About Solalta Advisors
Solalta Advisors exists to assist companies and institutions with commercial development of life-sciences technologies and products. We do this by carrying out scientific, market and commercial due diligence of biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical-device technologies and potential commercial partners. We also assist with technology transfer and licensing; project and portfolio management; business planning, development and management services.
CORE EXPERTISE
We provide the rare perspective of both venture capital investment and early stage product development in the human life-sciences market. This enables Solalta Advisors to provide effective due diligence of early stage life-sciences opportunities and to help prepare those with early stage technologies to obtain funding as they convert their technologies into products. We are able to assist in the identification of product opportunities and the market drivers that will enable your products to be positioned for success as they move through development.
Darren Fast, PhD, is the President and founder of Solalta Advisors, which enables companies and institutions to effectively commercialize their life science technologies and products. Prior to Solalta Advisors, Darren was Chief Technology Officer at Lombard Life Sciences, the general partner of the Western Life Sciences Venture Fund LP, a Canadian-based Venture Capital fund, where he identified and evaluated more than 300 early stage technologies for investment. In addition to assessing and investing in technology, Darren was intimately involved in packaging companies for follow-on investment/exit, and in helping lead portfolio company development and commercialization activities. Prior to Lombard Life Sciences, Darren was Manager, Product Planning and Development at Viventia Biotech (formerly Novopharm Biotech) where he was responsible for the development of several human therapeutics projects. Darren led the project teams that moved these products from research into clinical trials. Darren has a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Alberta and a M.Sc. in chemistry from the University of Manitoba. Darren is located in Winnipeg Manitoba.
