Pitch Training

Pitch Training
This session will offer the opportunity to present your pitch infront of our feedback panel 1 week ahead of pitching at Global Investor Forum. All start-ups that are pitching on 2 April 2025 will have the possibilty to attend the Global Investor Forum Pitch Training online on Tuesday 25 March 2025 13:30 - 17:00 (CET).

Attending the pitch training is a valuable extra to your Global Investor Forum experience and will not only prepare you for your pitch during the actual Global Investor Forum, but for every future pitch you will present!

Meet your trainer & feedback Panel

Giuseppe Marzio | Founder | Chiaro
Strategic Storytelling
Pitch trainer & Feedback panel

Giuseppe Marzio, a scientist-turned-strategic-storyteller, has over twenty years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry. As founder of Chiaro, a communications agency specializing in strategic storytelling for health and life sciences, he has worked with some of the most admired companies in the sector, from startups and VCs to large corporations.

Giuseppe has been instrumental in raising hundreds of millions in funding, closing high-value deals, and taking organizations to the next level. His book Winners Have a Story was published in 2022 and became an international Amazon bestseller.

Read more on Chiaro.nl

About Chiaro

Success starts with a great story, in business as in life. Because stories get attention. They get remembered. They change perceptions. Today’s most successful entrepreneurs are those who excel at sharing inspiring stories about their product, company, and vision.

But what does it take to craft a good story?

In this session, you will learn how to apply the basic principles of storytelling to pitch a winning story – to raise funding, grow a successful business, and make the world a healthier place.

Dick Sietses | Investment Partner Health |
Capricorn Partners
Feedback panel

Dick is an experienced investor in healthcare and was the founder Health Innovations. Dick has been involved in a large number of investments in healthcare and guided companies from start-ups to successful organizations.

In 2025 Dick joined Capricorn Partners to invest in European companies in HealthTech and MedTech.

About Capricorn Partners

Capricorn Partners is a unique independent manager of venture capital, growth capital and quoted equity funds, with a focus on innovative companies that use technology as a competitive advantage.

Valentina Vignali | Investment Associate |
Utrecht Holdings Seed Funds
Feedback panel

Valentina is a life sciences investment professional passionate about bridging scientific innovation with strategic investment. She holds a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and has experience in both fund-of-funds and direct investments, covering early to late-stage BioTech, MedTech, Digital Innovation and Sustainability.

In her role, she leverages her scientific and regulatory expertise, business acumen, and network to identify and secure high-potential ventures, while providing strategic guidance to research teams and portfolio companies on development, growth, and investment strategies.

About Utrecht Holdings Seed Funds

Utrecht Holdings Seed Fund invests in science-based startups in the following sectors: Life Sciences, MedTech, Digital Innovation, and Sustainability. It is managed by Utrecht Holdings, the Knowledge Transfer Office of Utrecht University and University Medical Center Utrecht.

Linda van de Burgwal | Director | VU Demonstrator Lab
Moderator

Dr. Linda van de Burgwal MBA is an academic entrepreneur (50% academic and 50% entrepreneur). She co-founded several successful companies in the life sciences that find new approaches to knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship (Triall, Genewity) and offer consultancy in the field of strategic financing of life sciences companies (ttopstart, FFUND). As Director of the VU Demonstrator Lab she offered a pre-incubation sand box environment for entrepreneurial academics to build their business proposal.

Currently, she is leading the Holomicrobiome Program, financed by the National Growth Fund, as valorisation director. Her academic research addresses how scientists, industry, government and societal partners can collaborate to overcome innovation barriers and achieve a broad societal impact of knowledge.

About VU Athena Institute

The Athena Institute at the VU is studying and co-creating science-society interfaces to make research and innovation processes more effective, efficient and responsive to societal needs.

Pitching packages

The pitch training is included for all pitching start-ups at Global Investor Forum

Start-up Package

Pitching slot (5 minutes) on 2 April 2025 to present your company.
Possibility to schedule 1-on-1 meetings with investors on 3 April 2025
Possibility to be selected as finalist for the start-up pitch session at I4H on 3 April 2025
Your pitch communicated via newsletter to attendees and shared on social media
Your pitch presentation on the website
1 conference ticket (for your speaker) for 2 and 3 April

Regular fee €749