Monday, September 16, 2013

30+ Life Science Investors & Strategic Partners Convene In Denver This Week For 2013 Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor & Partnering Conference

More than thirty of the industry’s leading investors and strategic partners will attend presentations by the region’s most innovative life science companies at the 2013 Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor and Partnering Conference (RMLIPC), September 18-19 at the The Ritz-Carlton, Denver.

The announcement is made by April Giles, President & CEO of the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) who says, “Leading biotech, medical device, diagnostic and pharmaceutical investors from across the country will be coming to Denver to connect and invest in the regions emerging life science companies. Each company will make a 10-minute presentation to an audience of their peers, investors and partners, followed by a 5-minute period of questions—this type of high-pressure pitching is typical in vying for highly coveted VC funding.”

“The RMLIPC really showcases the best companies from the region and provides investors an opportunity to evaluate these fresh investment opportunities and meet one-on-one with their founders and executive team,” said Giles. “It’s important to note, the Rocky Mountain region is a key player in the life science industry. There has been over $1 billion in investment in the region over the past five years.”

The following investors and strategic partners will be attending RMLIPC 2013: 

Amgen Ventures, Thousand Oaks, CA - http://www.amgen.com/partners/amgen_ventures
Aphelion Capital, Mill Valley, CA - http://www.aphelioncapital.net  
Bay City Capital, San Francisco, CA - http://www.baycitycapital.com
BioGenerator, St. Louis, MO - http://www.biogenerator.org  
Boulder Ventures, Boulder, CO - http://www.boulderventures.com  
Charter Life Sciences, Santa Clara, CA - http://www.charterls.com  
Covidien, Mansfield, MA - http://www.covidien.com
Epic Ventures, Albuquerque, NM - http://www.epicvc.com
GE Healthcare Financial Services, Chicago, IL - http://www.gehealthcarefinance.com
Goodworks Ventures, MT - http://www.goodworksventures.com
High Country Venture, Boulder, CO - http://highcountryventure.com  
Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, New Brunswick, NJ - http://www.jjdevcorp.com  
KMG Capital Partners, Denver CO
Level 5 Partners, Fort Collins, CO - http://l5partners.com  
Lightstone Ventures, Boulder, CO - http://lightstonevc.com  
Mercury Fund, Houston, TX - http://www.mercuryfund.com  
Mile High Fund, Denver, CO - http://www.comilehighfund.com  
Morgenthaler Ventures, Menlo Park, CA  - http://www.morgenthaler.com  
New Enterprise Associates, Menlo Park, CA - http://www.nea.com  
Novartis Venture Funds, Cambridge, MA - http://www.venturefund.novartis.com  
Red Script Ventures, New Brunswick, NJ - http://www.jjdevcorp.com
Remeditex, Dallas, TX - http://remeditex.com  
Salt Lake Life Science Angels, Salt Lake City, UT - http://www.sllsa.com 
Sanderling Ventures, San Mateo, CA - http://www.sanderling.com  
Signal Peak Ventures, Salt Lake City, UT - http://signalpeakvc.com     
Silicon Valley Bank, Broomfield, CO - http://www.svb.com
Split Rock Partners, Menlo Park, CA - http://www.splitrock.com  
SR One, Corporate VC Arm of GlaxoSmithKline, San Francisco, CA - http://www.srone.com
Volcano Capital, New York, NY - http://www.volcanocap.com  
Wayne Brown Institute, Salt Lake City, UT - http://www.waynebrowninstitute.org  

Wexford Capital LP, Greenwich, CT - http://www.wexford.com  

About the Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor & Partnering Conference 

The 2013 Rocky Mountain Life Science Investor & Partnering Conference – spearheaded by the Colorado BioScience Association in collaboration with associations in Arizona, Montana, New Mexico and Utah — will open with a reception at the Colorado Governor’s Mansion September 18th and follow with a full day of company pitch presentations September 19th. The keynote breakfast will include Kyle Lefkoff, founder and General Partner of Boulder Ventures, leading a conversation with the CEOs of Colorado's two premier publicly-traded pharmaceutical companies-Patrick Mahaffy, Founder and CEO of Clovis Oncology and Ron Squarer, CEO of Array BioPharma. The keynote lunch titled “New Approaches to Healthcare Innovation” will be a presentation from Jeff Calcagno, M.D., Venture Investments with Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation. For more information and registration details, visit http://www.RockyMtnBioInvest.com.

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