Capital M

Investing in Squares and Circles with Doug Doerfler

December 13, 2019 Maryland Tech Council Season 1 Episode 13
Capital M
Investing in Squares and Circles with Doug Doerfler
Show Notes

What is it like to take a company through a whirlwind of different stages, raising capital along the way and eventually going public? Marty sits down with Doug Doerfler, President and CEO of MaxCyte, who did just that. MaxCyte is a cell engineering company developing technologies to help patients with high unmet medical needs.

Doug has taken MaxCyte from startup to commercial company to development company, and he talks about the challenges and successes along the way and how he raised capital to grow the company here in Maryland. He also dives into what it takes to go public (MaxCyte went public in 2016 in the London Stock Exchange). Doug stresses the importance of having a strong executive team behind you as you approach the capital markets, and how finding the right investors for your company is key.