Global Investor Forum offers up to 30 start-up companies in the field of biotech, medtech and AI & digital health to present themselves to leading investors and other potential partners.  

Besides the pitching sessions, the programme offers also sessions and trainings aimed to improving entrepreneurials skills and insights, such as a pitch training, funding workshop and partnering session.

All pitching start-ups will have the opportunity to join or pitch training session and have the possibility to practice their pitch and get feedback on your pitch from investors and experts.

The programme for the 2025 edition will be published soon. Please find below the programme of the previous edition of Global Investor Forum that took place on March 27, 2024

Programme 2024

	Location Loyens & Loeff Office Blaak 31 3011 GA Rotterdam
08:45-09:15	Registration open
09:15-10:00	Opening & Welcome Welcome word by Tom van Helmond, Loyens & Loeff Keynote Opening   Navigating the Venture Capital Landscape, Rinke Zonneveld, CEO, Invest-NL
10:00-10:20	Coffee Break
Room	AUDITORIUM	BOARDROOM
10:30-11:20	Business Development Basics, Partnering with Big Corporates Tess Korthout, Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JLABS Niels Wheeler, Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JLABS	Become Investor Ready Theodoor Rutgers, Catalyze
11:20-11:40	Break
11:40-12:30	Funding & Legal Rianne Ellenbroek, BioGeneration Ventures Femke van de Hoef, Loyens & Loeff	Backing your entrepreneurial start with a well-fitting IP strategy Ben Brigou, NLO      Barend Bouma, NLO
12:30-13:15	Lunch
13:15-14.40	Pitch session 1 Surfix Diagnostics siRNAgen Therapeutics GlycoTherapeutics  CILA Theurapeutics  Sencilla Tevard biosciences URIMON OASYS NOW Amyl therapeutics Scinvivo
14:40-14:55	Break
14:55-16:15	Pitch session 2 Phagepro Mahzi Therapeutics Elastin Biosciences Plio Surgical Vini Mini Medical VR Praxa Sense Allegria Therapeutics Oncolize LIMIS Development
16:15-16:30	Break
16:30-17:50	Pitch session 3 Bilihome Vedea Healthware Astrivax SurvivX Korecyte Bio Eversyn Hemastatx Predica Diagnostics LAYCO
17:50-20:00	Walking dinner with food & drinks. Announcement of the 9 start-ups to go to Innovation for Health