Invasion of the Equity Investors Program

Sponsored by: Innovate@BU and BU Technology Development

Are you looking to pitch an idea or find out if your idea is equity fundable? Our equity investors are looking to help BU people with their ideas. An equity investor is a person with money or access to other people’s money with the intent to invest in new companies through companies’ stock/shares. We have arranged for both angel investors, corporate venture capitalists and venture capitalists to come to our campus to meet with BU researchers at select times during the fall and spring semesters.

We invite you to schedule a 30-minute appointment to pitch* your idea to one of these equity investors one-on-one, in a friendly environment. The equity investors will hold informational office hours on BU’s Charles River Campus each month at the Photonics Center. Each session will be comprised of 30-minute sessions with scheduled faculty, doctoral students, postdocs, residents who would like to pitch an idea.

This is neither “coffee with investors” nor is this Shark Tank. These people are here to meet with and discuss your ideas: whether it is investable, what to consider if it is not, what milestones will be important for you to advance your idea, and other comments about the idea and your pitch. Use this as a genuine sounding board for your idea, a friendly but serious opportunity to talk with an investor without worrying about reputation or a second chance. They are volunteering to come here knowing most of the ideas they see will be early or possibly not investable but wanting still to be helpful to BU researchers to advance your idea.

Each investor will have a particular sector in which they are interested: Med Devices and Diagnostics, Software & Hardware, and Life Sciences (therapeutics). Be sure to identify the right sector investor for your idea; investors with expertise and interest outside of your sector will not be interested in talking with you.

To learn more about how to participate or for more information contact Michael Pratt at mpratt@bu.edu.