10 Essential External Partners to Build Early

At Sky Valley Advisors, we work with biotech / life sciences founders from inception to IPO and beyond—and if there’s one thing we’ve learned, it’s this:

You don’t just build a biotech / life sciences company. You build an ecosystem.

Before your science ever reaches patients, it will go through licensing offices, law firms, patent filings, regulatory bodies, consultants, capital markets, etc. Every external partner you bring on can either accelerate your path—or become a bottleneck.

Here’s our founder-friendly checklist of the critical external partners we recommend our clients to assemble early:

1.     Corporate counsel ​

2.     IP Counsel

3.     Licensing consultant

4.     Regulatory / Med Affairs advisor​

5.     Pre-clinical / clinical / medical / scientific experts ​

6.     Strategic / Financial advisor ​

7.     Investment Bankers / Research Analysts

8.     PR / Communication

9.     HR / Talent

10.   Accounting / Tax

The best founders curate their partner ecosystem intentionally. You do not need a full stack of consultants overnight, but knowing who to bring in—and when—can mean the difference between 18 months of momentum or 6 months lost to legal, licensing, or regulatory missteps.

At Sky Valley Advisors, we help early-stage companies evaluate the right partners who will set you up for future success. We have deep relationships across each of these categories.

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