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TECH WEEK by a16z is taking over SF, on October 7-13 and I'm excited to announce that we will be running the #AIxBIO #DEMO #Day 🚀! Get ready for : - an insane week of #tech #meetups side events featuring some of the #most #technical #deep #dive from the most #cutting #edge AIxBIO companies in #Silicon #Valley , powered by the entire #ecosystem in SF, - a #half #day #event , powered by us, featuring #on #stage some of the most disruptive techbio startups and finishing with the #AIxBIO #DEMO #Day 🔥🔥🔥! Excited ? Join us for the DEMO Day here: https://lu.ma/wibzg2xi and get our pick of the best #techbio #side #events of #SFTechWeek all along the week! Want to be a speaker or a partner/sponsor ? are you just a very curious investor ? or do you just want to join the fun and volunteer? Join us here: • speakers: https://lnkd.in/dJHn8btj • partners / sponsors: https://lnkd.in/dhJtPMbw • investors: https://lnkd.in/d_p7Nabz • volunteers: https://lnkd.in/dHgsks6V #SFTechWeek #AIxBIO #demoday #deeptechstartups #humanhealth #planetaryhealth 🌎 Raphaelle Taub, Elise Mekkaoui, Arnaud Fanthomme, Rory Ryan, Miguel Gonzalez Canudas, PhD, Phil Haynes, Christopher Reynolds, Vadim Nazarov, Sergey Fedyushchenko, Vasily Tsvetkov, Maxwell Dordevic

At San Francisco TechWeek, Next Sequence® highlighted pioneering AIxBIO startups advancing drug discovery, protein biomanufacturing, and medical imaging. #AixBioDemoDay #AIinBiotech #StartupInnovation #BiotechStartups https://loom.ly/xAuSUCc

And that's a wrap for #SF TECH WEEK by a16z and our #AIxBIO #DEMO #Day 🚀 ! We had : 🔹 Amazing panel discussions about the challenges of building an AIxBIO startups in the current market with Nabiha Saklayen CEO of Cellino and Samet S. Yildirim, MSc, MBS COO of Orbillion Bio (YC W21), 🔹 A DEMO of our amazing startups graduating from our AI accelerator program: PentaBind, #EdenBio, Matricis.ai presented by Rory Ryan, Christopher Reynolds, Raphaelle Taub 🔹 And last but not the least an amazing pitching competition featuring #Synlico, #Sanai, #SyncBio, #Prana, and #Louise presented by Jingwei (Gavin) Lu, John Walters, #PeterSand, Aditya L., Atlal 🐣 B. Congratulations to #Louise for being our Jury's favorite and winning the pitching competition ! Many thanks to our entire team - Jason Roper, Alex Tsado, Šárka Sirůčková, Alema Pelesić, Ian Schlander, Kingsley Chow, Eugene Zhou, Mahdi Roohnikan- for pulling this off in less than 2 months! Many thanks to our amazing judges Marie Schildt, VC at Unruly Capital, Leonardo Rocchetti ,VC at Plug and Play Tech Center, Philipp N. Sander, PhD, VC at SOSV, and Vincent A. Alessi, from Anthropic the ecosystem would be nothing without you ! Many thanks for our food and snack sponsor TriNet, thank Connor English for picking this up with us and looking forward to our future events ! Huge shoutout to our sponsor for the venue INSEAD, thank you so much #VictoriaWoo and the entire team, I am definitely proud to belong to INSEAD ! What's next ? 🔹TechWeek is not over yet! Time for #LA TECH WEEK by a16z so buckle up, 🔹 but more importantly share your pics and feedbacks on the event to win a chance to attend our #AIxBIO #DEMODay #2025, it's going to be even E-PIC !  #SFTechWeek #AIxBIO #DEMODay #deeptechstartups #humanhealth #planetaryhealth 🌎

We are almost at the end of TECH WEEK by a16z in SF and today is #AIxBIO #DEMO #Day 🚀! With : . an investor panel : "Founders and Investors Perspective on challenges of building a AIxBio startups in the current market", . a full 10 mn DEMO by our amazing Cohort 1 . and our startup pitch competition. For now here is a glimpse at our amazing startups: Raphaelle Taub, Elise Mekkaoui, Arnaud Fanthomme, Rory Ryan, Miguel Gonzalez Canudas, PhD, Phil Haynes, Christopher Reynolds, Vadim Nazarov, Sergey Fedyushchenko, Vasily Tsvetkov, Maxwell Dordevic See you in 1 H 🚀!

