A VC's Perspective: How Investors Really Decide

​Why did that investor pass? More often than not, it has less to do with your science than with the math of their fund.

​In this session, Deborah Hemingway, PhD, founder and managing partner of Ecphora Capital (more than $30 million invested across 15 early-stage companies), walks through the mechanics behind every investor decision: fund size, ownership targets, timelines, and the exit you have to be capable of. Then, what they mean for your first institutional raise: when to start, who to target, what to have ready, and how to read a no.

​We'll close with the Maryland-specific tools, including the BIITC credit and TEDCO, that can help you close a round. Bring your questions.

​Schedule

​11:30 AM – Lunch (provided)

​12:00 PM – Talk

​12:45 PM – Q&A and networking

​1:00 PM – Wrap

​Hosted by Ecphora Capital in partnership with Wexford Science & Technology at the University of Maryland BioPark.