Yale Life Sciences PitchFest to feature 32 Yale Faculty Innovators at the December 7 Event
The annual Yale Life Sciences Pitchfest on December 7, 2023 will feature 32 Yale faculty presentations showcasing research in therapeutics, medical devices, and digital health to an audience of pharmaceutical industry partners, healthcare investors, and Yale researchers.
The event serves as the semifinals for The Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale, a faculty accelerator fund that supports the commercialization of applied research and technology in the life sciences. Participants will compete for Yale accelerator grants of up to $300k. The Fund is supported by a generous grant from The Blavatnik Family Foundation.
Meet the Yale Life Science Pitchfest Presenters
About the Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale
The Blavatnik Fund for Innovation at Yale is an accelerator fund run by Yale Ventures combining business expertise and intensive guidance with essential non-dilutive funding to support innovative Yale investigator-initiated research at all levels. The Fund creates a bridge between early-stage, innovative research and the development of high-impact biomedical products and health technologies through the support of start-ups and industry partnerships. Since the Fund's launch in 2017, it has supported 56 projects with a total of $16.3 million in funding. Yale-Blavatnik-funded projects have resulted in 14 spinoff companies that have raised over $250 million in venture funding, and three funded projects have achieved FDA Investigational New Drug (IND) status.