2023 BIO Investor Forum
Event Preview & Partnering
Webinar
Hosted by
Bernard V. Fallon
Managing Director, Industry
Research, Investor Outreach &
Education, BIO
Mackensie Vernetti
Vice President, Partnering, BIO
Webinar Agenda
+ Introduction
+ BIO Investor Forum Event Preview
+ NEW: BIO Seed-Stage Spotlight on Tech Transfer
+ Company Presentations
+ In-Depth Fireside Chats
+ Timely, Relevant Panels
+ BIO One-on-One Partnering, Tips & Best Practices
+ Partnering Live Demo
+ Q&A Session
BIO Seed-Stage Spotlight on Tech Transfer
+ Acurex Biosciences
+ Aluda Pharmaceuticals
+ Azora Therapeutics
+ BrainXell Therapeutics
+ CellChorus
+ Crista Biologics
+ Dorian Therapeutics
+ f5 Therapeutics Incorporated
+ HDAX Therapeutics
+ Immunova Therapeutics, LLC
+ Immuto Scientific
+ Informuta, Inc.
+ Interface Biosciences
+ Invenio Imaging
+ Jacaranda Biosciences, Inc. (JBI)
+ Karma Biotechnologies
+ Laguna Bio
+ Lime Therapeutics
+ Lynx Biosciences, Inc.
+ Macrophages Project
+ MEDiC Life Sciences
+ microMESH
+ Minutia
+ Myka Labs, Inc.
+ ProgrammableTx
+ PSOMRI
+ Qgenesys
+ Sardona Therapeutics
+ SiVEC Biotechnologies
+ Stem Pharm, Inc
+ Takeoff AI
+ Telo Therapeutics, Inc.
+ TippingPoint Biosciences
+ ViAn Therapeutics
+ California Life Sciences FAST advisory program
+ SPARK at Stanford
+ NYU Endless Frontier Labs
+ Tulane University School of Medicine
+ UCSF Innovation Ventures
+ WARF (Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation)
+ MBC BioLabs
+ SOSV / IndieBio
+ Breakout Ventures
Seed-Stage Innovation Support Organizations
Companies Pitching on Afternoon of Monday, October 16th
Further details at
bif.bio.org
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Spectrum of Presenting Companies
Therapeutic Focus Areas of Company Presentations
Oncology
33%
Gene & Cell
Therapies
10%
CNS/Neurological
8%
Ophthalmology
8%
Other
41%
Presenting Companies Include...
+ Accelerated Biosciences Corp.
+ Accuitis, Inc.
+ Advagene Biopharma
+ Aegle Therapeutics Corp.
+ Aeolian Biotech Corp
+ Algen Biotechnologies
+ Allterum Therapeutics, Inc.
+ Amytrx Therapeutics
+ Arpeggio Biosciences
+ AVM Biotechnology, Inc
+ Azitra Inc.
+ Beken Bio
+ Bexion Pharmaceuticals
+ Biofidelity
+ BioMimetix
+ BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd
+ Blue Lake Biotechnology
+ Breakpoint Therapeutics GmbH
+ Caeregen Therapeutics
+ CDR3 Therapeutics
+ Coastar Therapeutics Inc.
+ Diakonos Oncology
+ DIMERx, Inc.
+ Drusolv Therapeutics, Inc.
+ Enzyme by Design Inc.
+ Epion Therapeutics, Inc.
+ EpiVario Inc
+ Eyam Vaccines and
Immunotherapeutics Ltd
+ Garuda Therapeutics, Inc.
+ Inhalon Biopharma
+ Jaguar Health, Inc.
+ Kineta, Inc.
+ Lactiga US, Inc.
+ LBL Biotech Inc.
+ Macrobiome Therapeutics
+ Minghui Pharma
+ Multimeric Biotherapeutics, Inc.
+ Nanoscope Therapeutics
+ Neuro-Innovators, LLC
+ Osmol Therapeutics, Inc.
+ OYE Therapeutics, Inc.
+ Pacylex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
+ Panavance Therapeutics Inc
+ Panorama Medicine, Inc.
+ Pinetree Therapeutics
+ Protalix Biotherapeutics
+ Rakuten Medical, Inc.
+ Rejuvenation Technologies
+ Sarcomatrix Therapeutics Corp
+ Scioto Biosciences Inc
+ Seal Rock Therapeutics
+ Six Therapeutics, Inc.
+ South Rampart Pharma, Inc.
+ supernova bio Co., Ltd.
+ Sustained Therapeutics
+ Synlico Inc.
+ Terrapeutics Pharma
+ ViAn Therapeutics, Inc.
+ Vona Oncology
+ Zucara Therapeutics Inc.
