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RESI San Francisco Panel Announcement: Healthcare IT

6 Oct

By Lucy Parkinson, Director of Research, LSN

The healthcare investment world is just over 90 days out from the annual San Francisco conference week, and investors are already inking their plans for a busy week. Within that hectic JPM ecosystem, RESI SF is a key venue to meet with early stage startups, and many investors are already made their plans to attend.

LSN would like to make our first RESI San Francisco panel announcement: Healthcare IT Investors.  This panel focuses on investors that are looking for innovative startups using software to solve healthcare problems, from drug discovery and development to care provision and management. Significant investment is pouring into this sector, with an estimated $4.5 billion invested in 2015. At RESI, we’ll hear from 5 highly active investors from a diverse variety of firms on what they’re looking for in healthcare IT at present, and how an opportunity can catch their attention.

The participants will be:

Join us at RESI to hear from these experienced investors discuss how they search for and assess healthcare IT opportunities, and what areas of this diverse sector are most attractive at present.

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Digital Health: Two Panels Showcase the New Innovation Frontier at RESI X

25 Aug

By Lucy Parkinson, Director of Research, LSN

Boston is known for being the hub of the biotech world. But as software is eating the world, innovators are finding new avenues for digitization of healthcare. Some are tackling inefficiencies and bottlenecks in the healthcare delivery system; others are using big data algorithms to explore biological processes, make new discoveries, or find new signals in population health data.

RESI Boston will feature two panels that explore this collision between software and health. The Healthcare IT session will look at the current landscape in digital health investment. What kind of solutions are investors excited about, and how do they assess startups in this increasingly crowded sector?

Moderated by Michael A. Greeley, General Partner, Flare Capital Partners, the panelists are:

In Big Data in Healthcare, RESI will take a laser focused look at the new possibilities that data science is creating in biotech and health innovation. Five investors will explore what they’re looking for in a big data opportunity. The participants will be:

If you’d like to catch these panels in person, you can register for RESI now.

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RESI Boston Panel Announcement: Early Stage Therapeutics Investors

11 Aug

By Lucy Parkinson, Director of Research, LSN

Boston is often called the center of the global biotechnology industry, and it’s therefore no surprise that investors are flocking to RESI Boston to meet with early stage drug development entrepreneurs. LSN has gathered a panel of 5 top investors in therapeutics to share their tips and insights on the assessment of novel therapeutic technologies.

These five panelists will be sharing their expertise with RESI’s audience:

The panel will cover the challenges of raising capital for early stage drug development.  It’s a high-risk, high-reward investment sector, and these five investors have a wealth of experience in searching for the strongest early stage opportunities.  Representing diverse groups, from foundations to VC to pharma, these investors will explain how you can position your company to work with them.  If you’re interested in catching this panel live, you can sign up for RESI Boston now.

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RESI Boston Panel Announcement: Medtech Strategic Firms Partnering for Innovation

4 Aug

By Lucy Parkinson, Director of Research, LSN

It’s well known that big pharma firms are often looking to partner early.  Many major medical device companies are also looking outward for innovation, and at RESI Boston, five experienced corporate investors will explain how they use early stage device investments to strategic effect.  This panel will cover how medical device entrepreneurs should approach a larger company for an investment or development partnership, and what kinds of investment these major players are currently focused on.

These five panelists will be sharing their expertise with RESI’s audience:

If you’re interested in hearing from these firms on their varied approaches to early stage innovation, you can register for RESI now.

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RESI Panel Announcement: Large Pharma Firms Looking Externally For New Assets

7 Apr

By Christine A. Wu, Research Analyst, LSN

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Large pharma companies are increasingly looking to early stage companies to fill their future pipelines. These firms have a variety of means of engaging with early stage companies, including in-licensing, collaborations, equity investments, and M&A. At RESI@TMCx, four senior external sourcing staff from the pharma world will explain what their firms are looking for, how they work with early stage companies, and how an emerging biotech company can position themselves to make a big pharma deal.

Moderated by Bill Kohlbrenner, CSO, Life Science Nation, the panelists are:

  • Marc Schwabish, US Head, Pharma Business Development & Licensing, Bayer
  • Barbara Araneo, Innovation Sourcing Director, Novo Nordisk
  • Joseph Simeone, Director, Business Development & Licensing, Merck
  • Mark Day, Executive Director, Head of External Research & Scouting, Alexion

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RESI Panel Announcement: Explore Houston’s Innovation Drive in The Future Is Now

7 Apr

By Lucy Parkinson, Director of Research, LSN

Houston is on a roll in life science technology. In 2015, the TMCx Accelerator ran its debut class of new healthcare companies; 2016 has already seen the arrival of JLABS@TMC, and AT&T Foundry will open in Houston soon. These facilities will collectively support dozens of new healthcare inventions, fostering a diverse ecosystem of early stage life science companies in Houston. This RESI panel, The Future Is Now, will cover these new developments and explain why Houston’s moment for has come.

Moderated by Nicole Fisher, Founder & CEO, HHR Strategies, the panel will feature:

This unique session will explore how Houston has become a health innovation hub that attracts major strategic firms to open facilities for entrepreneurs. The participants will also describe the innovation that’s happening at their new facilities in Houston, how they’re supporting new technologies that are coming out of Texas Medical Center’s instutitions, and what kinds of innovators they’re looking to work with.

If you’d like to be there in person, it’s not too late to sign up to join RESI@TMCx.

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RESI Panel Announcement: Family Offices

31 Mar

By Lucy Parkinson, Director of Research, LSN

Family offices often catch the interest of entrepreneurs due to the possibility of committed, long-term capital from investors who look to the long view regarding their investment decisions.  Family offices may also have unique investment motivations that relate to the family’s particular expertise and history.  With a reputation for being deep-pocketed and flexible investors, life science CEOs are often interested in meeting with family office investors, and this panel will allow the RESI@TMCx audience to learn directly from family office investment staff about how they invest, what they look for in a life science opportunity, and how to find alignment with their needs.

Moderated by Colin Widen, CEO, Boston Innovation Capital, the panelists are:

If you’re interested in listening to this panel live at RESI, you can register for RESI@TMCx now.

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