Seed-Stage Venture Investing, 2nd Edition takes a fresh look at the world of startups, focusing on life-science and technology spin-outs from academic and biomedical research centers. This book provides a substantial update to the previous edition, explaining the current challenges of financing research intensive academic spin-outs and offering new insights and advice about evaluating technology, navigating the technology transfer process, developing intellectual property, and applying for grant funding under the NIH SBIR Program. Focusing on real-world, practical information for academic faculty members, PhD students, and post-docs, as well as business entrepreneurs, start-up managers, and new investors, Seed-Stage Venture Investing, 2nd Edition cuts to the chase, eliminating dated material from the previous edition and adding new, tell-it-like-it-is material from veteran practitioners