SynBioBeta Speaker
Elise Houren
Partner
Build Collective
YEAR
25
May 2025, SynBioBeta
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Elise is Partner, Advisor, and Chief Communications Officer at Tony Fadell's Build Collective. Build Collective is an investment and advisory firm working with engineers and scientists developing foundational deep technology. She advises and coaches founders and teams, in their portfolio of 200+ startups, to design winning strategies and communications to bring impactful technology out of the lab and into our lives.
SynBioBeta 2025 - Keynote
Risk, Resilience & Returns: New Frameworks for SynBio Investment
Bringing together leaders in synthetic biology and finance, this session scrutinizes new methods for balancing uncertainty, sustaining resilience, and optimizing returns in a field characterized by rapid innovation and protracted development timelines. Panelists will examine strategies for portfolio diversification across pivotal subfields—ranging from biomaterials to industrial fermentation—while highlighting the vital role of thorough scientific diligence and regulatory insight. By emphasizing the synergy between rigorous research and principled investment approaches, this discussion offers a timely examination of how careful planning can guide groundbreaking discoveries from the laboratory into sustained commercial success.
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