Southeast Life Sciences

Name

Southeast Life Sciences

Legal name

Southeast Life Sciences

Website

https://southeastlifesciences.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Life Sciences Industry Association

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Life Sciences & Biotechnology Congresses (THAHAJAB)

Keywords

• Life sciences networking
• Biotech investor relations
• Medtech conferences
• Biotech pitch competitions
• Regional biotech ecosystem

Headquarters

HQ city

Roswell

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Conference Registration Fees: Revenue generated from paid conference attendance at AdvanSE and related events, with tiered pricing for early bird and standard registration.
2. Sponsorship Revenue: Corporate sponsorships at various levels (Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Supporting) for the AdvanSE conference and related events.
3. Alliance Membership: Southeast Life Sciences Alliance brings together state BIO organizations (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia) as founding partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Southeast Life Sciences operates as a regional non-profit industry association that cultivates, convenes, and connects the southeastern U.S. life sciences ecosystem. It delivers the AdvanSE annual conference, the PitchRounds pitch competition program, the Women@SLS initiative for women in life sciences, and the SE Color initiative supporting minority-owned life science businesses. The organization facilitates deal-flow between life science innovators, investors, corporate partners, universities, and solution providers across seven southeastern states.

Product overview

Southeast Life Sciences is a regional non-profit organization that serves as a unified network platform for medtech and bioscience innovation, partnering, and investor relations in the southeastern United States. Formed in 2019 through the merger of Southeast BIO and Southeast Medical Device Association (SEMDA), the organization operates its core programs including the AdvanSE annual conference, the PitchRounds pitch competition program, Women@SLS for gender diversity in the industry, and SE Color for minority entrepreneurship support. The organization facilitates connections between investors, young companies, universities, corporations, and solution providers through networking events, education, and funding opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AdvanSE: Annual premier life sciences conference in the southeast United States bringing together innovative life sciences companies, researchers, investors and corporations
• Women@SLS
• SE Color
• PitchRounds

Products and services

• AdvanSE Conference Flagship annual conference held in Alpharetta, Georgia, bringing together 500+ attendees including biopharma, medtech, diagnostic, and digital health companies, researchers, investors, and corporate partners for networking, pitching, and partnership building. Features educational programming and concentrated 48-hour deal-flow format.
• PitchRounds Pitch competition program embedded within the AdvanSE conference where life science entrepreneurs from startups to Series B/C companies present to investors. Limited to 20 early-stage and 10 mature companies per cycle. Over 20 years, 501 presenting companies have raised $7.2 billion with 70 M&A and IPO exits.
• Women@SLS Initiative dedicated to enhancing opportunities for women in medtech and life science industries through networking, mentorship, and leadership development, including flagship Life Science Women AdvanSE events and webinars.
• SE Color Division dedicated to supporting minority entrepreneurship, increasing investment in minority-owned life science businesses, and improving minority access to information and clinical opportunities. Includes the SE Color Pitchrounds competition with a $10,000 prize sponsored by Moderna.

Quantifiable outcome

• 501 PitchRounds companies raised $7.2 billion with 70 achieving M&A/IPO exits over 20 years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Southeast BIO (SEBIO)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019In 2019, Southeast BIO officially merged with SEMDA to form Southeast Life Sciences, creating a unified platform for partnering and investor relations.
• BIO AlabamacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerState biotechnology association and founding member of the Southeast Life Sciences Alliance.
• BioFloridacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerState biotechnology association and founding member of the Southeast Life Sciences Alliance.
• Georgia BiocoreGTM or Marketing PartnerState biotechnology association and founding member of the Southeast Life Sciences Alliance.
• North Carolina Biotechnology CentercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerState biotechnology organization and founding member of the Southeast Life Sciences Alliance.
• SC BiocoreGTM or Marketing PartnerState biotechnology association and founding member of the Southeast Life Sciences Alliance.
• Life Science TennesseecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerState biotechnology association and founding member of the Southeast Life Sciences Alliance.
• Virginia BiocoreGTM or Marketing PartnerState biotechnology association and founding member of the Southeast Life Sciences Alliance.
• Health Connect SouthminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRegional health care conference partnership offering SLS ecosystem members 20% discount to annual gathering.
• The Hotel AvalonminorOthersConference venue for AdvanSE 2022 in Alpharetta, GA with $279 daily group rate.
• Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMedical innovation center providing design and development services to Southeast ecosystem.
• Marsh & McClennan AgencyminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsulting firm serving life science clients through SLS connections.
• Georgia Tech Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTech transfer incubator that companies like Nephrodite have joined.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• RESI Conference (Redefining Early Stage Investments): Life science early-stage investor conference series that connects startups with investors across funding stages. Closely comparable as an event-driven deal-flow platform, although RESI is for-profit and tour-based rather than tied to a single regional ecosystem.
• BIO International Convention: Flagship life sciences partnering conference run by BIO. Directly comparable as a large-scale life-sciences investor and partnering event, though it operates globally rather than regionally and includes biotech rather than exclusively Southeast-US companies.
• AdvaMed: National medical device industry association with a board-level connection to SLS (COO Chris White on SLS Board). Closely comparable as a medtech-focused industry association that convenes investors, corporates, and startups; complements SLS's regional scope with national advocacy.

Emerging players

• MedTech Strategist: Investment-focused community and conferences for medical device and digital health investors. Comparable as a deal-flow platform connecting medtech startups with investors via events, partially overlapping with SLS's PitchRounds and AdvanSE content.
• Life Science Cares: Non-profit mobilizing the life sciences industry around community impact and diversity. Partially comparable as a non-profit life-sciences convener with diversity programming similar to SE Color, but focused on the Boston/New England ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO): The largest US biotechnology trade association running the BIO International Convention. Directly comparable as a life-sciences industry association serving investors and companies, but operating at national rather than regional scale.
• JPMorgan Healthcare Conference: The premier annual investor healthcare conference (JP Morgan has a board representative at SLS via Executive Director Joe Lee). Comparable as a deal-making forum for life-sciences companies, though it operates at global scale during JPM Healthcare Week in San Francisco.

Regional players

• Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MassBio): Massachusetts state-level biotechnology industry association running partnering events and advocacy. Comparable as a regional life-sciences association serving investors and companies, but focused on the Northeast/Boston-Cambridge cluster.
• North Carolina Biotechnology Center: State-level life sciences economic development organization and founding member of the SLS Alliance. Comparable as a Southeast-region life-sciences convener, but focused exclusively on North Carolina rather than the multi-state footprint SLS covers.
• California Life Sciences (CLS): California-focused life sciences trade association (formed from BayBio and California Healthcare Institute). Comparable as a regional life-sciences industry association running events and advocacy, but serving the West Coast ecosystem rather than the Southeast.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/LifeSoutheast
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/groups/12369498
• Facebookfacebook.com/groups/122407709151772/?ref=bookmarks

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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