Entrepreneurship Center at UCSF

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Entrepreneurship Center

For a complete list of our events, please see http://cbe.ucsf.edu/cbe/courses/2477-DSY.html

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Wednesday, May 29th, 1-4pm, Mission Bay. Life Science Angels Mentoring Day.  Life Science Angels, a premier angel investment group focused solely focused on healthcare investing, is bringing angel investor members to UCSF to for a one hour mentoring session. The members have expertise in all areas of life science/healthcare – devices, therapeutics, diagnostics and d.health.  Take advantage of this opportunity to get informed feedback on your business plan from experienced investors in a non-investment, non-pitch setting. UCSF only. Sign up.

Courses:

Monday, June 24th-August 12th, 5-7pm (Weekly). Financing New Ventures is an eight week survey of the financing landscape for life science/healthcare ventures.  We will explore the range of options to get your venture funded ranging from SBIR grants to seed funding, angel funding, venture capital and alternative sources of capital such as foundations and corporate venture funds.  There will be a session on finance basics, valuation, term sheets and a review of the content for a business plan and investor pitch.  Co-taught by Stephanie Marrus, Director of the Entrepreneurship Center and top rated lecturer Naeem Zafar from Haas, UC Berkeley, the course will include invited speakers from the Valley.  Apply here. This is a non-credit course and is open to the community. 

Outside Events:

Monday, June 17th, 5:30-7:00 pm, Stanford Biodesign. The Stanford Innovator’s Workbench series featuring John Dineen, CEO and President of GE Healthcare Ltd. and GE Medical Systems. Biodesign is a top tier program for the invention of new medical technologies. Tickets ($45 advanced/$60 door). Audio/video of previous sessions here.

The Entrepreneurship Center at UCSF provides the knowledge, support and connections needed by scientists and clinicians to become entrepreneurs.  The Center seeks to create an innovation community and commercialize UCSF inventions through startup ventures.  We are a part of the Office of Innovation, Technology, and Alliances.