Pitching to Investors: A Workshop for Yale Faculty Innovators
Join Yale Ventures for "Pitching to Investors: A Workshop for Yale Faculty Innovators" led by Mitra Miri, PhD, a principal at Osage University Partners and Julie Vance, a communications coach. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to craft your idea and communicate it to an investor in the most impactful way. We’ll focus on what to include in a pitch deck, how to present yourself during a pitch, and what investors are looking for when they evaluate startup ideas.
The event is virtual and will be tailored to Yale faculty who have applied to Yale Ventures accelerator Funds. For questions, email candy.hwang@yale.edu.
Mitra is a Principal on the life sciences team focusing on evaluating therapeutic investment opportunities.
Previously, Mitra was an investor at Connecticut Innovations (CI), responsible for sourcing, diligencing and supporting opportunities across digital health, devices, diagnostics and therapeutics. Prior to CI, she was a Life Sciences Consultant in the healthcare practice at L.E.K. in NYC, where she worked with a range of biopharma companies from startups to large pharma across project types and therapeutic areas. She was also a Company Creation Fellow at Flagship Pioneering.
Mitra also worked as a Strategy Analyst in Yale’s Office of the Provost. Additionally, she is an alumnus of Yale’s Office of Cooperative Research, where she was a Venture Fellow for Canaan Partners, and a Blavatnik Associate.
Prior to Yale, Mitra was a Rotary Ambassadorial Fellow in Kampala, Uganda, where she worked with the Infectious Diseases Institute’s Director of Research.
Mitra received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Yale University, where she was a Ford Foundation Fellow, Pfizer Endowed Fellow, and National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. Mitra also holds a B.A. in biology from the University of Texas.
Julie is the senior communication coach at Executive Voice. She helps entrepreneurs to articulate their vision and technical concepts to diverse constituencies, boosting their communicative strategies and enhancing the public delivery of their pitch content. Julie has coached individuals and teams in almost every division of Yale and supported corporate clients such as Deloitte, McKinsey, and Pfizer. Trained in psychology and linguistics (B.A., University of Pennsylvania), she shares fresh insights into pitch presentations, with her clients winning international competitions. In support of the Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale, Julie offers faculty pitch review and coaching sessions during the pre-proposal process, and intensive faculty finalist coaching in advance of the Yale Innovation Summit. She also helps graduate students and professionals communicate their ideas, designs, and research. Her coaching areas include preparation techniques for high stakes events such as interviews, public speaking engagements, and job talks; communication strategy for negotiation, persuasion, and media appearances; and writing to communicate research to wider audiences.