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Compensation Confidential 2026
Preparing for Investors and Scaling Your Team
Program
WEBINAR SERIES
Beyond the Pitch: Preparing for Investor Connect and Beyond
A strong pitch deck is only one part of a successful fundraising process. LaunchBio’s Beyond the Pitch webinar series is designed to help life science founders better understand the investor perspective and prepare for productive fundraising conversations. Through candid discussions, each session explores a different aspect of investor readiness, from refining your story and anticipating due diligence questions to building relationships and navigating compensation expectations. Whether you’re preparing for LaunchBio’s Investor Connect program or meeting with investors on your own, these sessions will help you approach every conversation with greater confidence and clarity.
SPONSORED BY STIFEL
Stifel is a diversified global wealth management, investment bank, and commercial banking company. Their Venture Banking group provides commercial banking and debt capital financing solutions to venture capital-backed technology companies and their investors. Committed to supporting the innovation community, our entrepreneurial culture and long-term vision makes Stifel Bank the right banking partner for Founders and Companies.
Details
SESSION 1: Preparing for Investors and Scaling Your Team
Building a biotech company means making smart compensation decisions long before your first big hire. Join LaunchBio and the compensation experts at J.Thelander Consulting for a practical discussion designed to help CEOs and founders navigate compensation conversations with investors and build a hiring strategy that supports growth after the raise.
The first half of this webinar will focus on how to navigate and prepare for investor-facing compensation discussions, including real-time benchmark data on total cash and equity for you and your team, how to plan for dilution, and how to formalize a compensation philosophy with a defined salary structure. Learn how to approach these compensation discussions with confidence and avoid common mistakes that can impact financing outcomes.
Next, we’ll explore what happens after the capital closes: how to structure competitive compensation packages, attract top talent, retain key employees, manage refresh grants, and ensure your option pool remains competitive to scale competitively in today’s market. Speakers will share exclusive data and practical insights on hiring, retention, and compensation planning for growing life science companies.
