Connect Life Science-X Day (Fall 2026)

Welcome to Connect’s Life Science-X Day (Fall 2026)

Join us for an afternoon with the Life Science startups, investors, and organizations – organized as part of our Connect X initiative and powered by our ecosystem partners Stockholm Business Region | SweBAN – Swedish Business Angel Networks | Flemingsberg Science Foundation | Venture Cup Sweden.

STARTUP PITCHES

We have a couple of spots open. If your life-science startup is raising €100K – €1M+, send your pitch application ASAP via our startups page (select: Life Science-X when prompted on the pitch application form). We will have a group of pre-seed/seed startups on stage pitching during the event.

AGENDA

• 12:00 Arrive, Mingle, Light Snacks
• 13:00 Welcome & Partner Intros
  • Ariane Bucquet Pousette, Project Manager Startups – Stockholm Business Region
  • Ylva Hultman, Head of Life Science – Stockholm Business Region
  • Natasha Bank, Cluster Manager Life Science, Flemingsberg Science Foundation
• 13:05 Life Science-X and Strategic Plans
  • Naimul Abd, CEO Connect Öst & CEO SweBAN – Swedish Business Angel Networks
• 13:10 Fireside Chat: Taking Swedish Life Science Global – From Innovation to International Impact
  • Mattias Gäreskog, Head of Life Science | Business Sweden
• 13:30 Panel Discussion: How to Build a Scalable Life Science Startup
  • Cecilia Meller, Brand & Communication Specialist, Co-Founder | Lirion Agency
  • Daniel Poté, Business Developer | GU Ventures
  • Liza Löf, CEO & Co-Founder | Readily Diagnostics
  • Lovisa Backemar, Partner | Eir Ventures
  • Okee Williams, Investment Banking | Redeye, Healthcare & Life Science Specialist
• 14:00 Short break
• 14:15 Startup Pitches – Pitch Jury:
  • Antonio Gozzo, Founder & Angel Investor | Wicked Angel
  • Christian Krog-Jensen, Investment Manager Life Science | Almi Invest
  • Magnus Klaesson, Co-Founder | Life Science Invest
  • Mattias Bodin, Investor, Consultant and Entrepreneur in Life Science, Senior Advisor | Ventures Accelerated
  • Wing (鄭永成) Cheng, Senior Business Developer Life Science | UIC, Investment Lead Director | Scale Up Life Science Invest
  • Daniel Poté, Business Developer | GU Ventures
  • Lovisa Backemar, Partner | Eir Ventures
  • Okee Williams, Investment Banking | Redeye, Healthcare & Life Science Specialist
• 15:00 Mingle & Extended Networking
• 16:00 Close

See our Life Science-X Day (Spring 2026) highlights here

INVESTOR NETWORK

Connect invites business angels, startup advisors, angel networks, venture studios, family offices, VCs / CVCs to apply to our growing Connect Investor Network to get:

• Access to 100-150 high-potential Nordic startup cases each year coming out of our processes
• Opportunity to attend our startup, ecosystem, as well as special Investor Circle events
• Invitation to our  startup preparation processes and our nationwide Investor Deal Room

ECOSYSTEM PARTNERS

Life Science-X Day (Fall 2026) ecosystem partners are: Stockholm Business Region | SweBAN – Swedish Business Angel Networks | Flemingsberg Science Foundation | Venture Cup Sweden

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