BioVoice News April 2017 Issue 11 Volume 1 | Page 46

special coverage BIOINVEST 2017: Industry experts turn mentors for young entrepreneurs! The Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE) held its flagship annual conference ‘BioInvest 2017’ in Bengaluru with prominent industry experts and fresh startups discussing the roadmap for investments into the sector BY RAHUL KOUL IN BENGALURU The Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE), an apex body of the biotech sector in India has successfully concluded its flagship annual conference ‘BioInvest 2017’ on 4th April at Bengaluru. The event witnessed intense discussions among prominent industry experts, investors, and startups on the need for investments in the biotechnology sector. This year the event saw the industry stalwarts expressing a keen interest in capitalizing on investor confidence. ‘BioInvest 2017’ addressed the critical barriers in the biotech funding 46 BioVoiceNews | April 2017 ecosystem through its theme, ‘Discover What When How Where to Invest’ and provided a platform to discuss the related critical issues and more. The audience at the event comprised mostly the eminent industry experts, investors, venture capitalists, young and aspiring entrepreneurs. The event started with the introduction of the theme by Mr Narayanan Suresh, Chief Operating Officer, ABLE. In his introductory remarks, Suresh welcomed the delegates and expressed hope that the exchange of ideas at the platform will benefit both the investors, startups as well as the fresh graduates who were selected through the national level competition. In his talk, Dr P M Murali, President, ABLE congratulated his team for successfully organising the current and all the past editions of the event. He said: “BioInvest has been a great forum for many aspiring entrepreneurs to connect with investors. There are many success stories that received initial ignition here. Have been a part of the program since inception and have seen so many examples being set.” Dr Murali also talked about the recent report of ABLE which revealed that fresh 1022 startup