For those of you not caught up on your AUTM reading materials, or otherwise asleep at the switch, the AUTM Venture Forum has expanded this year - we are holding 2 venture pitch competitions - one in the IT/physical sciences space, and one in the biotech/healthcare space. Each session has 4 companies pitching, and each has 4 venture capitalists judging. The VC judges for this year's competition are listed below, and i have confirmed that each is available on the Collaborate partnering software to meet with us - in fact, several have said they agreed to judge for this exact opportunity, to meet with the many TLOs at the Annual Meeting. I encourage you to either reach out to them, or better yet, schedule a meeting with them through Collaborate. There is a score of other capital investors at the meeting as well - they can be searched and found on the Collaborate software. Partner away - what are you waiting for? The judges are listed below.
Venture pitch judges (physical sciences):
Andrew Haughian, Partner, Pangaea Ventures;
Dan Janiak, Associate, DFJ Mercury;
Jay Jamieson, Partner, Blue Run Ventures; and
Roger M. Yang, Director, Allied Minds, Inc.
Venture pitch judges (life sciences):
Thomas G. McKinley, Partner, Cardinal Partners;
Jennifer Goldstein, Director of Venture Capital, Pfizer
Keith Gregg, Chairman JRG Ventures LLC; and
Garheng Kong, Partner, Sofinnova Ventures