2011 Best In Bio Event: "I have an idea. How do I get funding?"
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The second event scheduled for June 23, 2011 is "I have an idea. How do I get funding?"
The New Hampshire Bio/Medical Council sponsors a series of education events called Best In Bio. The next event scheduled for June 23, 2011 is titled "I have an idea. How do I get funding?" All biomedical companies started from an idea to make things better, faster, less expensive or to solve a real medical problem. Many additional great ideas do not get to the market place because of a lack of funding. The health care and life sciences sectors have been growing in the past year with increases in angel and venture capital funding. The New Hampshire Bio/Med Council has brought together industry experts to discuss this important aspect of our business and to answer your questions.
Angel funding - Healthcare services and medical devices and equipment accounted for the largest share of angel investments according to a report released in April by the Center for Venture Research at UNH. The Center for Venture Research is a multidisciplinary research unit of the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire. The Center's principal area of expertise is in the study of early stage equity financing for high growth ventures. The Center for Venture Research, since its inception in 1984, has undertaken and published numerous studies in the area of early-stage equity financing of entrepreneurial ventures. The Center has appeared on CNBC, MSNBC, National Public Radio, NHPTV's NH Outlook, and has been quoted in several publications including Inc., Forbes, Fortune, Red Herring, Business Week, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Financial Times. The NH Bio/Medical Council is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Sohl, the Director of the Center for Venture Research, will be a panel member.
Venture Capital - Medical device and medtech companies comprised the second largest category of companies receiving venture capital (VC) investments in 2010. New England and specifically New Hampshire continue to attract VC funding at rates significantly higher than 2009. The NH Bio/Med Council has invited regional venture capital professionals to join this panel.
Attend this outstanding program if you are planning to start a company or are interested in finding funding for an idea you have. This will be of interest to all medical device and biotech professionals along with R&D, academic and clinical professional with a great idea.
The NH Bio/Medical Council is pleased to announce the emcee of the event:
Nancy M. Briefs, MBA
Ms. Briefs' background includes 30+ years in the medical device industry building shareholder value by raising venture and public financing. She is a serial Medical Device Entrepreneur and has been an integral team member responsible for developing and commercializing innovative paradigm shifting technologies with five (5) medical device startups. She has raised over $170 million in venture capital, executed a $38M IPO and successful liquidity events demonstrates the ability to take concept thru value creation. Ms. Briefs most recently was the Former President and CEO of Elemé Medical Inc., a premier, venture backed Aesthetics Company focused on body shaping. Elemé Medical was a Delaware corporation with headquarters in Merrimack, New Hampshire. Ms. Briefs was awarded with the Ernst & Young (EOY) New England Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Emerging Companies in 2003. Ms. Briefs served as a National Judge for the EOY Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Life Sciences 2004 - 2008. Ms. Briefs served as a Judge for the NHHTC Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2011.
The NH Bio/Medical Council is pleased to announce the following panel members:
Jeffrey E. Sohl:
Jeffrey E. Sohl is Director of the Center for Venture Research at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire. He received his Bachelor in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University and his MBA and Ph.D. in Management Science from the University of Maryland. Prior to joining the Whittemore School he was a consultant to the Department of Energy in the area of public policy analysis. His current research interests are in early-stage equity financing for high growth ventures. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, the eCoast Technology Roundtable and MerchantBanc, and the Editorial Board for Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice and Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research. He also serves on the New Hampshire Governor's Advisory Committee on Capital Formation and is on the Board of Directors for NetworkNH. He has presented his angel research in academic and practitioner forums in the United States, Europe and Asia, and in briefings for several government agencies and scholars from the United States, Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, Asia and Africa.
Attorney Karin A. Gregory, MPH, Managing Partner, Furman Gregory Deptula
Ms. Gregory's career spans over 30 years in the healthcare field; as a basic scientist, healthcare administrator, lawyer and venture capitalist. Currently, Ms. Gregory's practice focuses on life sciences companies and research institutions. Her background and experience over the past 30 years with technology commercialization and small business position her well to counsel clients on the daily issues facing them. The majority of the practice involves business counsel and advising on partnering, regulatory issues, including FDA and FTC issues of advertising and promotion of medical products, licensing, collaboration agreements, issues of confidentiality, genetic testing in medicine and invention protection, venture capital and strategic corporate partnering, along with other related business transactional matters. Ms. Gregory began her career in basic science and later at Dana Farber Cancer Institute. She shifted to the law, having just completed her health services masters studies, and has been providing legal services to healthcare organizations in private practice as well as in the public sector, at the state and city level. In 1988, Ms. Gregory had been an investment professional with the Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation (MTDC), where she led medical investing efforts for five years; then left to form Dover Medical Ventures, a medical technology-focused consulting and venture firm. In 2006, Furman Gregory LLC was formed, currently known as Furman Gregory Deptula.
Furman Gregory Deptula, with offices in Boston, MA and Biddeford, ME, provides emerging growth companies with experienced business and legal advice. FGD represents clients in the areas of technology, software, biotech, medical devices, diagnostics, specialty food, telecom, and internet as well as the creative arts, retail and services sectors. The firm also provides expert corporate and regulatory advice to health care and research institutions and other non-profit organizations throughout the New England region.
John Hamilton
John Hamilton is the founder and Managing Director of the Community Loan Fund's Vested for Growth program, which has placed more than $15 million in capital for the acquisition, turnaround or new-product introduction strategies of high-growth NH businesses. John is also Vice President of Economic Opportunity at the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, a 28-year old nonprofit that turns investments into loans and education to create opportunity and transform lives across New Hampshire. He is currently leading the expansion of the Community Loan Fund's small-business lending program, which supports the creation and retention of quality jobs by offering loans and training to self-employed workers and owners of small businesses, including those considered too small or too risky for other lenders. John is a member of Granite State Angels, previously founded the Workforce Opportunity Council and Concord Area Trust for Community Housing, and is a past President of the NH Job Training Council. He was a Baldrige Examiner for the Granite State Quality Award in 2003 and 2002.
Schedule:
- 5:30 - 6:00 PM Networking
- 6:00 PM Panel
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