The Foundry Sessions No.1 — Health Tech Breakfast Invitation
Notwics, Wig & Pen, and leading international law firm CMS would like to invite you to the launch edition of The Foundry Sessions — a new, curated, high-trust health tech community bringing together the UK’s top founders, frontier clinicians and scientists, strategic capital, and institutional partners.
The Panel:
⇒ VC: William Welton - Principal @ Fuel Ventures
⇒ VC: Leigh Brody - Investment Manager @ AlbionVC
⇒ AI/SCIENTIFIC: Rishub Jain ex-Google DeepMind (Nobel Prize-winning AlphaFold team); Co-founder & CEO @ Sampura Research
⇒ IP/LEGAL: Dr. Rachel Free, Partner @ CMS
Over breakfast, our expert panel will discuss the current trends shaping health tech, the investment themes attracting capital, IP — protecting and commercialising it — the impact of AI, and the opportunities for founders in 2026, with plenty of time for audience Q&A.
From 10.00am, there will be time to meet panelists and mingle with guests; founders will have the opportunity to attend specialist legal clinics* with experts from CMS (register interest on form).
The event will take place in the offices of our kind hosts CMS, Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AF. Thank you to CMS and CMS equIP for their support.
The Format:
8.00am - Doors open
8.30am - Breakfast networking
8.50am - Welcome from CMS
9.00am - The Foundry Sessions-led panel discussion
10.00am - Networking + legal clinics (breakout sessions with leading CMS legal experts)
11.00am - Close
*Clinics:
Founders are invited to pre-register for specialist legal clinics with CMS experts. To make the most of these sessions, please let us know when registering which areas you would most like legal advice on — for example IP, fundraising and venture, employment — and we will match you with the right experts in the morning (subject to availability).
The Hosts:
⇒ Chris Lowe, CEO & Founder @ Notwics
⇒ Alex Adams, Founder & CEO @ Wig & Pen; Founding Chief of Staff @ Sampura Research
Registration:
Please join us for what should be an insightful and entertaining morning. Seats are limited and going fast, so please register ASAP.
Founders — don’t forget to tell us your most urgent problems and any legal topics you’d like to cover in the pop-in clinics, so we can connect you with the most appropriate support.
CMS equIP Life Sciences:
CMS’s specialist accelerator programme for ambitious life sciences and healthtech start-ups. Designed for businesses across biotech, medtech, diagnostics, digital health and healthcare, the programme combines sector-focused legal support with access to CMS’s leading life sciences, regulatory, IP and patent experts. Members benefit from tailored advice on protecting innovation, fundraising, commercialisation and growth, alongside introductions to investors, industry contacts and a community of founders, all supported by a 50% discount on legal fees for up to three years.