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Regional VC's Perspective - The Growing Relevance of the Southeast for Investment

Venture capital is not new to the southeastern United States. Hear from the bold leaders who are already investing in this booming region and join in the discussion about opportunities and challenges for future growth in the southern states.

Moderator: Geof Vickers - Nashville Office Managing Partner, Nelson Mullins

Speakers:

Marcus Whitney – Jumpstart Nova
Jason Kuo – Tech Square Ventures
Joe Mancini – Front Porch Ventures
Gary Peat – Valor VC

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Moderator: David Blittner - Ropes & Gray

Speakers:

Rebecca Silberman -RA Capital
Jesse Draper - Halogen Ventures
Alex Kopelyan - SOSV

Join this panel of leading coastal venture capital investors representing over $60B of AUM as they talk about what it takes to get the BIG money.

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Discover the groundbreaking innovations coming out of DRIVE. DRIVE exists to help bridge the gap between scientific discovery to helping patients. Follow the unlikely path to market of the drug MOLNUPIRAVIR, the world’s first oral direct-acting antiviral drug for COVID-19. Initially licensed to DRIVE, who guided it through IND, it was then sublicensed and eventual licensed to Merck, where it became a multi-billion success. Hear how the process generated a dynamic ongoing partnership to develop follow-on drugs of impact.

Speakers:

David Perryman, JD - COO of Drive Innovations
Dr. Todd Sherer - Associate Vice President for Research Administration, Emory University

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