The Rufus / Nature Biotech VC investment map. Launched July 2016. Click here for the map |
Rufus Scientific deploys understanding of the real opportunities in life science innovation. The focus of my work is finding the route from great idea to launched enterprise. That involves detail: discussing scientific detail with scientists, development detail with developers, real-world applications with the market and of course the financing detail with angel and institutional investors. I bring 30+ years' experience in actually doing science, running projects and creating and financing start-ups to this - this is not academic (although I do academic as well.) What I can do for you depends entirely on what you need. "Writing a business plan" is an obvious task, and I have written plans that have raised over £60M in seed and early stage funding, but is the business plan or pitch deck what you need? Is what you really need some seed funding to demonstrate a concept, or just a sounding board to see if the idea has potential? Defining what you really need to do next is one of the least well appreciated parts of creating a new enterprise, and the one that founders most often get wrong. (Even I have got it wrong in the past!). A few recent projects are summarised in the 'Companies' button to the left. |