Great biotech ideas can come from anywhere - and with the right support, they can go everywhere.
We connect biotech founders to the experts, resources, and capital they need to succeed.
Join the WaitlistThe Best Ideas Should Win
Biotech breakthroughs start with ideas, but progress often depends on networks. Without early validation and investment, many promising ideas never make it to market.
A Founder-First Network, Built Around You
Id3a:Catalyst helps biotech founders validate their ideas early by building a personalized network of experienced experts, targeted resources, and aligned capital around each idea. Founders get the validation, direction, and support needed to move strong ideas forward faster.
Meet the Founders
Built by Leaders Who Understand Innovation Firsthand
Id3a:Catalyst was founded by a team that brings together deep scientific expertise, entrepreneurial leadership, and technology execution - with direct experience navigating the challenges founders face early on.
Chief Executive Officer
Jon is a successful serial entrepreneur with extensive experience building and scaling ventures. He also serves as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Loyola University Maryland, where he works closely with early-stage founders to refine ideas, validate business models, and navigate the journey from concept to execution.
Chief Technology Officer
Agnes is a technology leader with extensive experience building and deploying CRM solutions and leading technology teams and organizations. She specializes in designing platforms that connect people, data, and processes - ensuring founders have the systems and infrastructure needed to move efficiently from insight to action.
Chief Innovation Officer
Michael is a patented scientist who has developed innovative products and understands the challenges of moving ideas forward firsthand. An endowed professor at Loyola University Maryland, he brings a rigorous scientific perspective grounded in real-world innovation, helping founders translate strong ideas into viable paths forward.
Guided by Deep Industry Experience
Our advisors bring decades of senior leadership across healthcare, biotech, pharmaceuticals, and academic medicine. Collectively, they have led major health systems such as LifeBridge Health, served as NIH principal investigators at NIH, and held executive and commercialization roles at organizations including Johns Hopkins, Johnson & Johnson, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, and Accenture Life Sciences. Their experience spans health system leadership, clinical and academic medicine, pharmaceutical commercialization, and biotech product development - including peer-reviewed research, patent development, and company formation. They provide practical, grounded guidance to help founders strengthen ideas early and move forward with clarity and credibility.
Ready to Move Your Idea Forward?
Join the waitlist to be among the first founders to access the Id3a:Catalyst network of experts, resources, and capital.