Build the company your science deserves.

BioBuild is an eight-week commercialization cohort helping early-stage
bioscience companies turn promising technologies into focused,
fundable, and actionable strategies.


Expert-led commercialization guidance

Dedicated company mentorship

Practical tools and milestone planning
Why BioBuild

Great science does not commercialize itself.

Moving a bioscience innovation toward the market requires more than technical progress. Founders must make interconnected decisions about customers, development, regulation, intellectual property, reimbursement, partnerships, operations, and funding. BioBuild brings those decisions into one structured experience, helping companies reduce uncertainty, prioritize the right milestones, and build a stronger path forward.
Who It Is For

Built for companies ready to move beyond the idea stage.

BioBuild is designed for early-stage bioscience teams with a defined
innovation and a meaningful milestone ahead.

Defined Innovation

A therapeutic, diagnostic, medical device, digital health solution,
research tool, or other bioscience technology with a clear intended use.

Early Evidence

Preliminary data, proof of concept, validation work, or an early
prototype that supports continued development.

A Near-Term Goal

A company preparing for funding, customer validation, regulatory
planning, clinical development, a pilot, or a strategic partnership.

What You Will Gain

A clearer strategy for what comes next.

BioBuild is designed to produce decisions, tools, and momentum that
continue serving your company after the cohort ends.

Commercial Focus

Clarify the customer, market opportunity, competitive position, and
commercialization pathway.

Development Priorities

Connect technical progress with clinical, preclinical, and regulatory priorities.

Business Strategy

Strengthen the company’s thinking around partnerships, reimbursement,
operations, and business model development.

Funding Readiness

Develop a clearer milestone story and communicate why the company is
ready for its next stage of support.

Your 8-Week Roadmap

From promising science to a commercialization strategy.

BioBuild helps founders answer the critical questions that determine whether a breakthrough becomes a successful company.

You’ll leave with:

  • A commercialization roadmap
  • A validated customer strategy
  • A development and regulatory plan
  • A stronger competitive position
  • A clear path to funding and partnerships
  • An investor-ready story

8
Weeks

8
Expert-Led Sessions

1
Dedicated Mentor

1
Stronger Company
01

Opportunity & Commercialization Pathway

Define your opportunity, clarify your commercialization strategy, and establish the roadmap that will guide your company throughout the program.

02

Customer Discovery & Market Validation

Identify your ideal customers, validate market need, and refine your value proposition through customer insights.

03

Clinical & Preclinical Development

Develop a strategic plan for generating the scientific evidence needed to advance your technology toward commercialization.

04

Regulatory Strategy

Understand regulatory pathways, key milestones, and how early planning can reduce risk and accelerate development.

05

Intellectual Property & Competitive Positioning

Strengthen your competitive advantage by protecting your innovation and understanding where your technology fits in the market.

06

Reimbursement & Partnership Development

Explore reimbursement strategy, market access, and partnerships that support successful commercialization.

07

Business Strategy & Company Operations

Build a stronger company by refining your business model, operational strategy, and growth milestones.

08

Investor Readiness & Your Story

Bring it all together into a compelling company narrative that clearly communicates your vision, progress, and next milestones to investors and partners.

The BioBuild Experience

Learn. Apply. Build.

Learn from Experts

Participate in focused sessions led by experienced professionals
across the bioscience commercialization pathway.

Apply It to Your Company

Translate each session into company-specific decisions, tools, and next steps.

Build with Support

Work with a dedicated mentor and a cohort of other bioscience founders
navigating similar decisions.

Personalized Guidance

The experts bring the knowledge. Your mentor helps you use it.

Each participating company will be paired with an experienced mentor
for the duration of the cohort.

Through weekly meetings, mentors will help founders think through
challenges, identify blind spots, connect lessons across the program,
and maintain momentum toward their most important milestone.

Mentors serve as trusted strategic sounding boards. They are not expected
to solve every problem or act as unpaid consultants.

BioBuild Showcase

Share your progress with Oregon’s bioscience community.

The cohort culminates in the BioBuild Showcase and Graduation
Celebration at the Oregon Bioscience Incubator.

Participating companies will present their progress, connect with
investors and ecosystem partners, and celebrate the milestones achieved
during the program.

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About the Program

Built for Oregon’s bioscience community.

BioBuild is developed by the Oregon Bioscience Incubator, Oregon’s only
bioscience-focused incubator and a statewide resource supporting startups
across therapeutics, diagnostics, medical devices, digital health, and
other life science sectors.OBI connects bioscience innovators with the space, expertise, programs,
mentors, and relationships needed to move promising science forward.

Applications Coming Soon

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applications open for our inaugural cohort.