About this Event
Startup Grind and MedStart invite you to a fireside chat with , co-Managing Director of , a family office investing in search funds, pharma/biotech services, -aaS conversions, clean tech, and other long-term “curious” opportunities.
Sandy is widely known for helping build fractional infrastructure businesses—think “as-a-service” models outside of software. He led the sourcing, acquisition, scaling, and 2022 exit of Explora BioLabs, expanding from 7 to 25+ de novo locations and growing into a dominant Vivarium-as-a-Service (VaaS) provider before its acquisition by Charles River Laboratories.
In this conversation, we’ll dig into:
- How a family office evaluates opportunities (patient capital, concentrated conviction, and what they won’t invest in)
- What “fractional infrastructure” actually is—and why it’s exploding now
- How to source, acquire, and scale lower-middle-market companies (search fund reality, not fantasy)
- Building regulated, physical operations across multiple hubs without losing your mind
- Where the next “XaaS” opportunities are hiding (biotech, services, facilities, and beyond)
Come for the insights, stay for the practical takeaways—and bring questions for live Q&A.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Urban Hive, 730 I Street, Sacramento, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 7.18
