2025 Flinn Foundation Bio Capital Conference

Managing Growth and VC Capital As You Scale

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.  

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


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Questions 

Contact Mary O’Reilly, Flinn Foundation Vice President, Bioscience Research Programs, at [email protected].



Creighton University Health Sciences Campus–Phoenix
3100 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix

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