SPARK Norway Educational Forum: Funding & Partnerships − Turning Your Idea into a Business

Join us to learn practical ways to navigate fundraising and partnership formation − and avoid the mistakes that cost founders time and leverage.

Fundraising can be daunting − from finding investors who are also strong partners to negotiating term sheets.

With the right preparation, you can avoid common pitfalls and negotiate more confidently.

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Securing funding and forming the right partnerships are critical to turning an idea into a growing business.

In this seminar, an experienced investment professional will share practical insights on raising venture capital and building partnerships that bring products to market.

Speaker

The picture shows Miao He from Hadean Ventures.

Miao He
Senior Investment Associate, Hadean Ventures 

Miao He is a life sciences-focused VC investor at Hadean Ventures, investing across therapeutics and other life sciences innovations. At Hadean she identifies and evaluates new opportunities and supports portfolio company management on strategy and fundraising. She led the due diligence for Series A investment into Complement Therapeutics and contributed to the Series A investment into Arthex Biotech. Miao formerly served as a board observer at Cardior Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Novo Nordisk).

Prior to a career in VC Miao was a Bioinformatics Scientist at Illumina, where she developed new algorithms for precision oncology, collaborating with Genomics England and key opinion leaders in the industry. Miao has authored over a dozen scientific publications (Nature Genetics, Blood, Nucleic Acids Research). Miao holds a PhD in Molecular Biology from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from London Business School.


SPARK Norway Educational Forum are monthly open meetings organized by UiO:Life Science and SPARK Norway partners.

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UiO:Life Science
Published May 13, 2026 10:25 AM - Last modified Oct. 29, 2026 11:42 AM