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Aligning needs

By Dennis Ford, Founder & CEO, LSN; Creator of RESI Series
Dr. William Kohlbrenner, CSO, LSN

The best way for aspiring entrepreneurs to achieve their financing goals is to understand what investors and partners want.

If you are an aspiring entrepreneur spinning out a new biomedical technology or launching a biotech startup, one of your first tasks is to understand the funding process and how to tackle it. Five years ago, the accepted investment path was to write a proposal for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants, hit up a list of friends and family and canvass the local regional angel groups for ‘seed’ funding. After this first wave of funding, the next money was expected to come from venture capital (VC) entities or through collaborations with partnering companies…

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RESI San Diego 2017 Innovation Challenge – Winners Announced

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By Nono Hu, Director of Marketing, LSN

On June 19, more than 600 healthcare entrepreneurs and investors entered the exhibition hall at the Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter. They were greeted by 30 Innovation Challenge finalists across therapeutics, medical device, diagnostics, and healthcare IT sectors. The 30 companies, hand selected by LSN’s scientific and commercial review team, competed directly on merits of innovation and commercial viability. Here, LSN would like to present the top 3 winners who attracted the greatest amount of “RESI Cash”…

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RESI on MaRS Innovation Challenge – Winners Announced

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By Nono Hu, Director of Marketing, LSN

On April 4, more than 600 entrepreneurs and investors entered the exhibition hall at MaRS Discovery District in Toronto. They were greeted by 30 Innovation Challenge finalists across therapeutics, medical device, diagnostics, and healthcare IT sectors. The 30 companies, hand selected by LSN’s scientific and commercial review team, competed directly on merits of innovation and commercial viability. Here, LSN would like to present the top 3 winners who attracted the greatest amount of “RESI Cash”…

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Event Recap: RESI SF 2017

Networking on Steroids: Early stage entrepreneurs speed date with investors at RESI in San Francisco

By Marie Daghlian

You have 30 minutes per meeting, enough time to make your pitch, find out if there is a potential connection, and move on to the next meeting. It’s networking on steroids and it works for many of those who participate in RESI, or Redefining Early Stage Investments.

RESI makes it easy to partner and quickly allow early stage life sciences entrepreneurs to quickly identify whether an investor is interested in their technology or product…

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RESI Innovators Shine in San Francisco – Winners Announced

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The third RESI San Francisco Conference event, held on January 10th, saw 30 Innovation Challenge finalists competing for the votes of the largest RESI crowd to date. With 1,000 attendees present, more votes were cast than in any Innovation Challenge to date. Biotech, medical device, diagnostic and digital health companies all competed in the exhibition-style challenge for the top prize. Selected from over 100 applicants, the 30 finalists included many phenomenal startups. Here, LSN would like to present the 3 winners.

First Place: Pathcore (Toronto, Canada)…

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RESI X Innovation Challenge – Winners Announced

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On September 13, a record number of 700 entrepreneurs and investors entered the exhibition hall at Westin Copley Place, Boston, MA. They were greeted by 30 Innovation Challenge finalists—companies from the biopharma, biotech, medical device, diagnostics, and digital health sectors. The teams were screened and selected from over a hundred applicants; all were very strong competitors, but only one winner could emerge from the all-day exhibition-style contest!

First Place: BioMedomics, Inc. (Durham, NC, USA)…

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MaRS HealthKick Innovation Challenge – Winners Announced

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Last week at RESI on MaRS, the MaRS HealthKick Innovation Challenge showcased 30 companies from the digital health, biotech, medical device and diagnostics sectors. These companies were screened and selected from over a hundred applicants; all were very strong competitors, but only one winner could emerge from the all-day exhibition-style contest. Here are the top 4 entrants, with a tie for third place!

First Place: Perimeter Medical Imaging (Toronto, Canada)…

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MaRS Collaborates with Life Science Nation and Johnson & Johnson Innovation to Host RESI in Toronto

TORONTO, April 12, 2016 — MaRS Discovery District (MaRS) is collaborating with Life Science Nation (LSN) and Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLABS (JLABS) to bring the Redefining Early Stage Investments (RESI) Conference to Toronto on June 23, 2016.

The RESI Conference series brings together fundraising CEOs and early-stage investors from around the globe, providing the opportunity for dialogue and relationship building…

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There’s More To January Than Just the JPM Conference

One of the biggest biopharmaceutical industry events, the 34th Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, is right around the corner, January 11-14. And while the event is famous for overrunning San Francisco with neckties, as well as blowing up Twitter with its hashtag #JPM2016, there are a number of other worthwhile events also taking place, such as Life Science Nation’s Redefining Early Stage Investments (RESI) conference.

To RESI Or Not To RESI, Not Really A Question…

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RESI Innovation Challenge Winners Announced

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Yesterday, the sixth Redefining Early Stage Investments (RESI) Conference was held at the Westin Copley Place, Boston. Featuring approximately 200 investors, 250 biotech, medtech and healthcare IT entrepreneurs, and 130 service providers, this event is the biggest RESI ever.

In the exhibit hall, 30 of the most innovative early stage life science companies at the event were chosen to participate in a virtual investment contest – The RESI Innovation Challenge, showcasing cutting-edge life science technologies in poster displays and competing to raise the most RESI Cash. Without further ado here are the top 3 contestants!

First Prize Winner: Rna Diagnostics…

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