Investors forum
Hosted by Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Young companies active in the life sciences industry, pitch your company and/or innovations at the Dutch Life Sciences conference. Increase your visibility, earn PR and connect to collaboration partners and investors.
The Investors forum is an exciting opportunity for young life sciences companies that have not reach the series A financing stage and looking for equity capital and/or partnerships. The forum offers excellent opportunities for presenting your company to Venture Capitalists, corporate- and regional investment funds and discuss your business strategy.
Participate in the Investors Forum and grab your chance to meet with interesting partners, initiate strategic alliances or tap into the international financing networks.
Participating investors
The Investors Forum enables you to evaluate new investment opportunities and to meet with the management of the most promising life sciences companies, start-ups as well as established ventures. After the forum there will be ample opportunity to further discuss future collaborations in one-on-one meetings.
Provisional list of investors present:
- AbbVie
- BOM
- Curie Capital
- Ffund
- General Inception
- Innovation Quarter
- Invest-NL
- MSD
- Myosotis Investments B.V.
- Oost NL
- ROM Utrecht Region
- Starfish Innovations
- Thuja Capital
- Utrecht Holdings Seed Fund
- Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Banking
Pitching companies
Prior to the event, companies will be invited for a test presentation. The Investors Forum committee will provide feedback and give advice.
The winner of the Investors Forum will be awarded the ´Investors Forum prize´, a partnering ticket with a total value of EUR 2,500 and will be allowed to repeat the winning pitch in the plenary programme.
Furthermore, it is with great pleasure that PwC offers a half day Booster Session* to the winner of the Dutch Life Sciences conference Investors Forum. Ahead of the session, you will have a 1 hour intake meeting with the PwC Pharma, Life Sciences & Medtech team to help identify the topics that are most relevant to you at this stage of your company's development. Following this, a half day Booster Session will be arranged at the PwC Amsterdam offices with representatives from the team and other subject matter experts as needed to have an insightful discussion on your selection of topics. Tailored to your specific needs, the session will be structured to address your key issues and will generally focus on 2-3 key components to ensure appropriate time to unpack each item and provide concrete guidance.
* Designed to help you accelerate your company’s development, the PwC Booster Session matches you with Industry and subject matter experts from PwC’s Pharma, Life Sciences & Medtech team for a half day session on a selection of topics that matter to you.
All selected pitching parties will be invited to the VIP speakers- and partners dinner the evening before the conference.
Upon registration you will be given further details.
Selected pitching companies:
- Alder Therapeutics > Therapeutics
- ASCENSCIA > B2B SAAS laboratory data system
- BugSee > Diagnostics
- FETCH > Diagnostics
- Implican > Medical Device
- IridescentBio > SaaS-based CRO
- Lumox Biotech > Technology platform
- NestEgg Labs > Cell research lab automation & software
- SoundCell > Diagnostics
- StemX Bio > Microtissue technology
- URIMON > Diagnostics
- VitalWear > Medical Device
General information and registration
During the conference the forum will be held in two sessions:
- Part 1 - breakfast session (08:00 - 09:00)
- Part 2 - lunch session (13:00 - 14:00)
This will enable participants to attend the complete programme of the conference as well. Participation in the Investors Forum involves no additional costs. Conference registration is all that is required. If you are interested in participating in the Investors Forum, please contact Miranda de Regt at miranda.de.regt@dutchlifesciences.com.
You will be contacted for further details upon registration. Participation will be reviewed by the programme committee. The candidates have to perform a test pitch which will be part of the selection procedure. Your participation in the Investors Forum will be definite after receiving your personal invitation.
The Investors Forum may be sold out.
Deadline to apply: 18 November, 2024