Resources for Starting a Biotech Company

Cross-post from San Francisco Biotechnology Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/San-Francisco-Biotechnology-Meetup/events/236530304/)

If your New Year’s resolution is to finally start that biotech company you’ve been thinking about, come learn about some amazing resources available to you in the Bay Area!

Hear from organization leaders who can provide seed funding, lab space, affordable equipment, mentorship, and more. Learn about the challenges and tricks to overcome them.

Come ask your questions and network with other early startups.

Speakers:

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Shauna Clizbe, Director of Business Development and Sales of BioSurplus (http://biosurplus.com/)

BioSurplus is a leading, nationwide provider of pre-owned laboratory equipment to the Life Sciences industries. In addition to offering quality and affordable pre-owned laboratory instruments for start-up labs, mid-sized companies, large pharma and academia, BioSurplus assists all organizations with monetizing surplus equipment through its direct purchase, consignment and/or auction programs. The BioSurplus team is carefully chosen for their scientific experience and background to ensure the proper marketing, selling and handling of a wide range of laboratory instruments.

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Steven Karp, Executive Director, California Life Sciences Institute (CLSI) (http://califesciencesinstitute.org/)

The California Life Science Institute's mission is to maintain California’s leadership in life sciences innovation through support of entrepreneurship, education and career development. CLSI entrepreneurship programs connect startups with the resources and expertise needed to sustain critical innovation in the industry. CLSI provides unique offerings to CLSA’s Fellow startup members, including educational workshops, research database access, and peer and executive networking. Fellow entrepreneurs can also access expertise from business advisors through CLSI’s Expert Network, and more intensive coaching through the FAST Advisory Program (http://califesciencesinstitute.org/entrepreneurship/fast-advisory-program/). CLSI is also a member ofCARB-X (http://califesciencesinstitute.org/entrepreneurship/carb-x/), an international accelerator program focused on supporting antibiotic product development over the next 25 years.

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Noore Kadri, Innovation and Incubator Network Manager of QB3 (http://qb3.org/)

QB3 is a University of California life science research institute and startup accelerator focused on early-stage innovation in the San Francisco Bay Area. When entrepreneurs are ready to start a company, they have access to a variety of services available through QB3 including Start Up In a Box, SBIR/STTR Workshops, industry partnering, incubator space, with five locations housing over 90 startups, and early stage venture financing through Mission Bay Capital, a seed stage venture fund that invests in life science startups both from and outside the University of California. The QB3 network has over 7,000 members including entrepreneurs, industry professionals, service providers, investors and academics, over 500 life science startups and dozens of established pharma, biotech and med-tech companies.

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Gregory Theyel, Director of Biomedical Manufacturing Network (http://www.biomedmfg.org/)

The Biomedical Manufacturing Network is a consortium of over 750 biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, and medical equipment companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Network provides manufacturing and business assistance to companies, facilitates industry connections and technology transfer, and helps with education and training. You can learn more about the Biomedical Manufacturing Network at www.biomedmfg.org (http://www.biomedmfg.org/)

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David Brown, Senior Director, Business Development of Scientist.com (http://scientist.com/)

By simplifying access to scientific experts and services, Scientist is dramatically lowering barriers to scientific innovation and pioneering a new, cost-effective approach to research. The company creates private marketplaces for pharma companies that dramatically simplify the sourcing of research services and custom products. Ultimately are goal is to reduce measurable time and cost of getting new drugs into the clinic. Our tagline: outsource everything but the genius.

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Ron Shigeta, Chief Scientific Officer of IndieBio (http://sf.indiebio.co/)

IndieBio is a seed-stage biotech accelerator. At IndieBio, we are devoted to funding and building startups dedicated toward solving humanity’s most pressing problems with life itself. Our 4-month program includes funding and lab space to incubate the next generation of biotech entrepreneurs.