Preparing for Pre-Seed: How to Attract Early-Stage Investors

Join us for an enlightening seminar tailored for researchers, inventors, and graduate students aiming to navigate the challenging process of attracting early-stage investors to support their entrepreneurial ventures.
Event Highlights:

• Network with fellow researchers, inventors, and graduate students
• Understand the pre-seed funding landscape and investor expectations
• Gain valuable insights to aid in your entrepreneurship journey, focusing on attracting early-stage investment
  

Featured Speaker: Lydia McClure, Chief Executive Officer of Research Bridge Partners (RBP), will lead the session. With extensive experience in academic innovation, investment, and policy advising, Dr. McClure is well-versed in translating academic innovations into real-world impact.

Dr. McClure’s impressive background includes:

• Leadership of RBP, working with promising innovators at midcontinent universities
• Experience with NSF leading the I-Corps program, focusing on market opportunities for technology-based innovations
• Expertise as an advisor for the SBIR/STTR program
• Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Texas at Austin
• B.A. with a concentration in Biochemistry from Carleton College

Key Takeaways:

• Understand the essentials of preparing for pre-seed funding
• Learn best practices for attracting early-stage investors
• Discover strategies for positioning your innovation for investment

works with promising innovators at midcontinent universities to help translate their innovations into the real economy. By bridging the gap between academic research and commercial application, RBP plays a crucial role in bringing groundbreaking technologies to market and fostering economic growth in underserved innovation ecosystems.

Host or Publisher Office of Technology Commercialization