Pitchtree at JPM Healthcare Week 2027: Prepare, Pitch, and Meet the Right Investors
Five practice sessions, a January 12 pitch evening, and a partnering forum with non-dilutive funding experts. Pitchtree powers the preparation, and NorCal SBDC clients join free.
One week after CES in Las Vegas, also know for being a health tech consumer focus trade fair, San Francisco becomes the center of the health and life sciences world. The J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference runs January 11 to 14, 2027, and thousands of founders, investors and partners fill the city. Pitchtree is powering the preparation for the JPM 2027 Amplify Funding Summit, so healthtech and life science founders can show up ready and not just hopeful.
It starts online with Perfect Your Pitch, five practice and feedback sessions on Tuesdays, December 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, from 9:00 am to noon Pacific. Think of it as a dress rehearsal with honest notes. Healthcare investors hear many pitches in a short week, so the founders who stand out are the ones with a clear story and a clear ask. As Paul Graham says, “make something people want”, so explain it so simply that nobody has to guess.
Then comes the pitch event on Tuesday, January 12, 2027, from 5:00 to 7:30 pm. Each startup gets 4 minutes to pitch and 2 minutes of feedback, and selected startups go on to a private Q&A with investors. It is a short, focused evening, built for people who already have a packed conference calendar. You walk out with real feedback and, for some, real follow-up conversations.
All week long, from January 11 to 14, the QNova LifeSciences Partnering Forum runs a matchmaking platform. Founders can meet strategic investors, key life science service providers, economic development organizations and decision-makers. The forum also covers non-dilutive funding, with information on opportunities at the National Institutes of Health, the US Department of War, the US FDA and the National Cancer Institute. For many early companies, grants and partnerships can stretch the runway as far as an equity round.
Here is the special for Northern California: the program is free for NorCal SBDC clients across the participating centers, Silicon Valley (San Mateo included), Santa Cruz and East Bay. Spots are limited, so apply early. Pitchtree.ai keeps working on one simple idea: well-prepared founders, the right investors, and a warm room to meet.
NorCal SBDC clients can apply here. Everyone else can register here. Learn more about the QNova LifeSciences Partnering Forum. Questions: storre@ventureandcapitalinternational.com and sebastien@enrichers.co.
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