About Bio Founder GPS Podcast: Biotech Fundraising, BD & Strategy
Bio Founder GPS Podcast aims to demystify and democratize the business side of taking a life sciences company from 0 to 1. Host Vadim Shepel sits down with investors, executives, subject experts and founders to give science-driven founders tactical playbooks for fundraising, partnerships, and the bench-to-CEO transition.
What It Really Takes to Build & Succeed in Africa | Eunice Ajim, Ajim Capital
By 2050, one in four people in the world will be African. So why are so few investors paying attention, and what does it take for founders to build global companies from there?In this episode of Bio Founder GPS, I sit down with Eunice Ajim, Founding Pa...
5 Oct 2026
Building Biotech Across the U.S.–Mexico Border | Ashley Marín, Scirena BioVentures
Why Mexico? For early-stage biotech founders looking across the U.S., the Mexico border could open up new relationships with investors, research partners, manufacturers, and potential customers.In this episode of Bio Founder GPS, I sit down with Ashley...
28 Sept 2026
China’s Biotech Boom: How Founders Can Compete | Marc Appel, Pacific Bridge NY
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, ...
21 Sept 2026
How to Build Software Scientists Will Actually Use | Ian Levine, ModernVivo
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-...
14 Sept 2026
How Healthcare Investors Evaluate Your Startup | Tim Martens & Elizabeth Little, Vaark Ventures
📬 Get free weekly tips & resources for biotech founders: https://www.biofounder.io ( 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 o...
4 Sept 2026
The Storytelling Playbook for Biotech Founders | Krishna Dave
📬 Get free weekly tips & resources for biotech founders: https://www.biofounder.io ( https://www.biofounder.io )🧭 Bio Founder GPS Content Prompt Pack Use it to identify your content pillars, generate topics, and map out your first 30 days of content — ...
23 Aug 2026
Why Great Biotech Startups Can Still Fail (It’s Not the Science) | Chris Potts, Persephoni Bio
Great science alone doesn’t build a successful biotech. The decisions around the science, from fundraising and IP to development strategy and execution, can be just as consequential.In this episode, I sit down with Christopher Potts, CBO of Persephoni ...
6 Jul 2026
Don’t Wait for Permission: The Scientist-Founder Shift | Elena Itskovich
📬 Get free weekly biotech fundraising tips & resources: https://www.biofounder.io ( https://www.biofounder.io ) In this episode of the Bio Founder GPS Podcast, I’m joined by Elena Itskovich, PhD, Founding General Partner of Nest Catalyst, an entreprene...
23 Jun 2026
How to Go From Scientist to Biotech CEO | Laura Hsieh
📬 Get free weekly biotech fundraising tips & resources: https://www.biofounder.io ( https://www.biofounder.io ) How do you go from scientist to biotech CEO? Laura Hsieh, PhD, is the Co-Founder and CEO of TippingPoint Biosciences. Since spinning the com...
24 May 2026
Angel vs VC Funding for Biotech Startups: What Founders Need to Know | Jonah Probell, Lexi Ventures
Is your biotech startup actually VC-backable, and how do investors make that decision? In this episode of Bio Founder GPS, I sit down with Jonah Probell, founder and managing partner of Lexi Ventures, a seed-stage fund investing in the genetic engineer...
18 May 2026
How to Raise a Pre-Seed Round as a Scientist-Founder | Julie Wolf, 2048 Ventures
Julie Wolf is a Partner at 2048 Ventures, an NYC and Boston-based VC that recently closed an oversubscribed $82M Fund III, leading pre-seed and seed rounds in Vertical AI, Deep Tech, Healthcare, and Biotech. A microbiologist by training, Julie co-found...
17 May 2026
Introducing Bio Founder GPS: A Podcast for Science-Driven Founders
Hey, I'm Vadim 👋 I created this podcast to demystify and democratize the business side of building biotech and life sciences companies from 0 to 1 - from fundraising and storytelling to customer discovery, strategic partnerships, licensing, and staying...
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