David Dobkin

LifeSci Capital LLC, United States.

Title: The Five Reasons Biotech Companies Fail to Raise Capital and How to Fix Them

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Biography

David is an experienced healthcare capital markets investment banker with a career focused on helping high-growth life science, medical device, and healthcare IT companies achieve their financial and strategic goals. Prior to joining LifeSci Capital, David founded Dobkin & Company, an investment bank tailored for entrepreneur-lead companies focused on seed and growth equity and capital. Previously, David worked in various capacities with the New Zealand Government facilitating capital formation on behalf of regional companies and government agencies with a focus on securing strategic foreign direct investment. David has tremendous experience conducting cross-border transactions. Prior to October 2010, David worked for Lazard Frères, one of the world’s preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, where he facilitated and advised on cross-border mergers and acquisitions transactions in excess of $3 billion. Prior to joining for Lazard Frères, David began his career in the Healthcare investment banking group for Wasserstein Perella based in New York. David conducted graduate research in stem cell bio-engineering and received a Master of Science, Biomedical Engineering, from the University of Southern California. David also received a Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering, from Columbia University.

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