Recent Happenings

We recently hosted a spooktacular Halloween Bash at Founders Corner, bringing together the vibrant community of FC mentors and former presenters. It was an afternoon filled with laughter, reminiscing, and sharing stories from the past year. We were thrilled to see old connections rekindled and new friendships formed, proving once again that Founders Corner is […]

Last month at Founders Corner, we had the privilege of hosting a panel discussion featuring Dr. Angie You and Dr. Laura Shawver, moderated by Dr. Carol Gallagher. The event was a celebration of women’s achievements in the industry, uniting early-stage founders and seasoned industry leaders. We learned about the challenges and insecurities that take place when running

We really enjoyed the lightning talk ⚡️ with Personal.ai Co-Founder & CTO Sharon Zhang recently where she took a deep dive into the evolution of their AI’s capabilities. Fascinating stuff, extremely helpful for entrepreneurs looking to become efficient and for those looking to memorialize and access important data in a meaningful way. Thanks to the hosts Neal Bloom, Arjun Bansal, Nick Edwards,

A great gathering of AI x Bio x SD experts! Lightening talks on AI agents and AI/proteomics for better drug discovery by Log10.io & Yatiri Bio Inc.

Great turnout at the Founders Corner and excellent presentation from the Orphagen Pharmaceuticals team – Scott Thacher, Haiyan Tao, Paul Crowe. Thank you to the mentors who carved out time this afternoon to provide insightful feedback on strategy and positioning. Orphagen is a pioneer in the screening, discovery and development of ligands that modulate orphan or unexplored members of the nuclear

Thank you to Andrew Rudd of Palm Therapeutics for his presentation to FCVC and a special thanks to our FC mentors for carving out time to provide valuable feedback around strategy and positioning. Palm Therapeutics is a San Diego-based biotech startup (JLABS Resident) developing first-in-class palmitoylation inhibitors in the oncology space. Currently raising a seed

Great turnout for f5 Therapeutics FCVC talk this month! Thanks to Gary Choy for an excellent presentation and to all the mentors for dedicating time and energy toward giving good feedback to our entrepreneur. And of course thanks to John Hood for kicking off the FCVC session 💪🏽

Chimeris addresses pain points of existing cell therapies. Dr. Christopher Bird- Co-Founder and Co-CEO Dr. Bird has his PhD in Molecular Immunology from Oxford University • CMO of BioPorto Diagnostics, a public company in Denmark and the US, responsible for clinicaldevelopment for all markets, regulatory oversight, safety and quality;• Head of North America Medical and

In December, the Founders Corner Family enjoyed a holiday happy hour at Urbana in the Sky Deck at Del Mar.

The inaugural San Diego CXO Roundtable breakfast event that was held on January 26, 2023 hosted by Kristin Fox and ExecuNet. During the breakfast, our hosts discussed personal branding and positioning and how to illustrate your unique value promise in the marketplace. It was fun to gather in person and hear from a panel of