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 previous to the event, 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 took 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 - Rob van Overbeek, Commercial Development Manager; Saskia van Rijn, Community Manager
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, ground floor	Breakout Room, 9th floor
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 Rogier Buijsman, Crossfire Oncology
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) Miriam Bujny, Sapreme Technologies BV Amber Wezenaar, Prinses Máxima Centrum	The DNA of Funding: How Investors Evaluate Life Sciences Startups Theodoor Rutgers, Catalyze
12:30-13:15	Lunch
13:15-14.40	Pitch session 1 CC-Diagnostics Approxima UpyTher Selectical LivingMed Biotech Oncolize Incircular Ephion Health Limula
14:40-14:55	Break
14:55-16:10	Pitch session 2 VirXcel BV Milo Health Meep FETCH Research Sherwood Pharmaceuticals Presurgeo Clear2Cure Predica Diagnostics XS Innovations
16:10-16:25	Break
16:25-17:50	Pitch session 3 ConvEyXO SmadMinX Sightera Biosciences Bv EvidenceHunt Implican Ansana Octovascular Ivy Medical Cyclomics Surgical Reality
17:50-19:30	Networking Drinks with Bites and 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.