+ ZWI Therapeutics
+ And more
Up-to-date list at
bif.bio.org/program
In-Depth Fireside Chats
Mohan Iyer,
General Partner,
IndieBio / SOSV
Further details at
bif.bio.org/program
Julia Owens, PhD,
President & CEO,
Ananke Therapeutics
Timely, Relevant Panels
Tuesday, October 17
+ Approaches to Financing Early-Stage Companies
+ Opportunities in Bispecific Therapy Development
+ Succeeding at Technology Transfer: Best Practices for Industry-Academia Collaboration
+ Extending RNA Technology Pipelines into New Tissues and Applications
+ Expanding Across Borders: Partnering and Investing in Asia-Pacific Countries
Wednesday, October 18
+ Policy Outlook: Assessing the Impact of the Inflation Reduction Act
+ Exploring Funding Opportunities for Diverse Founders and Executives
+ Fighting Neurodegeneration with New Tools
+ AI and Computational Biology to Reach Undruggable Targets
+ Market Outlook: Timing the Next Tide for IPOs and Prioritizing Capital Partners
Further details at
bif.bio.org
More than 40 expert speakers, from 5AM Ventures and
A28 Therapeutics to Variational AI and Verge Genomics
BIO One-on-One Partnering
TM
Overview
Partnering at BIO Investor Forum
+ 30-minute meetings over 2 days, Oct 17-18
+ Pre-arranged via the BIO One-on-One
Partnering™ system
+ BIO schedules accepted meetings. Meeting
scheduling begins Oct 3.
+ Meetings are scheduled based on mutual
availability
+ The partnering system is now open!
Registrants will receive their login
information from biopartnering@bio.org
Onsite Partnering Meeting Information
+ Meetings are held onsite at the Hilton San
Francisco Union Square
+ BIO continues to schedule & reschedule
meetings until the end of the conference
Partnering Meeting Hours
Tuesday, Oct 17
7:30 AM
– 5:30 PM
Wednesday, Oct 18
7:00 AM
– 4:00 PM
5 Steps for using the partnering system
1. Create/update your company’s profile
2. Select your calendar availability and keep it
current
3. Search for potential partners & send
tailored meeting requests
4. Manage your Message Center actively & often
5. Get your meetings! BIO will
schedule accepted meeting requests, and you
arrive in San Francisco with a plan.
A Few Quick Partnering System
User Tips
+ Complete your company profile (TAs, objectives, descriptions)
+ Use the Advanced Search to target specific investor
preferences, therapeutic areas & indications and isolate new
companies & funds since your last search
+ Respond to all incoming meeting requests – accept or decline to
keep your Message Center current, filter by meeting request status
Key Advanced Partnering
System Features
+ Assets, Services & Market Products profiles within the
Company Profile
+ Automatic Outlook/email calendar invitations &
notifications management
+ Advanced Search filters
+ Investor-specific search filters
+ Saved Searches
+ Optional Meeting Participants
+ Targeted Delegates NEW!
New Feature: Targeted Delegate
+ All delegates from the receiving company can still view
and respond to your meeting request
+ Targeting is not required
+ If you're not sure who to target, don't. The
receiving company will still determine who is best for
the meeting
+ Sending a meeting request and want to direct it to someone's attention? Target them
directly on your meeting request
+ View meeting requests in which you and your colleagues have been targeted in the
Message Center
+ Anyone from either company can edit the targeted delegates in the Message Center
Company
Meeting requests are sent company-to-company and all delegates under that company
can view and respond to your meeting request.
Meeting Request Title
Functions like the subject line of an email. Make it count and be specific and targeted!
Message
Explain your intent for the meeting. Don't use copy/paste boilerplate. Tailor your message.
NEW! Targeted Delegates
Select a specific person(s) from the other company with whom you would like to
meet, or perhaps you want to note that you've had contact with them before and
would like a follow up meeting. NOT required
Linked Resources
Add assets, services, market products & content from your company profile for specific
reference to this meeting.
Participants
Select whom from your company will attend the meeting. Mark participants as optional
if they have limited availability or are not necessary for the meeting.
Don't forget to hit Send!
You can manage all your incoming and outgoing requests in the Message Center.
What's in a Meeting Request?
BIO One-on-One Partnering
TM
Live Demonstration
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Best Practices to get the right meetings
+ Make it easier for investors & partners to find you by adding detail to your company
profile
+ Allow time for responses by starting outreach 4+ weeks out. New companies &
investors are added daily!
+ Narrow down top targets with the advanced search filters
+ Increase your acceptance rate with a topical subject line that is unique to the
recipient, and provide specific benefits of investing in/partnering with your company
+ Follow up. Getting close to the event and awaiting a response? Write a "reply only"
message
Haven’t registered yet?
Visit BIF.bio.org
Early-bird prices
expire 9/14!
Q&A
Please submit your questions in the Q&A box in Zoom
Thank you for joining.
See you in San Francisco!
A recording of this webinar will be distributed within a few business
days to all webinar registrants and will be posted in the partnering
system and on https://www.bio.org/webinars
For any additional partnering questions, please email us at
biopartnering@bio.org
For registration questions, contact customercare@bio.org
