AMA (Unfiltered): My £5M Round with Dr. Léa Wenger

​This is your chance to hear, and ask, what it really takes to raise a significant round. In this special AMA, we’re joined by Dr Léa Wenger, founder and CEO of Cyclana Bio, who recently closed a £5 million seed round led by NFX and Eka Ventures to transform the future of women’s health.

​Cyclana Bio is tackling one of medicine’s biggest blind spots: endometriosis, a condition affecting 1 in 10 women worldwide that remains critically underfunded and misunderstood. Their breakthrough approach uses multi-scale data and 3D tissue modelling to build a tissue-level understanding of the disease - a discovery that could change both women’s health and drug discovery itself.

​In this session, Léa will share what it’s like to raise as a deep-tech health founder, from shaping a story investors could believe in to managing diligence, timelines, and the emotional marathon of fundraising.

​You’ll get candid answers on:

• ​What investors really want to see before leading a round

• ​How to pitch scientific complexity with clarity and conviction

• ​The realities of balancing ambition, timing, and traction

• ​Lessons learned from closing a £5M round - and what comes next

​No scripts, no slides - just honest insight from someone who’s been exactly where you are.