Yes, There is Venture Capital in Utah from the 2026 Wilson Sonsini Entrepreneur & Investor Summit, which was presented on March 12, 2026, in Salt Lake City. Panelists included Ryan Morley, Partner, SpringTide [Moderator]; Luke Larsen, Vice President, Wasatch Health; Branden Rosenhan, MD, Founding Partner, MedMountain Ventures; and Jack Boren, Managing Partner, Epic Ventures/University of […]
The Seed Fund Investor Panel from the 2026 Wilson Sonsini Entrepreneur & Investor Summit was presented on March 12, 2026, in Salt Lake City. Panelists included Jenny Barba, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Features Capital [Moderator]; Tomi Smith, Ecosystem Venture Partner/LP of Fund, Northwest Angel Fund; Kristin Wihera, Director of Fund Operations, Nucleus Institute; and Bob […]
Platform or Product? Engineering Optionality in a Volatile Biotech Market was presented at the 2026 Wilson Sonsini Entrepreneur & Investor Life Sciences Summit on March 12, 2026, in Salt Lake City. Panelists included Sara Patak, Partner, Wilson Sonsini [Moderator]; Kapil Sharma, CEO, Vira Regen; Rachel Jones, Chief Product Officer, VedaBio; and Ryan Watts, PhD, CEO, […]
How the BYU School of Medicine Can Inspire Innovation and Research was presented on March 12, 2026, in Salt Lake City at the 2026 Wilson Sonsini Entrepreneur & Investor Life Sciences Summit. Panelists included Michael Stark, PhD, Associate Dean, BYU College of Life Sciences [Moderator]; Mark Ott, MD, Dean, BYU School of Medicine; and Brandon […]
Universities as Innovators: Perspectives from the Tech Transfer Offices was presented at the 2026 Wilson Sonsini Entrepreneur & Investor Summit on March 12, 2026, in Salt Lake City. Panelists included Dave Brown, Director, BYU Tech Transfer [Moderator]; Jason Young, Director of Commercialization, University of Utah Technology Licensing Office; and Jeri Hansen, Exec. Director for Research, […]
What You May Not Know About Launching a Life Sciences Company from the 2026 Wilson Sonsini Entrepreneur & Investor Life Sciences Summit was presented on March 12, 2026 in Salt Lake City. Panelists included Matt Meyer, Chief Business Advisor, Wilson Sonsini [Moderator]; CEO/President, Institute for Biomedical Entrepreneurship & EurekaConnect ; and Ryan Rust, Senior Director, […]
Utah life sciences leader and Hatlia Therapeutics CEO, David Bearss, PhD, provided an inspiring luncheon keynote address as part of the 2026 Wilson Sonsini Entrepreneur & Investor Life Sciences Summit, presented by BioUtah and Brigham Young University’s Tech Transfer Office and College of LIfe Sciences. Bearss shared lessons learned from his own journey in biotechnology, […]
Investing in Life Sciences Companies: How the VC Landscape is Changing […]
One of the most popular panels at the annual E&I Summit each year is the CEO Panel. […]
Ann Somers Hogg, director of Healthcare Research at The Clayton Christensen Institute, provided key business-planning insights for Utah’s life sciences entrepreneurs and startups using the Clayton Christensen method. Glean information on what makes innovations disruptive and businesses successful. […]