Biotech Startup Support

Informative articles geared towards life science startup founders, with a specific focus on biotechnology and biopharmaceuticals.Topics include company formation, legal basics, finance basics, common founder mistakes, lab operations, and more.

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February 3, 2023

What Is the Cap Table & Why Is It Important?

A Review for Biotech Startup Founders Being a biotech or biopharma startup founder comes with a huge list of responsibilities. Many of which pertain to the lab. However, several of those responsibilit…

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February 3, 2023

Fully-Diluted Capitalization & Why It’s Important

You’ll hear a lot of jargon as a biotech startup founder raising money. In the world of venture capital and equity financing, one of those terms is “fully diluted capitalization.” The term comes into …

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November 4, 2022

Accelerator vs. Incubator: Comparing Benefits for Biotechs

Biotech accelerators offer funding, mentorship, and a variety of business support to early-stage biotech startups looking to scale and, eventually, commercialize a product. Many of these organizations...

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November 3, 2022

20 Biotech Accelerators to Check Out in 2024

Biotech accelerators are cohort-based, fixed-term programs that offer startup founders access to early-stage capital, hands-on mentorship, industry-specific education, and tailored resources designed ...

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November 1, 2022

17 Incubators for US-Based Biotech Startups in 2024

It isn’t uncommon to learn that a biotech startup was created while the founders were working in a research laboratory at a university. Church Lab is an excellent example of this, and has shown that t...

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September 13, 2022

What Is Series A, B, & C Funding? Series Funding Explained

We’ve previously covered seed funding rounds, why companies raise seed capital, and how to determine the amount of capital your company should raise. In this article, we’ll review Series A, B, and C f...