Start-Up Stadium

BIO Start-Up Stadium Features Innovation
from Around the World

Congratulations to the 2023 Finalists and Winners! 
Applications for the 2024 Start-Up Stadium will Open in November.

Start-Up Stadium is designed to provide start-up companies with the opportunity to engage key members of the investment community, venture philanthropy groups, strategic partners, and non-dilutive capital at the world’s largest biotechnology partnering event. During the 2023 BIO International Convention 47 finalists from 12 different countries shared a quick pitch showcasing new technologies and therapeutic solutions to a panel of investor and other expert judges, followed by live feedback. 

Judges evaluated presentations from seed-stage company finalists (less than $1M raised) and from emerging company finalists (more than $1M but less than $10M raised to date), with a winner identified for each category.  Prizes included 'fast-track' admission review to incubator programs such as atThe Innovation Space, for the seed-stage winner, as well as complimentary, one-year memberships in the Biotechnology Innovation Organization with access to the cost-savings programs of BIO Business Solutions, and complimentary registration to the 2024 BIO International Convention in San Diego, California. 

Among a highly innovative and competitive group this year, BIO has compiled all the judges’ feedback and is pleased to announce: