hot Investor Mandate: Cross-Border Investment Firm Actively Looks For First in Class, Early-Stage Therapeutics Companies Across All Indications Globally

A cross-border venture capital firm with headquarters in Asia and additional offices in USA, is backed by some large pharmaceutical companies. The firm has also launched a new life sciences incubator through which the firm seeks to nurture and advance early-stage therapeutic concepts and technologies. Typically, the firm makes an initial investment ranging from under $1 million to $3-6 million dependent on the company’s stage of development. The firm can allocate up to $16 million over the lifetime of a company. The firm invests in early-stage therapeutic companies worldwide.

The firm only invests in therapeutics, and are primarily focused on companies with preclinical or clinical assets. Within therapeutics, all modalities are of interest. The firm may invest up to 18 months prior to IND, however require that a company has a lead asset that has been characterized. The firm will consider opportunities in any indication area.

The firm invests in teams with experienced, highly motivated teams with a strong background in either life science research or industry.   Remiges Ventures only invests in companies with technology that has the potential to be first in class.

If you are interested in more information about this investor and other investors tracked by LSN, please email mandates@lifesciencenation.com.

Hot Investor Mandate: Western Europe-Based VC Invests Opportunistically in All Life Science Sectors in CNS, Nephrology, Dermatology and More in North America & Europe

A VC based in Western Europe invests opportunistically within the indications of nephrology, dermatology, urology, CNS/brain and orphan indications. The firm invests in companies from seed-Series A, up to 2M EUR. The firm is currently focused on European companies, but may consider companies based in North America as well.

Within the indications of interest, the firm is willing to consider companies in all sectors, therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and digital health. For therapeutic companies, the firm prefers the companies have some preclinical data, and be about a year from initiating clinical trials. For diagnostics companies, The firm prefers the companies be no more than 1 year from commercialization.

The firm can both lead or co-invest, and they may or may not take a board seat, depending on how they can help the company. The firm believes in promoting gender equality, and a large number of their investments are in female-led startups.

If you are interested in more information about this investor and other investors tracked by LSN, please email mandates@lifesciencenation.com.

Early-Stage Investment Comes to Boston

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

The investor community has long partnered with and supported the RESI community for the past decade. RESI is a familiar platform to investors and strategic partners seeking assets and deal flows in early-stage life science and healthcare. After holding RESI virtually for over two years, we are very excited to finally be able to bring together investors and startups in our network in-person at the Westin Copley Place Hotel September 21-22.

Echoing our excitement, investors and strategic partners – including large pharma, medtech, family offices and traditional VCs – have been signing up for RESI Boston every day, and we expect 300+ investors to join us both in-person and also for our dedicated day of virtual partnering September 23.

Get to know the investors at RESI and check out some of the attending firms below. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to connect with them in person. Sign up for RESI Boston by July 29 and save $300!

Confirmed RESI Boston 2022 Investors and Strategic Partners*

*July 28, 2022

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Congratulations CX Therapeutics!

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

Last week, CX Therapeutics President, Dr. Michael House received the Life Science Nation (LSN) award at the Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center & Biotech Incubator (M2D2) IMPACT Accelerator Pitch-Off. CX Therapeutics’ novel medical device is designed to prevent preterm birth and improve outcomes for pregnant women due to cervical insufficiency. The IMPACT award is sponsored by LSN and comes with an award valued at $2,995 that will be used to accelerate CX Therapeutics’ efforts in partnering and fundraising. Dr. House will have the opportunity to connect with 350+ investors at RESI Boston, September 21-23, as well as engage in panels and workshops, and showcase CX Therapeutics’ technology in the Innovator’s Pitch Challenge.

LSN is pleased to use its global fundraising platform connecting early-stage startups across life science and healthcare with global investors and strategic partners to partner with M2D2, UMASS Lowell-based program connecting small, Massachusetts-based companies to resources enhancing their commercialization and development efforts. M2D2 is an example of the great regional innovation propelled forward with the resources of dedicated tech hubs. LSN is proud to partner with tech hubs like M2D2 to accelerate early-stage technology and introduce founders to the RESI community of licensing and channel partners.

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