Episode 64: “We Pass on 98.5%” | Bio Angels Yaniv Sneor and Alex Pederson on Life Science Angel Investing, Screening Criteria, and Exit Discipline

Episode 64: “We Pass on 98.5%” | Bio Angels Yaniv Sneor and Alex Pederson on Life Science Angel Investing, Screening Criteria, and Exit Discipline

June 16, 2026 · 41 min

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This episode discusses life science angel investing and the screening criteria used by Mid Atlantic Bio Angels.

🗞️ Get essential angel intel straight to your inbox every week with The Diligent Observer Newsletter. 🗞️ Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: ① Disciplined screening can be tested: Yaniv and Alex explain how Mid Atlantic Bio Angels reviewed more than a decade of life science startup applications to ask whether the group’s screening criteria were helping or causing them to miss the winners. ② Life science angel investing has different economics: In therapeutics, medic...

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