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Innovation to investment: how to build your first life sciences pitch deck

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A strong pitch deck can help make a good first impression, establish credibility and build the confidence to secure the support and financial resources needed for eventual commercial success.

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Fig. 1: The venture investment landscape.
Fig. 2: The Life Sciences Venture Canvas.

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  1. Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Katherine E. Reuther

  2. Center for Health, Devices and Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Katherine E. Reuther

  3. Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Center, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Darren Cooke

  4. Consultant, New York, NY, USA

    Mark Kessel

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Reuther, K.E., Cooke, D. & Kessel, M. Innovation to investment: how to build your first life sciences pitch deck. Nat Biotechnol 43, 1204–1207 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-025-02730-9

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