Programme

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 our pitch training session on 25 March 2025 to practice their pitch and get feedback on your pitch from investors and experts.

Please find below the programme of the programme of Global Investor Forum that will take place on April 2, 2025.

Programme 2025

9:00 - 9:30	Registration, welcome with coffee, tea
09:30 - 9:40	Opening & Welcome Opening & Welcome by Moderator Mark Wijsman Welcome by Kadans Rotterdam Science Tower
9:40 - 10:20	Panel Getting your Start-up Funded – the VC perspective Rianne Ellenbroek, Principal at BioGeneration Ventures Bauke Anninga, Investment Director at M Ventures
10:20 - 10:50	Break
Room	AUDITORIUM	Breakout Room
10:50 - 11:35	Business Development Basics -Partnering with Big Corporates Tess Korthout, Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JLABS Niels Wheeler, Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JLABS	From lab to clinic: the patient-centered and tight trinity of investments, R&D and patent control Barend Bouma, NLO
11:35-11:45	Switch Rooms
11:45-12:30	Navigating from discovery to preclinical candidate and beyond Filipa Antunes, Pharmaron Ernst Geutjes, Aglaia Oncology Funds & Oncology Techs Joost Kreijtz, Trained Therapeutic Discovery (TTxD)	Session Catalyze Theodoor Rutgers, Catalyze
12:30-13:15	Lunch
13:15-14.40	Pitch session 1
14:40-14:55	Break
14:55-16:15	Pitch session 2
16:15-16:30	Break
16:30-17:50	Pitch session 3
17:50-20:00	Walking dinner with food & drinks. Announcement of the 9 start-ups to go to Innovation for Health on 3 April 2025

Main Partner

Global Investor Forum is organised with the support of our main partner Health~Holland. Health~Holland is the communication channel of the Dutch Top Sector Life Sciences & Health. For more information visit the website of Health~Holland.