DxPx U.S. is building the industry’s leading Health Tech and Med Tech ambassador network – and we want you to join us.   

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Ambassador Program Benefits

  • Get up to three (3) FREE investor registrations for you and your colleagues. 
  • Get one (1) FREE startup registration for every five (5) portfolio companies* that you refer in the Diagnostics, Digital Health, Precision Medicine, and Life Science Tools industries to DxPx U.S. and the 42PLUS1 Pitch Competition.
  • Enhance the visibility of your brand before and during the conference in DxPx U.S. promotional materials. 

Ambassador Program Requirements

  • Refer at least one (1) startup in your network each month to the 42PLUS1 Pitch Competition.**
  • Apply to be a judge for the 42PLUS1 Pitch Competition and review at least five (5) 42PLUS1 applications for the 2024 award cycle.
  • Post to your social media accounts at least one (1) time per month to help us promote DxPx U.S. and/or the 42PLUS1 Pitch Competition.

* Limit 5 free startup registrations per Ambassador.
** Startup must complete and submit an application to 42PLUS1.

Meet Our Ambassadors

At Techstars we have invested in more than 4,000 early-stage startups. As the world's most active pre-seed investor, our portfolio is as diversified as our 9,000+ founders are unique — from HealthTech and FinTech, to Web3 and CleanTech; from Miami and Silicon Valley to Lagos and London. We support many of the world's best entrepreneurs with access to capital, mentoring, finding customers, hiring talent, choosing the right infrastructure, and much more!

We Venture Capital invest globally in diagnostics start-ups, as well as digital solutions and tools in the diagnostics arena. We are the corporate venture investment arm of Werfen, a worldwide leader in Specialized Diagnostics. We have an evergreen structure, partnering with early-stage start-ups close to market entry, or early scale-ups. We believe in technological advancement as a means to improve patient outcomes and revolutionize healthcare.

Ready to join our Network?

Schedule a time to meet with us and we can start the process of adding your organization to the DxPx Ambassador Network. 

Oliver Dick

Oliver brings 30+ years of experience in the life sciences industry, has worked in pharma, biotechnology and in vitro diagnostics. His areas of expertise fall under Supply Chain Management, Planning, Production, QC, QA, Engineering, Technology Transfer and Process Improvement. Amongst his vast experience, Oliver held functions such as Vice President of Global Manufacturing at QIAGEN, Chief Operating Officer at Miltenyi Biotec or Chief Operating Office of Resolve Biosciences. He demonstrated exceptional leadership and expertise in driving manufacturing excellence on a global scale.

Oliver has a proven ability to streamline processes, optimize production efficiency, and foster a culture of innovation. He was responsible for strategy development, scaling, cost control and quality and was part of multiple M&A projects and transfer of many new products from acquisition or own development. Today Oliver offers his expertise mainly through his own Consultancy Service Company ODICON.

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Christoph Brandenberger is a Managing Director at BGL and a leader in the firm’s Diagnostics, Research Tools & Medical Devices investment banking group. He has more than 20 years of experience in all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, commercialization and partnering agreements, and private placements.

A native of Austria and fluent in German, Christoph’s investment banking experience, coupled with his background in international business, has made him a sought-after advisor in both the domestic and international healthcare markets.

Prior to joining BGL, Christoph served as managing director for Healthios Capital Markets, LLC. Christoph started his career as a financial analyst for Bank of America Securities.

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John Riddle

John Riddle is a Managing Director and member of the BGL Executive Committee. He has more than 30 years of investment banking and capital markets experience, advising clients across a broad spectrum of mergers and acquisitions, capital markets activities, and strategic assignments.

John leads BGL’s advisory activities in the Healthcare & Life Sciences investment banking group, which comprises both corporate investment banking and real estate capital markets capabilities. Together with his team, John maintains an ongoing coverage effort with broad activity across several sectors, including health facilities, physician services, and ancillary providers; diagnostics and research tools; medical device and products; and select healthcare technology verticals, including payor services, data analytics, and clinical automation.

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Dr. Mirko Stange

Born in Bremen, Germany in 1974, Dr. Mirko Stange is a diagnostics and life sciences expert with a proven track record in turning around and commercializing innovations. He possesses extensive executive management experience, having led diagnostics and biotech startups, as well as developing and conducting consulting products. Following the completion of his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dr. Stange began his career in 2004 at the strategy consultancy McKinsey. Subsequently, he worked with the turnaround-specialized advisory firm Droege & Comp., primarily serving clients from the pharma and chemistry industry in Germany and Switzerland.

In 2008, he founded an independent Life Sciences consultancy in Germany where, to date, he leads and directs a team of international experts. This team identifies and funds SMEs with high potential for national and international leverage. In addition to his over ten years of experience in independent corporate finance and management consulting, Mirko Stange provides interim management services to selected clients. To date, three companies co-founded and managed/advised by Dr. Stange have been successfully exited. Leveraging his scientific background, he is also a named inventor on several granted and pending patents.

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