Advisory for founders building in health and longevity
If you’re raising, launching, or scaling a company in longevity, biotech, or health performance, and you want an exited founder & PhD in your corner, this is how we work together.
What this looks like in practice:
You’re raising a round and an investor pushes back on your mechanism of action. You’re writing health claims and you’re not sure what’s defensible. You’re making a formulation decision and you don’t know what the evidence actually supports. You need someone who can read the paper, not just the press release.
The format
Two 1-hour sessions per month — $500/month. No contract, cancel anytime. You bring the live questions, I give you the straight answer.
What Clients Say
“Nina has a natural gift for cutting through the noise, helping us focus on what truly matters.”
“In our startup journey, there are many pivotal moments and decisions. Meeting and collaborating with Nina has undeniably been extremely helpful for these steps. Her deep understanding of the startup landscape combined with her hands-on mentality has been instrumental in navigating our challenges. With regular input that’s both insightful and actionable, Nina has a natural gift for cutting through the noise, helping us focus on what truly matters. Thank you, Nina, for accompanying us on our journey with your positive nature, openness, and truly helpful advice!”
— Karlotta Kutscher, Founder, LOCCO
“The value of Nina’s “war stories” from the trenches is beyond measure!”
“As a founder you receive LOTS of advice, mostly from people who have not themselves launched a company. Rarely will you find a mentor like Nina who can effectively teach critical lessons using real-world experiences.“
— Lorenzo D’ Amico, Triton Bio
“Nina was a defining figure in our zero to one journey”
“We worked together on building our team and funding strategy. Her valuable advise, gave us the competitive advabtage to make smart strategic decisions at the very beginning of Yendou’s journey, avoiding most pitfalls first time founders run into and enabling us a strong leverage during our early stage fundraising round.”
— Zina Sarif, Yendou
“Nina’s expert guidance supercharged our first fundraise”
“Nina played a pivotal role in shaping our early fundraising strategy. As first-time fundraisers, we deeply valued her insights into the investor landscape. Nina prepared us thoroughly, challenged our thinking, and helped us find blind spots we didn’t even know we had. She showed up to 7am calls and worked with us at pace to get our pitch deck ready swiftly and efficiently. Her commitment and real-world experience made all the difference.”
— Kate McCaffrey, Founder, MarkSmart
“Nina’s story-driven decks won investor’s interest for my two startups.”
“Nina and her design team produced two powerful pitch decks for my two companies, OLYS and YNIOS Pharma. Nina turned our content into a compelling story which has been converting interest from investors and potential partners alike. Her zoom-out understanding of the health business was most useful. And as it wasn’t enough, it was fun and enriching to discuss our work, achievements and prospects with Nina.”
— Jean-François Plucker, Founder, OLYS Pharma & YNIOS Pharma
“Nina has shed light to shortcuts towards effective development, saving us valuable time and money!”
“Coming both from an academic environment, Nina knew how to direct us to adopt the mindset of entrepreneurship, its norms and coordinates. She unfolded real opportunity, while preventing us from pitfalls.“
— Ekaterini Chatzaki, Founder, ABCureD
— Theodosios Theodosiou, ABCureD
“Bringing clarity through the fog”
Nina’s mentoring sessions were truly enlightening. It was a pleasure to learn from her own journey and to receive feedback on so many new topics we were just beginning to navigate. She offered real, actionable advice and helped us gain clarity on regulatory matters, investor relations, business strategy, licensing, funding alternatives, negotiation, pitch decks, cold emails, stock options, and much more.
Even when our meetings were marked by blackouts across countries, we kept going, and Nina’s energy and guidance never wavered.”
— Joana Caldeira, Founder, Fetalix
“A valuable contrast to the academic lens!”
“Having Nina Patrick as a mentor in the Global Health Accelerator was a positive experience for our team. She offered a hands-on point of view quite different from what we’re used to in academia, which helped to open up new ways of thinking about some of our challenges. Our discussions made it simpler to see how relevant advice could fit into our own context, though of course, the process of applying it was left up to us. Talking to someone with practical experience gave us a useful contrast to our usual academic perspective.“
— Oscar Dias, Co-Founder, OmniumAI
“Can’t recommend enough!”
I had the opportunity to connect with Nina ahead of our fundraising, and her input was incredibly impactful. She helped me refine the key points of our pitch in a way that was not only critical for the raise, but also for how we think about our commercial approach. She combines sharp, direct feedback with real operator experience and a deep understanding of what it actually takes to build. Can’t recommend enough.
— Catarina Kemper, Chrono Health
About Nina
I’m Nina Patrick. I have a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences and I’ve spent the last decade at the intersection of longevity science and commercial strategy. I help founders pressure-test what they’re building: the science behind the claims, the narrative for investors, the decisions that are easier to get right now than to fix later.