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Did you know South Carolina was rated the #2 state for doing business in 2023 by Area Development? Find out why South Carolina has an ideal business climate for #lifesciences at #SCbio2024: https://ow.ly/6lCH50QufEC 💡Startups and early/growth stage companies: Join us at the conference to hear Dennis Ford's advice on how to connect with investors and make partnerships to scale your growth. #SCienceofSuccess #lifesciences #economicdevelopment #biotech #startups Life Science Nation

Last night was a night to celebrate with your closest Madison BioTech friends! It was wonderful to attend the Forward BIOLABS 5 year anniversary event in Madison! Jessica Martin Eckerly, your vision and leadership in forging a biotech ecosystem in Madison is incredible. Ecosystem work is often like pushing a boulder uphill, but it's 𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 what you've accomplished in just five years with Forward BIOLABS... 👉 40+ startups served (and our portfolio companies Immuto Scientific and Child Health Imprints!) 👉 > $300M in VC dollars raise from member companies 👆 WHOA! We so respect what you've done. The best part is, these five years is just the beginning! Always great to see the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Ventures team - Greg Keenan, Joshua J. Carson, and Mike Partsch! (Missed you Katie Rice 😀 ) Great also to re-connect with founders Guelay Bilen-Rosas and Martin Ostrowski! Als great to re-connect with Mary Carbine, and meet Aimee Arnoldussen, PhD, and Abram Becker, who I found out was one of the first mentors for our portfolio company, Immuto Scientific, back in 2016! Looking forward to the next five years in Wisconsin BioTech! 🚀 #startups #entrepreneurship #tech #venturecapital #pitching #angelinvestors #investors #founders #pitch 

Thanks to Michael Rubin, M.D., Ph.D. from Northpond Ventures, for sending me this swag! Stay tuned for an enlightening conversation with Dr. Rubin, where we delve into Northpond Ventures' remarkable journey. As a multi-billion dollar venture capital firm driven by science, Northpond Ventures fosters innovation and supports groundbreaking advancements. Northpond Ventures has established itself as a pivotal player in the academic and entrepreneurial ecosystems through initiatives like founding The Laboratory for Bioengineering Research and Innovation at Harvard’s Wyss Institute, launching the MIT-Northpond Program to propel innovation in engineering and life sciences, and sponsoring a prize for women entrepreneurs at MIT. With over 60 financings led or co-led in recent years and active board participation in most of these ventures, Northpond Ventures is shaping the future of science and technology. For more insights into their impactful work, visit Northpond Ventures. https://www.npv.vc/ #VentureCapital #ScienceAndTechnology #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #WomenInTech #Bioengineering #LifeSciences #StartupFunding #AcademicInnovation #TechLeadership

🦾 Meet Christian Gonzalez, VC at Planet A Ventures A. He is one of the great panelists for our next session, Clueless about Milestones and Metrics for Hardware Startups, on March 20th (6 pm)! Christian is an experienced scientist, consultant, entrepreneur, and business developer in the chemicals and biotech industries. He has worked with ecosystem players like IQ Capital and Antler. Christian holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MBA from the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. Planet A Ventures A is a venture capital fund that supports European green tech startups that have a significant positive impact on our planet. Its mission is to promote an economy within planetary boundaries by supporting innovation in four key areas: climate mitigation, waste reduction, resource savings, and biodiversity protection. 🌟 Want to join the event? 👉 https://2ly.link/1wswe 💬 Know someone who would benefit from this event? 👉 Tag them in the comments Let's turn scientific ideas into successful spinoff ventures together! #FirstMomentum #CluelessNoMore #ScientistFounders #scientists #techfounders #phd #founders #spinoff #spinoffs

Fundraising and Raising Equity Capital - Life Science Startups and High-Growth Companies In a recent webinar, I hosted Aaron Fisher, former Vice President, BroadOak Capital Partners, to discuss life science startups and high-growth companies from a private equity perspective. In this segment, Aaron discusses funding and raising equity capital. For the full webinar, click the link in the comments. I'm committed to continuing this complimentary series and covering a variety of topics for leaders in the Molecular Diagnostics and Life Science Tools domains. If you would like to stay informed on future webinars, please send me a message with your contact information. #startups #lifesciences #lifesciencetools #biopharma 

Recently, Kingsley Leung, Chairman & Co-founder of Great Bay Bio 大湾生物, was interviewed by DealStreetAsia and revealed that #GBB is actively conducting Series B #financing. DealStreetAsia is a famous financial news platform tracking private equity, venture capital activity, deal flows, initial public offers, investments, fund-raising and startups. He gave a detailed overview of GBB's AI+CMC technologies and business and the progress of the Series B financing. “We’ve launched three technology platforms that really solve what we call the upstream part of bioprocessing, and in the future with more funding, hopefully, we can implement more AI into the upstream and downstream of what we’re doing right now,” Mr. Leung said.   Please refer to https://lnkd.in/g9PWQxCN to see the full interview.   #GreatBayBio #GBB #AI #biotechnology #bioprocessing #bio #funding #DSA #financing #interview #startup #seriesb

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Founders in the Bay Area at #JPM2024, don't miss this chance! Get valuable feedback on your pitch deck and connect with potential investors. There's a high demand for quality investments in biotech, lifesci, and med tech. William Webster, CPA is offering to review your pitch decks and facilitate introductions to investors. If you're in the Bay Area this week reach out to William Webster, CPA for this unique opportunity. #biotech #lifesci #medtech #startup #investment #networking"

4 brilliant teams with backgrounds from our ecosystem have been popping champagne recently! 🍾 The reason, you might ask? - They all secured fresh new capital just recently 👏 VenomAid Diagnostics secured 12.3M DKK in a recent seed round from both Good Ventures LLC and private business angels. The capital will help the team venture deeper into their markets by enabling clinical pilots in Brazil and kickstart the production of their rapid tests for diagnosing snake bites 🐍 Reel secured a whopping €5M last week from a seed round, which is going to ensure further acceleration of green energy in the B2B world. Congratulations Reel! 🎉 OptoCeutics received a million kroner investment from the founder of JobIndex, Kaare Danielsen. Great news for neurostimulation with light therapy! 🔆🧠 Tinyfarms also just closed a seed round, which resulted in an important investment from Accelerace. The tiny farmers have been super busy in our Developer Hall building new tinyfarms almost 24/7, and the funding from Accelerace will ensure further product development of their EdTech product. We’re so proud that we’re almost going to burst into tears over here. Well done, everyone! 👏 #DTUInnovation #Innovation #EdTech #Energy #Medtech #SeedRounds #Funding #Startups #Entrepreneurship #DeepTech