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The Biotech Startups Podcast

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Biotechnology
Biotech Startups
Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital
Life Sciences
Biotech
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Immunology
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The Biotech Startups Podcast by Excedr features weekly conversations with founders, scientists, and investors driving biotech innovation. Host Jon Chee dives into the challenges of building biotech startups, from pre-seed to IPO. New episodes every Monday and Thursday.

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🧬 The Biotech Startups Podcast is powered by Excedr—helping life science startups accelerate R&D and commercialization with founder-friendly equipment leasing. Skip the upfront costs, stay lean, and focus on breakthrough science.

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🧬 The Biotech Startups Podcast is powered by Excedr—helping life science startups accelerate R&D and commercialization with founder-friendly equipment leasing. Skip the upfront costs, stay lean, and focus on breakthrough science.

As a TBSP listener... more

🧬 The Biotech Startups Podcast is powered by Excedr—helping life science startups accelerate R&D and commercialization with founder-friendly equipment leasing. Skip the upfront costs, stay lean, and focus on breakthrough science.

As a TBSP listener... more

🧬 The Biotech Startups Podcast is powered by Excedr-helping life science

startups accelerate R&D and commercialization with founder-friendly equipment leasing.

Skip the upfront costs, stay lean, and focus on breakthrough science.

As a TBSP listener... more

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Recent Guests

Javier Tordable
Founder and CEO of Pauling AI
Pauling AI
Episode: 🧬 Video Games & a Whim Led Me to Microsoft | Javier Tordable (1/4)
Fengru Lin
Co-founder of TurtleTree
TurtleTree
Episode: 🧬 Transforming Food Systems with Lactoferrin & Precision Fermentation | Fengru Lin Rerelease (3/3)
Mati Gill
Founder of ION Labs, leader in AI-enabled biotech innovation
ION Labs
Episode: 🧬 AI in Biotech: When Sustainable Growth Replaces Hype | Mati Gill (4/4)
Alex Telford
Guest discussing his career path and views on AI in biotech
(not explicitly stated)
Episode: 🧬 AI Psychosis, Coordination Tax & the Limits of LLMs | Alex Telford (2/4)
Sabrina Johnson
Founder, president and CEO of Daré Bioscience
Daré Bioscience
Episode: 🧬 Betting on Women's Health | Sabrina Johnson (1/4)
Martin Brenner
Biotech executive with experience at Stoke Therapeutics, Recursion, iBio, Phenix/Phoenix
iBio, Recursion, Stoke Therapeutics (various)
Episode: 🧬 Resilience, Reinvention & Next-Gen Antibody Discovery | Martin Brenner Rerelease (3/3)
Mike Stadnisky
Managing Director of Thielsen Capital; former CEO of Phytonix and FlowJo; MIT Sloan instructor
Thielsen Capital
Episode: 🧬 Care Before You Share: Sales, Science & the PhD Ultra-Marathon | Mike Stadnisky Rerelease (Part 1/3)
Caitlyn Krebs
Biotech executive and founder/leader of BayBioNEST, Entelos, and Tethys Bioscience
BayBioNEST, Entelos, Tethys Bioscience
Episode: 🧬 The Hidden Skills Scientists Need to Build Real Companies | Caitlyn Krebs (Part 2/4)
Nicole Paulk
Scientist and PhD in gene therapy; former Stanford/UCSF researcher
Stanford University / UCSF (as described)
Episode: 🧬 The Dark Side of Postdoc Culture Nobody Talks About | Nicole Paulk (Part 2/4)

Host

Jon Chee
Host of The Biotech Startups Podcast

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 50 ratings
  • Great podcast

    As a pharmaceutical professional wonderful podcast. Learning a lot and love how the host interacts and elicits personal as well as scientific insight from the guests

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    asian bioguy
    United Statesa year ago
  • Very well presented. Questions were spot on. Great Job.Looking forward to many more educational episodes.

    Audible
    5
    Pavan K. Kommareddi
    United States2 years ago
  • Very well presented. Questions were spot on. Great Job

    Very well presented. Questions were spot on. Great Job.Looking forward to many more educational episodes.

    Audible
    5
    Pavan K. Kommareddi
    United States2 years ago
  • One of the best podcasts ever

    If you work in the biotechnology field or if you are interested in it, don’t miss this podcast.

    There are valuable lessons from many actors in this field and inspiring stories.

    A must listen podcast. 🤗🙏🏻

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Sébasimo
    France3 years ago
  • Amazing Stories from Biotech & Beyond

    I love listening to this podcast. So many great tidbits and tips for founders, business owners, and just people in the biotech or life sciences industry in general.

    Keep up the great work, looking forward to more episodes!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    McAfiend
    United States3 years ago

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Listeners praise practical, founder-focused insights and engaging host interactions.
The show is a must-listen for biotech founders and investors seeking real-world lessons.
Some listeners want more diverse guest perspectives, including women founders, which is a recurring community suggestion.
Guests are described as credible, with actionable takeaways for fundraising and partnerships.

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🧬 Video Games & a Whim Led Me to Microsoft | Javier Tordable (1/4)
Q: How did your internship at Microsoft shape your career trajectory?
The internship was a pivotal and rare opportunity as the only person from Spain in that cohort, which demonstrated the potential for cross-border talent to break into US tech, ultimately influencing his path toward high-scale tech roles and later entrepreneurship.
🧬 Video Games & a Whim Led Me to Microsoft | Javier Tordable (1/4)
Q: What was your first exposure to technology and programming like growing up in Spain?
He got into programming through self-learning after starting with Visual Basic and games, which sparked a long-term curiosity about building software and understanding how technology works, eventually leading him to study computer science and mathematics.
🧬 Transforming Food Systems with Lactoferrin & Precision Fermentation | Fengru Lin Rerelease (3/3)
Q: What are the near-term commercialization plans?
Continue FDA self-approval and demo product development with customers; attend SupplySide West and IFT conferences to showcase lactoferrin and gather feedback from potential buyers; build a commercial-focused team to support go-to-market.
🧬 Transforming Food Systems with Lactoferrin & Precision Fermentation | Fengru Lin Rerelease (3/3)
Q: How has fundraising been navigating the current biotech funding environment?
They closed a Series A in 2021 and are working toward a Series B; investors are more focused on revenue-generating and profitable ventures, so the company emphasizes gross profit margins and a clear path to exit. The team highlights the importance of showing a roadmap and concrete commercialization milestones.
🧬 Transforming Food Systems with Lactoferrin & Precision Fermentation | Fengru Lin Rerelease (3/3)
Q: Why shift focus to lactoferrin and high-value proteins instead of continuing with cell-based milk alone?
Lactoferrin is a high-margin, high-value protein with a market price around $1,000 per kg, making it more commercially viable to scale earlier. The shift allowed faster commercialization and a clearer path to profitability while still leveraging cell-based milk potential in the future.

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This show centers on biotech entrepreneurship, startup scaling, and the intersection of science and business. Across episodes, listeners hear founder journeys, leadership lessons, and pragmatic strategies for building biotech ventures—from fundraising and partnerships to regulatory pathways and AI-enabled discovery. Notable angles include navigating funding cycles, M&A options, and the shift toward capital-efficient, digital or lab-free models. Guests frequently bring deep industry experience from big pharma to early-stage startups, with practical guidance on team building, market access, and sustaining momentum through fundraising crunches. The recurring strengths are candid career pivots, real-world examples, and a focus on actionable ste... more

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7. Mike Stadnisky
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