LifeX Founders Forum - Fundraising from Rich People

​The Founders Forum series brings together a small group of Life Sciences & Health Tech founders to discuss common challenges, share tips or resources, and celebrate each other's successes as their businesses grow.

​This February Founders Forum will be focused on the topic: Fundraising from Rich People. Family Offices, high net worth individuals, and special interest groups with vested interests in specific diseases could be an opportune target for early stage life science startups to raise funding before they are de-risked and compelling opportunities for traditional VCs. Both founders who have successfully raised from these types of sources, and those who look to do so, will come together to discuss:

• ​How do you find these individuals if they aren't captured in traditional investor databases?

• ​How to approach them and what makes a compelling case for support from these types of angels and special interest organizations?

• ​What to expect of these relationships post investment?

• ​How does engaging and working with these types of investors vary from a traditional VC?

​Space is limited and restricted to only founders of startups in Life Sciences or Health Tech related fields. This meeting will take place in person. Dinner and refreshments will be provided.