Session 7B: Successful strategies for cross-border collaboration and investment - real world facts and experiences closing investment rounds and deals in the current Global Healthcare Startup Market
Tracks
Track 2
| Thursday, October 23, 2025 |
| 1:40 PM - 2:25 PM |
| Visionary Room |
Details
This Panel is hosted by Lumira Ventures, a Top 100 Healthcare VC firm (per Endpoints, 2024) headquartered in North America, which since 2010 has raised about $850M, has coinvested, partnered or sold businesses to more than 50 Healthcare multinationals, has syndicated with more than 200 international institutional investors, and has achieved more than 30 exits valued at >$20Bn.
The Panel aims to inform Australian ecosystem participants of the global data on deals and exits, the real-world requirements to succeed, creating Global Connectivity and high-quality Investment Syndication, touching on learnings from nurturing home-grown healthcare unicorns. Specifically, the Panel will address -
1. Raising capital in the current global market environment
2. Positioning novel R&D
3. Engaging big-pharma and medtech collaboration
4. What drives value in businesses
5. What's required to achieve meaningful exits
Speaker
Gerry Brunk
Managing Director
Lumira Ventures
Panellist
Caroline Quay
Managing Partner
MQB Partners
Panellist
Elaine Stead
Principal
Main Sequence Ventures
Moderator
Peter van der Velden
Managing General Partner
Lumria Ventures
Panellist