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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Forwarded information from the MIT Technology Licensing Office. This event is open to the MIT community. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">[For Postdocs, important resources related to this topic are posted at
<a href="https://coi.mit.edu/community-coi-portal/postdocs-0">https://coi.mit.edu/community-coi-portal/postdocs-0</a> (MIT web certificate protected; log in using Touchstone)]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">From Karen Baird
<a href="mailto:kshaner@MIT.EDU">kshaner@MIT.EDU</a>):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">----<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333;background:white">So you have a stellar idea and are ready to start a company--now what? Where do you turn to find funding?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:#333333;background:white">In this free seminar, experts from
<a href="https://osagepartners.com/osage-university-partners/">Osage University Partners</a> (OUP), a venture capital firm focused on investing in startups that are commercializing pioneering university technologies, will give you practical insights on how
to engage with VCs and other funders so you can get your startup up and running.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Join the <a href="http://tlo.mit.edu/">MIT TLO</a> and OUP to hear from Matt Cohen (Principal, Life Science) and Manny Stockman (Senior Associate, Tech) on essential questions every startup should consider, including: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Does your new<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>co have what it takes to secure VC financing?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Who is investing in academic startups?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">What technology sectors are most likely to get funded?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">How should you and your colleagues approach potential investors?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">When should you seek funding from non-dilutive sources, family and friends, angels, crowdfunding?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Who should be the CEO? <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The event is free and open to the MIT community. <span style="color:#333333;background:white">
Please RSVP (free) here: <a href="http://venture_capital_101.eventbrite.com">http://venture_capital_101.eventbrite.com</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#333333;background:white">Details:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333;background:white">Monday, October 22, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333;background:white">Seminar: 12:00-1:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333;background:white">Room E25-111<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333;background:white">Lunch/Q&A: 1:00-2:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333;background:white">Room E25-119/121<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:#333333;background:white">Hosted by: MIT Technology Licensing Office & Osage University Partners<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ABOUT OSAGE UNIVERSITY PARTNERS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Osage University Partners (OUP) partners with top research universities to invest in their most innovative startups, and OUP shares its investment profit with its partner institutions. The firm invests in software, hardware, and life science
companies at all stages of company development. OUP has partnered with over 90 universities, including 39 of the top 50 U.S. institutions by research expenditures, and has invested in over 80 of their spinouts. OUP is part of a family of investment funds within
Osage Partners, which is based in Philadelphia, PA and manages in excess of $500 million. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u>Matt Cohen, Principal, Life Science<o:p></o:p></u></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Matt is a Principal at Osage University Partners where he focuses on Life Science investments. He is a board observer at Faraday Pharma, PMV Pharma, Arrakis Therapeutics, Spero Therapeutics, and Capella Bioscience. Prior to joining Osage,
Matt was a strategy consultant with L.E.K. Consulting serving clients in biopharma, diagnostics, research tools, healthcare, and private equity. As a Ph.D. student at the University of Pennsylvania, Matt conducted research on the antibody response to a novel
protein-based poxvirus vaccine and advised several startups while working with the Penn Biotech Group. Matt holds a Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from The University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S. in Microbiology from The Pennsylvania State University.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><u>Manny Stockman, Senior Associate, Tech<o:p></o:p></u></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Manny joined Osage University Partners in 2015. At Osage, he has focused on core technology areas across software, computing, and IoT companies like PsiKick, SiFive, Infinite Uptime, and IonQ. Prior to joining Osage, Manny was at Lockheed
Martin ATL and Skunkworks. He led a team of engineers executing on the transition of early stage technologies into the defense industry by joining universities with industry to develop unique technology solutions across the materials, applied physics and photonics
domains. Manny holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University in Aerospace Engineering and Applied Physics and a B.S.E in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-- <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Karen Baird<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Communications Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Technology Licensing Office</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NE18-501 <b> | </b>255 Main St<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Kendall Square <b>| </b>Cambridge, MA 02142<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">T</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> 617.324.2386
<b>| F </b>617.258.6790<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://tlo.mit.edu/">http://tlo.mit.edu/</a> | @MIT_TLO</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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