Vadim Shepel - Bio Founder GPS
Hey, I'm Vadim, founder of Bench2Bio and the Bio Founder GPS Newsletter & Community. I help science-driven founders make the transition from the bench to the boardroom.
- Indexed videos, last 90 days
- 8
- Latest publication
- Sep 28, 2026
- Audience
- ~52 subscribers
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- Jul 6, 2026
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China’s Biotech Boom: How Founders Can Compete | Marc Appel, Pacific Bridge NY (opens the original)
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📬 Get free weekly tips & resources for biotech founders: https://www.biofounder.io/ China’s biotech boom is changing the competition for licensing deals and venture capital. How can founders protect their edge - and use a more global biotech ecosystem to their advantage? In this episode of Bio Founder GPS, I sit down with Marc Appel, founder and managing partner of Pacific Bridge New York, to unpack what China’s rise means for early-stage biotech founders, where to compete, and where collaborati
Building a Life Sciences Software Company in the Age of AI | Ian Levine, ModernVivo (opens the original)
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📬 Get free weekly tips & resources for biotech founders: https://www.biofounder.io How do you turn a grad-school idea into a life sciences software company—and raise more than $1 million in pre-seed funding? In this episode of Bio Founder GPS, I sit down with Ian Levine, co-founder and CEO of ModernVivo, to unpack how he and his co-founder built the company from the ground up, found product-market fit, and learned to sell into biotech startups and large pharma companies. ModernVivo helps preclin
Why you need to accept help to win big 🤝 (opens the original)
Pre Seed vs Seed Funding - What's the Difference (opens the original)
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What actually changes when a biotech company moves from a pre-seed to a seed raise? Laura Hsieh, PhD, Co-Founder & CEO of TippingPoint Biosciences, breaks down her experience raising both. 🎙️ Watch the full conversation with Laura on the Bio Founder GPS Podcast startups vc seed funding explained startup funding startup company entrepreneurship startup funding explained pre seed funding
How Healthcare Investors Evaluate Your Startup | Tim Martens & Elizabeth Little, Vaark Ventures (opens the original)
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📬 Get free weekly tips & resources for biotech founders: https://www.biofounder.io What actually makes a healthcare startup investable? In this episode of Bio Founder GPS, I sit down with Tim Martens and Elizabeth Little of Vaark Ventures to pull back the curtain on how healthcare investors evaluate early-stage companies, build conviction, and decide when to write a check. Vaark brings together a syndicate of roughly 250 clinicians, physician-operators, engineers, data scientists, regulatory exp
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