Holiday Mixer + Life Sciences Pitch Night

​Join us in San Francisco for the Holiday Mixer & Healthcare Life Sciences Pitch Night—a festive gathering of early-stage founders, academic spin-offs, biotech investors, and industry leaders. Build meaningful connections and discover the ideas poised to drive the next breakthroughs in healthcare and life sciences.

​Event Agenda:

• ​6:00 PM – 6:30 PM Registration & networking with drinks and light bites

• ​6:30 PM – 6:40 PM Welcome remarks and introductions

• ​6:40 PM – 6:50 PM Presentation by Gulia Ismagilova, TheAgentic

• ​6:50 PM – 7:00 PM Presentation by Luke Blauch, DropXCell

• ​7:00 PM – 7:50 PM Lightning pitches from 10 Biotech x AI startups

  • ​Panel of judges:

    • ​Dr. Prasun Mishra, Chairman, WISE Capitals

    • ​Joli Zhang, MBA, Partner, VU Venture Partners

    • ​Rachel Tsui, Ph.D., Partner, The Council

    • ​Anna Wang, Vice President, Grey Matter Capital

• ​·7:50 PM – 9:00 PM Networking

​Discover innovative startups, hear from expert judges, celebrate top pitches, and connect with the Bay Area life sciences community this holiday season!

​Co-hosted by:

• ​Vanloan Nguyen, MBEE, founder & President, Berkeley Pharma Tech Foundation

• ​Gulia Ismagilova, MBA, AI Agentic solutions for Healthcare Life Sciences startups at TheAgentic.

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​​​​Berkeley Pharma Tech Foundation is a nonprofit committed to expanding biotech understanding and improving access to the industry through education, mentorship, and networking. We host roundtables, speaker panels, and community events to connect aspiring scientists and entrepreneurs with industry leaders. Our goals: launch a funded research program within two years and build a state-of-the-art lab in the Bay Area within five. Follow us on LinkedIn or reach out to Vanloan Nguyen to get involved!

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​TheAgentic is a San Francisco-based infrastructure company that provides cost-effective co-development of AI agentic solutions and reasoning LLMs, enabling deep tech startups and SMBs to rapidly build and scale products and accelerate traction.

​Parking: Street parking/nearby garages:

​·       SF Flower Market Parking Garage

​·       UCSF Third Street Garage 1650 3rd St, San Francisco, CA 94158

​·       Owens Street Garage Owens Street Garage, 1835 Owens St, San Francisco, CA 94158

​·       Rutter Center 1625 Owens St, San Francisco, CA 94158