Nest Catalyst is a six-month long entrepreneurship training program that connects Israeli scientists with biotech industry leaders to mentor company creation and building business acumen.
Through weekly online workshops and a week-long roadshow in Silicon Valley you will receive the hands-on experience in founding a science-based venture and first hand introduction to biotech ecosystem leaders.
At the end of the program, program participants will join a week-long road show in Silicon Valley, including an exclusive pitch day.
Team up with 8200 alumni
Program participants will have a unique opportunity to team up with 8200 alumni to advance technology development.
Access to Angel and VC investors
Angel and VC investors will mentor and provide invaluable advice to you during the program.
For scientists, by scientists.
The program was designed by ScienceAbroad scientists and is tailored to scientist’s needs stepping into the entrepreneurship world for the first time. We get you.
You will get hands-on experience tackling IP, strategy, FDA regulation, business operations, fundraising, and other challenges. By the end of the program, you will have a clear path forward for your project and all the required materials to start discussing investments.
We partner with the best
Goodwin is a global law firm serving the innovators and the investors in the technology, life sciences, real estate, private equity, and financial industries. The firm’s 1,800+ lawyers represent clients across the life cycle of companies, ranging from pure startups to commercial stage companies and everything in between. Nest Catalyst is part of Goodwin Labs, a new initiative aimed at supporting emerging companies within the life sciences sector. Goodwin Labs provides legal services and complimentary educational content to early-stage life sciences companies through partnerships with startup incubators and accelerators.
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Visual design house - Rechter design team will help to design and perfect visual representation of your pitch.
Promotes business, investment and collaboration between the tech communities of California and Israel.
Connect 8200 alumni interested in biotech and biopharma industries
Scispot, a Y Combinator-backed life science informatics company, has created the first tech stack to make biotech R&D “templatizable” and programmable, with a suite of digitization and automation tools, built-in workflow templates, and tools to collaborate with internal and external partners. To learn more, please visit http://www.scispot.com or book a product demo.