Valerie Nussenblatt 5/2/24 Valerie Nussenblatt 5/2/24

Non-Dilutive Funding, Policy and Advocacy Are All Key to Growing Your Business

Our grIP Senior Advisor, Liz Powell shares some insights on helping startups accelerate growth with non-dilutive government funding and advocacy. Founded by Liz in 2007, G2G Consulting finds non-dilutive funding, builds relationships, and influences policies and regulations for changemakers from across the country on the federal, state and local levels of government. She has raised over $528 million in non-dilutive funding. Her team crafts and shapes policies and regulations, influences funding levels both among agencies and with Congress, and develops relationships with key decision-makers for clients. G2G also tracks grants on a daily basis with their Monthly GBG Report (government bioscience grants report).

Jed Weiner 5/2/24 Jed Weiner 5/2/24

Specialty investing to find a cure for multiple myeloma

grIP Senior Advisor for Life Sciences and Biotech Stephanie Oestreich is the Managing Director of the Myeloma Investment Fund (MIF) MIF, a specialty investment fund started by the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF), funds companies developing new therapies in multiple myeloma. Recently, Stephanie spoked with Sabine Hutchison, Seuss+ CEO on their Cut The Chat – Life Science Insider Podcast and below are some valuable insights.

Jed Weiner 5/2/24 Jed Weiner 5/2/24

Delaware Court Invalidates Common Shareholder Agreement Provisions

A recent Delaware court ruling invalidated provisions regularly included in shareholder agreements. In West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund v. Moelis & Co., No. 2023-0309-JTL (Del. Ch. Feb. 23, 2024), the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that most of the governance control provisions in a stockholder agreement in favor of a stockholder were invalid under Delaware corporate law.