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Overview and Selection Criteria

Southeast BIO's (SEBIO) past presenting companies have raised more than $2.5 billion collectively in private and public funding since the inaugural conference in 1999.

Apply to Present at the SEBIO Investor & Partnering Forum
Companies applying to present at the SEBIO Investor & Partnering Forum are classified as either Early Stage Companies or Main Stage Companies. The Selection Criteria used to judge the candidates will be applied to both groups, recognizing the likely distinctions in factors such as completeness of the management team, funding history and stage of technology development. 

About Applying to Present at SEBIO 

  • Please scroll below to review additional information on each classification and the selection criteria before applying.
  • If you are selected to present, all presentations must be in PowerPoint.
  • If you are selected to present, you may be asked to participate in a practice session prior to the conference, which will be arranged by SEBIO at a mutually convenient time and date.
  • All application information, executive profiles, and pitch decks submitted by the applicant will be kept confidential and will be reviewed only by the SEBIO Selection Committee. However, SEBIO reserves the right to publish the name, city, and supplied description of companies selected to present.
  • If selected you will be asked to prepare a one page Company Profile in a format provided by SEBIO for inclusion in the Program Book. This information will not be confidential.

Application Fees

  • Application fee is $125 (your application will not be complete until the fee is received). All payments should be submitted by check made payable to Destination South Meetings and Events and mail to: Destination South Meetings + Events, ATTN: SEBIO Application - Tim Barrett, CMP, 155 10th Street, Suite 988, Atlanta, GA 30309. 
  • If you are accepted, you will be assessed $250, which helps to cover on-site conference expenses (i.e., conference registration, scheduled meals, receptions, exhibit needs, conference materials, etc.). Up to three company representatives for Main-Stage companies and two representatives for Early-Stage companies are included in this fee.

Application Deadline

  • The deadline for completed applications is July 31, 2017.

Beginning Your Application

  • NOTE: This application form is divided into several tabs. You may choose to leave at any point in the process and return to complete your application at a later time.
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Before applying, please read the following:

Early Stage Company Profile

  • No prior institutional funding (Seed or ‘A’ Round), regardless of the stage of development of the underlying technology and/or completeness of the management team.
  • Management team may be less developed and, in some cases, limited to an academic investigator who is the principal founder.
  • May or may not have license agreement(s) in place; however, these should be contemplated as part of the continuing development of the company.
  • The Selection Committee will take special notice of those applicants who either have managers in place that are legitimately recognized as serial entrepreneurs or have advanced the company’s technology through funding vehicles other than venture capital. These applicants may, at the discretion of the Selection Committee, be chosen to present on the Main Stage with the mid- to late-stage companies in front of the full conference audience.

Presentation Format
Each company will have the option to participate in a 30 minute, web/teleconference-based virtual presentation and consultation session 2-4 weeks before the SEBIO Investor & Partnering Forum. On site at the Investor & Partnering Forum, each company will meet with a specifically matched advisory panel during an interactive, hour-long session. Advisory panels are comprised of 6-8 individuals from active life sciences venture funds, experienced life sciences managers, serial entrepreneurs, and service providers. The company representatives will present their opportunity, including their "elevator pitch," 10-12 minute PowerPoint presentation, and business plan. The advisory panel members will provide specifically relevant feedback designed to assist the company in maximizing efforts in the future. These sessions are closed to other conference attendees to enhance discourse between the advisory panel members and company representatives and create an intimate networking environment.

Each advisory panel will select one representative from its group that it believes to be the strongest and best prepared Early Stage company. The following day, each of these selected companies will present it opportunity in a traditional venture forum venue to the full conference audience. The selected companies will be judged by an elite group of senior venture capitalists and other life sciences professionals on the quality of the opportunity and effectiveness of the presentation. The overall "winner" will be announced in a special ceremony at the closing lunch and recognized publicly for its success at the conference.

Main Stage Company Profile

  • Completed one or more investment rounds attributable to qualified venture capital firms.
  • Active, credible management team.
  • Advanced in the development cycle for its technology or product opportunity.

Presentation Format
The Main Stage company session will consist of alternating company presentations with panel discussions featuring company success stories and/or hot topics. Selected companies will be allotted approximately 10 minutes to present and a single-track format will be followed so that all conference attendees have the opportunity to view all presentations.

Companies chosen to present may be required to participate in an on-site practice session, primarily to ensure successful transfer of the presentation materials and familiarize the presenter with the format and venue.

Selection Criteria

Sector
All candidates for both programs must come from the life sciences sector. Broadly defined, this includes products or services relating to biotechnology (i.e., genomics, proteomics, drug discovery, etc.), pharmaceuticals, biomedical engineering, agricultural biotechnology, medical devices and technology, bioinformatics, functional and pharmacogenomics, as well as other related technologies. SEBIO will also accept applications from healthcare information technology companies that support the above activities.

Stage
All candidates must be privately held companies. The stage of development may range from early to late. For purposes of categorizing the candidates, those that have no previous institutional funding (seed or ‘A’ Round) will be designated as Early Stage companies. Those companies with one or more investment rounds attributable to qualified investors will be designated as Main Stage companies.

Growth Potential
The company must exhibit a business model suitable to provide an appropriate return for the venture capital investor.

Exit Strategy
The company must contemplate a suitable exit strategy for the venture investor, for example, through sale or merger of the company or by initial public offering (IPO).

Management Team
The company should have credible management with obvious sector expertise that is consistent with its current stage of development. The management team need not be complete; however, critical managers for that particular enterprise at its current stage of development should be in place. It is expected that management teams for candidate companies that are designated as Early Stage will be less well developed.

Sustainable Competitive Advantage
The company should have a distinct advantage over competitors, including both direct competitors and substitute technologies. Additionally, the company must exhibit an appreciation of the value of proprietary technologies, as evidenced, for example, by a maturing intellectual property portfolio and appropriate licenses securing access to other critical technologies. It is recognized that Early Stage candidates may not have license agreements in place to secure exclusive use of their underlying technologies; however, these should be contemplated as part of the continuing development of the company.

Market Acceptance and Potential
The company must show the market potential for the company's product or service, as well as the capturable market. In general, the market potential should exceed (1) $50 million for a diagnostic, (2) $100 million for a medical device, and (3) $250 million for a therapeutic compound.

Financing History
For Main Stage companies, preference will be shown to companies with a history of financing involving some measure of due diligence.

SEBIO History
Companies that previously participated at earlier SEBIO Investor Forums, either as Main Stage presenters or Early Stage program participants are also eligible for consideration. Preference will be shown to companies that have reached important milestones since their last presentation.

 

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