What a day! Panels, pitches, conversations and networking continued throughout the afternoon and evening of the Flinn Foundation Bio Capital Conference.
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego opened the sold-out event at Creighton University Health Sciences Campus – Phoenix. Gallego talked about the city’s major investments in the biosciences, from wearable technology to ASU Health as well as the success of Phoenix Bioscience Core, TGen – Part of City of Hope, Mayo Clinic and many more.
“In every part of Phoenix, this has been a real priority,” the mayor said.
The nearly 300 entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, ecosystem builders and more for a full day of networking, panels, keynotes and connections.
We heard from startups HemaSense, NeuroCatch®, and Allevalux. Keynote speaker Tari Suprapto of Novo Nordisk talked about the “importance of being human” when making a pitch. Founders met investors. Collaboration was widespread.
Leading investors from Arizona and out-of-state are weighing in on successful pitches.
Health care leaders and investors talked about the future of care. Plus, breakout ask-the-expert lunch sessions, new connections and relationships, and insights from J.P. Morgan.
This annual event becomes larger and more impactful each year. The Flinn Foundation thanks our attendees, speakers and sponsors for making it all possible.