The March 6 Flinn Foundation Bio Capital Conference, “Managing Growth and VC Capital As You Scale,” brought together bioscience founders, investors, ecosystem partners, and service providers at the Creighton University Health Sciences Campus in Phoenix for a day of learning and networking.
Attendees at the sold-out event learned about who is funding the biosciences, talked with venture capitalists and local CEOs, and heard from keynote speaker Michael Gorton, founder of Teladoc.
The Flinn Foundation, in collaboration with the Risk Capital Project Team of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee, thanks everyone for attending the sold-out event.
Agenda
7:45 – 8:45 a.m.
Registration and breakfast
8:45 – 9:05 a.m.
Welcome and opening remarks
Helen Goldstein, Procopio; Kate Gallego, Mayor of Phoenix
9:05 – 10:00 a.m.
THE BIOSCIENCE/LIFE SCIENCE FUNDING LANDSCAPE
Life Sciences and Healthcare Services Group, J.P.Morgan
BREAK
10:15 – 11:00 a.m.
MANAGING GROWTH & CAPITAL NEEDS AS YOU SCALE
Chris Yoo, Ph.D., Xcellerant Ventures; Louis Breton, Rampart Bioscience
11:00 – 11:45 a.m.
THE MONEY IS IN, WHAT’S NEXT?
Donald Laughlin, White Mountain Economic Development; Paul Johnson, Procopio
11:45 a.m. – Noon
2025 BIOSCIENCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM AWARDS
Tammy McLeod, Ph.D., Flinn Foundation; Joan Koerber-Walker, AZBio
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
LUNCH (Curated Networking; Storytelling with your VC in Mind)
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
GROWING YOUR TEAM AS YOU SCALE
Stan Nowak, HCIT Entrepreneur; Michael Gorton, Teladoc; Helen Goldstein, Procopio
2:30 – 3:15 p.m.
HOW VCs ASSESS COMPANIES/INVESTMENTS PART 1
Janelle Goulard, Pangaea Ventures; Chris Yoo, Ph.D., Xcellerant Ventures; Vikram Chaudrey, General Inception & Genoa Ventures; Scott Whyte, Health Enterprise Partners
BREAK
3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
HOW VCs ASSESS COMPANIES/INVESTMENTS PART 2
Janelle Goulard, Pangaea Ventures; Chris Yoo, Ph.D., Xcellerant Ventures; Vikram Chaudrey, General Inception & Genoa Ventures; Scott Whyte, Health Enterprise Partners
3:45 – 4:30 p.m.
KEYNOTE | NAVIGATING THE BIO FRONTIER: A FOUNDER’S JOURNEY THROUGH GROWTH AND CAPITAL
Michael Gorton, Teladoc and Serial Entrepreneur
4:30 – 4:45 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Helen Goldstein, Procopio
4:45 – 6:30 p.m.
RECEPTION
Questions
Contact Mary O’Reilly, Flinn Foundation Vice President, Bioscience Research Programs, at [email protected].