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Event Series Game Changer Week 2024

Space Rabbit Coffee & Networking

1691 Innovation Dr. Blacksburg, VA 24060 1691 Innovation Dr., Blacksburg, VA, United States

Join us for an Extraterrestrial Caffeine Experience with Space Rabbit Coffee! Date: September 10-13, 2024 Time: 8:00am-11:00am Location: 1691 Innovation Dr. Suite 1025 Blacksburg, VA 24060 Embark on a cosmic journey of flavor as Space Rabbit Coffee Shop lands at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center! Get ready for an out-of-this-world coffee experience that will […]

Event Series Game Changer Week 2024

Funding the Future – Biotech and Health/Life Sciences – Lunch & Learn

1691 Innovation Dr. Blacksburg, VA 24060 1691 Innovation Dr., Blacksburg, VA, United States

Join us during Game Changer Week for an insightful Lunch & Learn panel on "Funding the Future - Biotech and Health/Life Sciences." This session will explore the challenges of funding new biotech and health/life science companies, especially given the lengthy FDA approval process. Learn about alternative funding opportunities to sustain research and development in this […]

Event Series Game Changer Week 2024

Embody: Idea to Exit in 9 Years

1691 Innovation Dr. Blacksburg, VA 24060 1691 Innovation Dr., Blacksburg, VA, United States

Jeff Conroy will share the story of Embody, his DARPA-funded sports medicine start-up founded in 2014 and sold to Zimmer Biomet in 2022.  Medtech entrepreneurs face familiar themes related to team building, fundraising, product development, regulatory process, and commercialization.  Embody faced many challenges to achieve multiple product approvals, commercialization and navigated an M&A process to […]