BioStrategy Partners develops and offers programs and services to foster industry-academic collaboration, aid technology development and commercialization, and contribute to the ongoing education of faculty and graduate students about the commercialization and technology transfer processes.
Signature Event – Tech Transfer Showcase
In partnership with BioLabs Philadelphia, BioSP supports a premier life sciences event that focuses on highlighting early-stage biotech entrepreneurs, academic innovators, core facilities, top tech transfer experts, as well as angel and VC investors with all-day lightning pitches, expert panel discussions on advice for entrepreneurs, and carefully curated networking with leaders in the industry.
Signature Event – Biolabs Philadelphia Investor Day
Hosted by BioLabs Philadelphia, BioSP supports a curated all-day pitchfest featuring life science startups in various stages of fundraising – from pre-seed to Series B – to make a series of rapid-fire pitches to major pharma and top biotech VCs coming from across the Eastern Seaboard. Additional startups will also participate in an invite-only afternoon poster session, exposing investors, sponsors, and partners to even more opportunities to invest in Philly’s growing life science community.
About Biolabs:
Biolabs’ mission is to empower entrepreneurs and drive life science innovation worldwide. BioLabs’ comprehensive innovation support platform provides entrepreneurs access to premium, fully-equipped co-working lab and office facilities, extensive educational programming, a supportive community and connections to a global network of fellow entrepreneurs, collaborators, and capital partners. Currently operating in 15 locations across the US, Europe and Japan, BioLabs accelerates the pace of innovation commercialization by enabling entrepreneurs to focus on science, not operations. This is the 8th Investor Day held by BioLabs worldwide, and the second annual Investor Day at the Philadelphia location.
Germinator
Utilizing high level technical and business feasibility, Germinator increases the life sciences industry awareness of potentially interesting academic technologies and facilitates industry-academic collaborations to de-risk technologies of interest to pharmaceutical and biotech companies. For medical device innovations, a functional prototype may be developed, in cooperation with member institutions, that can attract the attention of investors, entrepreneurs, and strategic partners. Germinator collaborates with Fujirebio, GlaxoSmithKline and Janssen Research & Development, LLC.
| Year | BioSP Member Awardee(s) | Academic Lab Project |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2024 | Penn State University College of Medicine
Temple University |
Dr. Nikolay Dokholyan, PhD, MS
Dr. Carlos Barrero, MD |
| 2020-2022 | Temple University
The Wistar Institute |
Dr. Dianne Langford, PhD
Dr. Rugang Zhang, PhD |
| 2019-2020 | Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Temple University |
Dr. Jason Van Batavia, MD
Dr. Oleksandr Diloyan, PhD |
| 2017-2018 | Lankenau Institute for Medical Research | Dr. Susan Gilmour, PhD |
| 2015-2016 | Penn State University College of Medicine | Dr. Zissis Chroneos – Respana Therapeutics |
Practical Knowledge Series (PKS)
Practical Knowledge Series is a monthly forum for bringing content-area experts together with members of the academic, technology transfer, and entrepreneurial communities to share information, experience and insights on topics related to commercialization of life sciences technologies. It is hosted virtually, or at a member institution with remote tie-in to partnering sites. Sponsorship of the PKS includes MVM Associates, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, University Place Associates, Silverstein Properties, Cantor Fitzgerald, CBRE. Mike Maloney and SciStrategy Communications.
View the library of recorded PKS sessions on the BioStrategy Partners’ YouTube channel.
Keystone Innovation Zone
A Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) is a state designated zone designed to foster innovation and create entrepreneurial opportunities in communities which host institutions of higher education. The BioLaunch611+ Keystone Innovation Zone (KIZ) is a BioStrategy Partners program that administers the KIZ Tax Credit Program. The image below shows the BioLaunch 611+ geographic location. If your innovative company is located within the region. Please reach out to us at admin@biostrategypartners.org to learn more about your eligibility for tax credits.
Since 2013, BioStrategy Partners has helped 77 local startups in BioLaunch 611+ receive KIZ tax credits awards totaling $13,330,746. As the BioLaunch 611+ KIZ Coordinator, we make a substantial effort to maintain the active KIZ status of all the companies in the region and their KIZ tax credit application eligibility by:
- Ensuring your bi-annual reports are filled out accurately and in a timely manner
- Conducting annual site visits to KIZ companies
- Acting as a liaison between Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and the KIZ companies
- Ensuring DCED has all the accurate and up-to-date information to process the KIZ application and to determine KIZ award.
Map of the BioLaunch 611+ Keystone Innovation Zone
Active KIZ Companies
- American Wire Works (Wire)
- Everwhite Corporation (Dry erase boards)
- First Look Display Group (Metal)
- Fairy Gene (Cosmetics)
- Joy Can Solutions (Gas)
- KMM Group (Advanced components)
- Numa Foods (Food)
- Sorbents (Absorbent materials)
- Soul Performance (Automative parts)
- Vor Foods (Food)
- BioAnalysis (Contract Research Organization)
- SFA Therapeutics (Biotechnology company)
- AisleGo (Wedding Planning)
- Leading Edge Tooling (Machining)
- LevraLabs (Software development)
- Metro Esports (Technology-based education and event planning)
- Navengage Education Technologies (Student engagement app)
- Sojo Industries (packaging and assembly)
- Impilo Health (Remote patient monitoring)
- Fortress Power (Energy storage)
