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SHARK TANK FOR WOMEN Entrepreneurs in LIFE SCIENCES

Reporter: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

 

 

Next week Women in Bio (WIB), JLABs, and Johnson & Johnson Innovation are co-hosting The LobsterPot. This will be a “Shark Tank” style event eight female executives from startups raising funds will pitch to five senior-level women at investment firms.

 

Here’s some additional info on the event:

 

Date: March 16^th, 2016

Time: 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm (ET)

6:00 pm – 6:30 pm Registration & Networking

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Company Pitches & Investor Feedback

8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Networking

Location: 255 Main Street, 4^th Floor, Cambridge

 

You can register for the event here

  

List of Participants:

 

MODERATOR: Marian Nakada, Vice President, Venture Investments, J&J Innovation (JJDC)

 

INVESTORS:

1.       Maria Berkman, Director, Broadview Ventures

2.       Patricia Gray, Member, Mass Medical Angels

3.       Christine Brennan, Principal, Novartis Venture Fund

4.       Barbara Sosnowski, VP External R&D Inflammation, Worldwide Research & Development External Partnerships, Pfizer

5.       Laura Davis, Managing Director, Golden Seeds

 

PRESENTING COMPANIES:

 

Devices:

1.       Georgia Mitsi, CEO, Apptomics

2.       Abigail Barnes, Co-Founder & CEO, Allergy Amulet

Diagnostics:

1.       Joyce Lonergan, CEO & Co-Founder, Mellitus, LLC

2.       Barbara Davis, Chief Executive Officer and President, Innogenics

Therapeutics:

1.         Maria Vilenchik, Founder & CEO, Felicitex Therapeutics

2.         Ailis Tweed-Kent, CEO & Founder, Cocoon Biotech

Healthcare IT:

1.         Tiffany Kelley, Founder & CEO, Nightingale Apps

2.         Elizabeth Asai, CEO & Co-Founder, 3Derm Systems

 

 

Hope to see you there next week!

Spread the word.  Sent to me by:

 

Danielle Silva

Founding Team

VP of Business Development

LIFE SCIENCE NATION

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Subject: SHARK TANK FOR WOMEN Entrepreneurs in LIFE SCIENCES – The Lobster Pot