That's it! We are officially one week away from the #AIxBIO #DEMO #Day 🚀 on Oct 11th at TECH WEEK by a16z where we will be holding: 🔹 Pitch Competition featuring the most promising AIxBIO startups 🔹 Office Hours with our team and top investors in the AIxBIO space 🔹 A Half-Day Showcase of cutting-edge solutions from the AIxBIO DEMO Day Cohort 1 Among our amazing investors, we are thrilled to finally start unveiling some of the best AIxBIO investors in Silicon Valley joining us in supporting the ecosytem, starting with Unruly Capital, represented by Marie Schildt 🔥 Excited to join? Don’t miss the Demo Day—RSVP here: https://lu.ma/wibzg2xi

🚀 Excited for TECH WEEK by a16z ? Join us for the NxS AIxBio Demo Day! RSVP here: https://lu.ma/wibzg2xi We have prepared for you: 🔹 Pitch Competition with top TechBio startups 🔹 Office Hours with experts and investors 🔹 Half-Day Showcase of our NxS AIxBio Cohort Looking forward to meet you in person!

People of same age may have completely different health outcomes. Therefore, it is important to discover biomarkers that accurately reflect the aging processes! In this blog post series by Next Sequence®, current state of aging markers are discussed in details. #Longevity #Aging #HealthyAging

We have a vision to #support the #bioeconomy #globally because it is about #planetary #health, #human #health but it is also about economy and the ability to start this next industrial age with a #more #leveled #playing #field. This is the reason why we keep growing and reaching out to the different communities that we have come to discover over the last past 4 years and want to support. I am thrilled personally as much as our entire team to welcome our new #Venture #Associates: . Chuchu Huang: Working with our community in Netherlands, 🇳🇱  , feel free to reach out to her  if you want to talk about #food #microbiology and #fermentation . Wenjun Jiang: Working with our community in Saudi Arabia, 🇸🇦 , feel free to reach out to him  if you want to talk about #plant #gene #editing, . Iuliia Karnysh🇺🇦: Working with our community in Switzerland, 🇨🇭 , feel free to reach out to her  if you want to talk about #longevity , #medical #biophysics . Steevanson Bayer: Working with our community in Hong Kong, 🇭🇰 , feel free to reach out to him  if you want to talk about #wearables, #nanosensors, One of the important milestone for us is also the fact that after having spent the last past 9 months working on the operations with our startups, we are now moving to financing and have brought in a new type of profile in the team with #experience in the #VC industry and accumen for #deal #making and #fund #raising across different stages, sectors, geographics and from different profile of investors. Welcome Sara El Jabri ! She will be working with our community globally, so  feel free to reach our to her if you want to talk about us supporting you in your fund raising ! Welcome to the team 🔥!

❗Female founders, grab my list of VCs, Accelerators and Angel Investors organized by location, dedicated to supporting you. These organizations are creating innovative funding approaches and have backed some of my clients. I'll update this list monthly to help with your fundraising efforts and connect with the right investors. → VCs in North America: Emmeline Ventures Reinventure Capital Female Founders Fund BAD BITCH EMPIRE Capita3 Halogen Ventures Amplifyher Ventures Seed to Harvest Ventures Fuze˖Fund LUMO Labs HearstLab TheVentureCity MinervaVerse Baukunst Rogue Women Vitalize VC Storytime Capital StandUp Ventures Panache Ventures Chloe Capital The 98 → VCs in Europe: Fund F by Female Founders Bethnal Green Ventures Mustard Seed + Partners Ada Ventures Pink Salt Ventures Sie Ventures Unconventional Ventures Diversity-X Borski Fund CapitalT Privileges Ventures Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund Revaia Atlantic Bridge DART Ventures identity.vc I Backing LGBTQ+ Entrepreneurs Alvicus Tilia Impact Ventures Two Magnolias Venture Capital Well Street Pitango Seeder Fund Green Generation Fund → VCs in Africa Five35 Ventures → Angel Investors in Europe AwakenAngels Encourage Ventures Women Angels 4 Steam → Global Accelerators: Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Founder Institute - Female Founder Initiative → Accelerators in Europe: FemTech Lab Seedcamp Zinc SISTA Magic Sauce Tech Nordic Advocates avant now // innovation for impact Grace Accelerator HHL Digital Space → Accelerators in North America 43North Next Sequence® WCB Accelerator ABCT: Accelerator for Biosciences in Connecticut Entrepreneurship Lab (ELabNYC) Bio & Health Tech Key Fundraising Tips: ⭕ Expect challenges and rejections, it often takes 100 nos to get a yes. ⭕ Develop a funding strategy that suits both your business and personal needs. ⭕ Understand the differences between raising VC funds and alternative methods like bootstrapping. ⭕ Utilize your network for warm introductions to potential investors. ⭕ Build significant traction to enhance your funding chances in today's market. ⭕ Stay resilient, protect your mental health, and keep pushing towards your goals. ➡️ I've hit the mention limit. If you're a VC, Angel investor or accelerator that supports female founders and would like to be featured in future lists, please drop a comment or send me a DM. _____________________ 👋🏻 Hi there, welcome! ✨ I'm Sarah. I help women founders develop winning business models, gain market traction, and secure funding through my FundHER accelerator program. As a woman founder, follow me here on LinkedIn for insights and support to help you launch, grow and fund your startup.