Starting a Life Sciences Company: Who to Trust and What to Get Right?
Running experiments is only part of starting a life sciences company. Founders also have to decide who joins as a co-founder, who gets equity, which offers of help to trust, and how to keep the company running.
Hear practical advice from a founder and an active life science investor, moderated by Jacqueline Furniss. The panel will cover:
What to settle before bringing in a co-founder or giving away equity, and how to set expectations from day one
How to tell useful fundraising help from overpromising, and what to ask before committing
The operational problems that can lead to delays and unexpected costs
Early decisions that can have costly consequences down the line
If you have a question, send it when you register, and the moderator will put it to the panel, depending on time.
Then meet new people in a facilitated small-group networking between investors and founders.
For
Scientists and first-time founders starting, or thinking about starting, a life sciences company, as well as angel investors and VCs.
Speakers
Dr Adam Glen is CEO and co-founder of Unicorn Biotechnologies, which builds AI-powered bioreactors to accelerate cellular R&D and manufacturing. A stem cell and tissue engineering scientist with a PhD from the University of Sheffield, he is a named inventor on patents in automated cell culture. He is a former Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence.
Ole Henrik Bang-Andreasen is a Partner at AVANT BIO, investing in early-stage life science industries. He sits on the boards of PL BioScience, Abbelight, PathPresenter and Wasteless Bio. A former analyst and healthcare investor, he is also a decorated athlete who rowed and cycled professionally and trained for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Moderator
Jacqueline Furniss is Chief Commercial Officer at Enzo Life Sciences and a Wasteless Bio board member. Previously CCO at Atlas Life Science Group and Senior Director of Product Management at Abcam, she has scaled revenue and led international teams across life sciences. She is also an ultramarathon runner and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Schedule
18:00 arrival · 18:15 welcome and panel · 19:15 refreshments · 19:25 facilitated and open networking · 20:30 close
Supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in London.
Free, with limited places.
Attendance is by approval only.
Approved guests will get the address and entry instructions and will be asked to reconfirm nearer the date.
Please apply only if you expect to attend.
This event runs under the Chatham House Rule. Anyone who attends is free to use information from the discussion, but may not reveal the identity or affiliation of a speaker, or that of any other participant, or the venue.
About Wasteless Bio
Wasteless Bio is an online marketplace that helps organisations reuse, resell, donate and redistribute surplus lab equipment, consumables and reagents, so funding goes further, projects stay on schedule and lab waste is reduced.