CRE Titans Talk Life Sciences with the Godmother of Modern-Day Society
Stanford's next generation of Life Sciences founders.
One room of serious capital.
One day before everyone else discovers them.Meet the Next Generation of Life Sciences Founders Before Everyone Else
A one-day, invitation-only investor day at Stanford bringing together Life Sciences students, CRE Titans, family offices, institutional investors, and strategic capital for a day of pitches, investment conversations, and relationship building.
Co-hosted with Esther Wojcicki, the day gives Stanford’s emerging Life Sciences entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their companies and investment opportunities directly to a room of sophisticated capital.
Rather than a traditional student showcase, this is structured as an investor room: concise pitches, direct questions, serious underwriting conversations, and introductions between founders and potential capital partners.
The day concludes with a private screening of The Godmother of Silicon Valley, followed by a conversation with Esther Wojcicki.
The Room
🧬 Stanford Life Sciences Students Founders
💼 Family Offices
🏢 CRE Titans & Real Estate Investors
💰 Institutional & Venture Investors
🏦 Healthcare Life Sciences Capital Providers
🤝 Strategic Industry Partners -
🎙️ Co-host: Esther Wojcicki
🎙️ Investor Day / Moderator: Adi Soozin
The Agenda
10:00–10:30 | Arrival + Coffee
Coffee, introductions, and informal conversations between the Stanford founders and invited investors.
No presentations.
The goal is to get the right people in the room talking before the pitches begin.
10:30–10:45 | Welcome to Stanford
Esther Wojcicki
Esther opens the day with a conversation about entrepreneurship, education, innovation, and what it takes to identify extraordinary founders before the market does.
Adi introduces the investor room and establishes the format:
These are not classroom presentations. These are investment pitches.
10:45–11:30 | Life Sciences Pitch Session I
The first group of Stanford Life Sciences students presents their companies.
4 minutes to pitch.
4 minutes for investor questions.
Each founder should cover:
→ The problem
→ The scientific technological breakthrough
→ The market
→ Traction validation
→ Business model
→ Competitive advantage
→ Capital required
→ Use of proceeds
→ What they are building toward
The room is encouraged to ask real investment questions, not classroom questions.
11:30–1:30 | Lunch Break
An opportunity for investors and founders to continue conversations privately over lunch at one of the countless restaurants across the street.
1:30–2:15 | Life Sciences Pitch Session II
The next group of Stanford founders presents.
Same format:
4 minutes to pitch.
4 minutes for questions.
2:15–3:00 | Powering the Next Generation of Life Sciences
An executive conversation around the intersection of:
Life Sciences × Technology × Capital × Real Estate
Topics include:
Where are the biggest opportunities emerging?
What technologies will require entirely new physical infrastructure?
What will the next generation of life sciences campuses look like?
Where does CRE intersect with biotech, research, manufacturing, and healthcare?
What are family offices looking for that traditional venture capital may overlook?
This is where the CRE Titans become particularly relevant.
The conversation moves beyond investing in companies to understanding the real estate and infrastructure ecosystem required to scale them.
3:00 - 5:00 | Meet the Titans
Break for the audience to interact with the panelists
No founders on stage.
The investors stay.
A candid discussion among the invited capital about:
Which companies stood out?
Which founders deserve a second meeting?
What diligence is required?
Where is the investable opportunity?
Where could CRE, infrastructure, or strategic partnerships create additional value?
This gives the investor audience a chance to compare notes without turning the event into a public ranking exercise.
5:00 - 5:30 | Closing Conversation with Esther Wojcicki
A fireside conversation with Esther on:
Building extraordinary people before they build extraordinary companies.
A discussion about entrepreneurship, education, mentorship, Silicon Valley, and the qualities she looks for in people who go on to build something significant.
5:30–7:30 | Private Screening: The Godmother of Silicon Valley
The day concludes with a private screening of The Godmother of Silicon Valley (2026).
Then:
7:30
Guests are encouraged to continue conversations privately over dinner at one of the countless restaurants across the street.