Fundraising 101: I'm Currently In NY! *Buys Flight To NY* | Celine Halioua (Founder/CEO, Loyal) She Leads With Carly podcast

Fundraising 101: I'm currently in NY! *Buys Flight to NY* | Celine Halioua (Founder/CEO, Loyal)

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Celine Halioua is the founder and CEO of Loyal, a biotech company developing FDA-approved drugs to extend the healthy lifespan of dogs. In this follow-up episode, Celine discusses Loyal’s latest milestones, now with three longevity drugs in development and $150M in funding. This conversation covers the rationale behind building a multi-product biotech company, how she raised a Series B during a brutal fundraising climate, and Celine’s insight into building a mission-driven company culture.

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Where to find Celine:

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/celinehh/

Referenced:

Accel: accel.com
Loyal: loyal.com/
Moderna: modernatx.com
SoftBank: softbank.jp/en

Timestamps:

(2:39) Loyal’s stakeholders

(6:28) Going multiproduct

(10:02) How the biotech industry gets funding

(18:30) Lessons from raising money

(20:28) Why constraints are useful

(25:34) How raising money affects you mentally

(29:16) Radical transparency

(33:22) The academic-founder paradox

(35:50) A small fish in a big pond

(43:33) Finding low-ego team members

(46:08) What does success look like?

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