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[Welcome to Issue 01 of The House Brazeryen, where we break down the latest Brazen Bio, Brazen Capital, and bio-startup-related news for you fortnightly, in roughly 5 minutes.]
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Brazen Bio Featured in LA Biz Journal
Howard Fine—Staff Reporter of the Los Angeles Business Journal—interviewed Brazen Bio CEO—Shawn Carbonell—in late February culminating in a short but sweet feature published last week: “Two New Programs Aim to Boost Local Bioscience Firms”.
The piece highlighted the launch of UCLA’s Health TechQuity Accelerator—for solutions at the interface of health equity and technology—and our very own Brazen Fellowship.
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Chalk this up as another early win for Brazen Bio’s newest team member and marketing leader, Rachel Strohmeyer! Also, we love the lead picture choice featuring copious Brazen Bio swag and our brazen CEO, no?
The Brazen Summit is coming [BrSu]
Brazen Bio is not just a pretty logo and startup hatchery. We are also an events and media company focused on making STEM/science/startups sexy. Speaking of sexy, check out the [likely] San Diego venue (pictured above) for our first large in-person event in June, the Brazen Summit [BrSu].
This event is for bio-founders, by bio-founders. As such, the theme of the inaugural Summit is “Rise of the Scientist-CEO”. Stay tuned for the full program!
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If you are a bio-founder or proto-bio-founder interested in attending IRL (registration is free) there is a brief application HERE. Sponsors please inquire HERE.
BTW—on the evening of the event—is the BRZN02 Launch Party! Speaking of…
Are you Brazen? BRZN02 Applications are Open
Brazen Bio is taking applications for our second cohort (BRZN02) of the Brazen Fellowship! This batch is slated to begin in mid-June 2022 (COVID delays 😤). For more information, please check out our FAQ and especially our manifesto.
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Shawn’s done it. You can too. We’ll help. Hey all you would-be biotech founders: APPLY HERE! (This first phase of the application should only take you ~3 mins.)
VC Corner: The VC fund boom of 2021?
[by guest writer, Scott Alpizar, PhD] — It was a promising 2021 for VC first funds (AKA, new VC firms) according to Carta’s recently released “Fund I Report: 2021 Year in Review”:
Entrepreneurs are able to be more selective about who they invite onto their cap tables, and VCs are fielding increased demand from limited partners (LPs) who want access to venture deals at earlier stages.
Brazen bullets:
First time funds increased 76% year over year on Carta.
Nearly half (48%) of the first funds were $10MM in size or less. 👋
Most first funds were funded by individuals and families. 👋
Geographically, California had the most new first funds. 👋
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This report suggests the barriers of entry into VC are lower than ever. The increased transparency—combined with the fact that first-time funds continue to appear in overlooked geographical areas—are promising first steps towards increasing diversity in VC.
Throw in the aforementioned record-breaking funding and there may not be a better time to start a VC fund. (*Brazen Capital has entered the chat… 💬*)
[disclosure: Brazen Capital’s fund management is powered by Carta. However, Carta is not a sponsor of either Brazen Bio or Brazen Capital …yet. 😈]
😋 Brazen Snax
🩺 Meet the 33 health-related YC startups from w22
👩🚀 Meet the 61 female-led YC startups from w22
🐶 Cell therapy for pups startup LEAH Labs (YC w19) wins Phase 1 SBIR
🤐 UCSD academic banned from posting preprints on arXiv
🧬 The CRISPR wars are far from over despite latest ruling
😮💨 Be among the 99 LPs in our first fund Brazen Capital (shameless plug)
⏰ TikTokCrak: A scientific approach to the doors/wheels debate
🔪 Carveout
Congratulations to all the MS4s who matched to their residencies this week! 🎉
🙏🏽 A Dose of Gratitude
We are grateful for Nicole DeTommaso—VC Investor at @HarlemCapital—for providing massive value to both sides of the table via her Twitter feed!
[PS: taking nominations! If there is someone you would like us to shout out let us know! If you are the first to nominate someone we feature, you’ll get Brazen Bio swag!]
✍️ Feedback
Please tweet all thoughts, questions, and insults to us @brazenbio. Bring it. No, really. COME👏🏽AT👏🏽US👏🏽BRO👏🏽