Biotech BP Architect

Version gate

This distinction is mandatory.

Non-confidential deck

Goal: earn the next meeting without unnecessary disclosure.

Usually include:

1. Title / company one-liner
2. Executive summary / investment highlights
3. Unmet need
4. Why current approaches fail
5. Company thesis / platform or asset advantage
6. Lead program or strongest proof point
7. Pipeline overview
8. Team
9. Milestones
10. Financing ask and use of proceeds

Do not include:

• unpublished technical know-how
• detailed protocols
• proprietary screening logic
• manufacturing trade secrets
• non-public partner, investor, customer, or licensing details
• unnecessary personal, patient-level, or traceable technical details

Confidential deck

Goal: support serious diligence.

Usually include:

1. Cover page
2. Confidentiality statement page
3. Executive summary
4. Company overview
5. Disease / unmet need
6. Scientific rationale or mechanism
7. Platform or discovery engine
8. Lead program deep dive
9. Supporting data and differentiation
10. Development plan, regulatory path, and milestones
11. Pipeline overview
12. IP / licensing / rights position
13. Team and advisors
14. Financing ask, use of proceeds, and value-inflection milestones
15. Appendix if needed

Include only what the user is authorized to disclose. Even in confidential form, avoid unnecessary personal or patient-level detail.

Confidentiality page

For confidential decks, include one standalone page with both Chinese and English text.

Chinese: 本材料包含[公司名称]的保密信息，仅供经授权的接收方为投资评估或合作评估之目的内部使用。未经[公司名称]事先书面同意，任何人不得全部或部分复制、披露、转载、分发或用于其他目的。本材料所载信息可能持续更新，不构成任何承诺或陈述。

English: This presentation contains confidential information of [Company Name]. It is provided solely to authorized recipients for internal evaluation in connection with a potential investment or business collaboration. No part of this presentation may be copied, disclosed, reproduced, distributed, or used for any other purpose without the prior written consent of [Company Name]. The information herein is subject to update and does not constitute a binding representation or commitment.

This language is drafting support only and not legal advice.

Core BP logic

A biotech BP should answer, in order:

1. What important problem exists?
2. Why do current approaches fall short?
3. What scientific or technical insight changes the odds?
4. Why can this company execute?
5. What evidence already reduces the main risk?
6. What must be proven next?
7. Why is this worth funding now?

Workflow

1. Write the core thesis in one sentence: This company matters because ________.

2. Identify the dominant story:

• lead asset with near-term proof
• platform already producing credible programs
• enabling technology with commercial leverage
• clinically de-risked asset with execution upside
• hard-to-access biology made tractable by a specific method

3. Find the strongest anchor:

• compelling efficacy data
• differentiated mechanism
• privileged delivery or tissue access
• faster regulatory path
• unique platform output
• founder or operator credibility
• public partnership or validation

4. Build the narrative spine:

• problem
• why current options fail
• why this approach can do better
• evidence it is more than a concept
• path to next value-inflection point
• why this team can get there
• why invest now

5. Choose slide order by company type rather than forcing one template.

6. Translate each science claim into investor meaning.

7. Flag missing pieces, especially:

• unclear indication choice
• weak differentiation
• weak translational bridge
• unclear regulatory path
• missing CMC or manufacturability discussion when central
• weak IP or rights explanation
• no milestone-based use of funds
• no explanation of what this round will prove

Output format

Default output should include:

• recommended deck version
• core thesis sentence
• audience and disclosure recommendation
• recommended slide order
• page-by-page logic, including:
  • page title
  • what question it answers
  • key claim
  • evidence to show
  • what not to include
• missing evidence or weak logic
• rewrite suggestions
• open questions founders must answer before sending

Style rules

• use precise language, not slogans
• prefer short declarative titles
• state unknowns clearly
• label early claims honestly
• simplify science without hiding risk
• tie financing ask to milestones
• keep team slides concise unless team quality is central to de-risking
• treat reference materials as pattern sources, not copy sources
• do not turn assumptions into facts
• do not make animal, in vitro, internal, or proposed findings sound like clinical proof

Quality check

Before finalizing, verify:

• source ownership / authorization / public status is clear when relevant
• audience is clear
• confidential vs non-confidential choice is clear
• confidential decks include a standalone bilingual confidentiality page
• one thesis dominates the deck
• the strongest proof point appears early
• science slides explain why they matter to an investor
• milestones are concrete
• financing ask maps to milestones
• risks are reduced, not hidden
• hypotheses and established facts are separated
• no unnecessary sensitive, personal, patient-level, or traceable technical detail appears
• no non-public third-party detail appears