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Persephone Bisociences Microbiome health

Startup Scout 28 Oct 2022

Persephone Biosciences studies the microbiome in baby poop

Disruption in the gut microbiome is linked to a wide range of health problems in newborn babies and patients with cancer. Persephone Biosciences is studying stool samples from these populations to devise bacterial treatments that improve gut health. Research into the gut microbiome has advanced a long way in the last decades. One major boost […]

October 28, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

In Depth 17 Oct 2022

UK grants that can give biotech startups a vital jump-start

Grants are a vital lifeline that help biotech startups get off the ground, especially for underrepresented entrepreneurs. The Women in Synthetic Biology (WiSB) network recently gave detailed advice for helping U.K. biotech founders access this funding. Women are a big source of talent in the biotech space, both in academic life sciences and in founding […]

October 17, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 5 Oct 2022

Big Idea Ventures announces cohort of 17 start-ups

Big Idea Ventures has revealed its latest accelerator cohort. Seventeen early-stage startups were selected for pre-seed investment as part of Big Idea Ventures’ bi-annual new protein accelerator program. Investments were made through the firm’s three offices in New York, Paris and Singapore and the firm’s first fund – New Protein Fund I ($50 million+). “The […]

October 5, 2022 - 7 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 29 Sep 2022

European Science Park Group creates specialized space for innovative industries

ESPG AG – European Science Park Group – is one of the first German real estate companies to specialize in the ownership, management and acquisition of science parks. A science park is a concept that originated in the U.S. and has already developed into its own asset class in the U.K. and other European countries. […]

September 29, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Jennie Ekbeck, CEO Umeå Biotech Incubator

News and Trends 29 Sep 2022

Umeå Biotech Incubator launches international coaching program

The Umeå Biotech Incubator (UBI) in Sweden specializes in developing life science business ideas. Now it is launching an international incubator program. “If you strive to be one of the world’s best incubators you must have the whole world as your marketplace,” said Jennie Ekbeck, CEO of Umeå Biotech Incubator. Umeå Biotech Incubator was founded […]

September 29, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 28 Sep 2022

AION Labs launches AI startup to improve drug trials

AION Labs has formed OMEC.AI, the lab’s first startup approved by the Israel Innovation Authority. The new company will develop AI-powered solutions to analyze pre-clinical data and identify gaps in efficacy and safety to improve the probability of success of drug candidates in clinical trials. OMEC.AI aims to build a next-generation computational platform that can […]

September 28, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 Sep 2022

Watch: IntelliDigest using biotech to tackle food waste

After obtaining a PhD in environmental engineering, Ifeyinwa Kanu set up IntelliDigest in 2016. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, at the Heriot-Watt University Business School Incubator, the biotechnology company specializes in food sustainability. The company aims to address the sustainability challenges faced by the entire global food system, including producers, processors, manufacturers, retailers, and consumers. This […]

September 27, 2022 - 2 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 27 Sep 2022

Capagro launches second fund of €200M to support promising European startups

The most promising startups in the European FoodTech and AgTech sectors will be supported by funding from Capagro. The European AgriTech is building on the success of its first fund five years ago and is now launching its second with a fund of €200 million ($193 million). The launch of the new fund, Capagro Agri-Food […]

September 27, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Liza Laws

Startup Scout 22 Sep 2022

Cartography Biosciences unearths cancer immunotherapy targets

Despite its meteoric growth in the last twenty years, cancer immunotherapy research is hamstrung by a lack of viable drug targets. Cartography Biosciences is using a single-cell sequencing approach to meet this demand. Immuno-oncology as a field barely existed 20 years ago, but has rapidly grown into a thriving field of biotechnology research. This has […]

September 22, 2022 - 5 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 21 Sep 2022

New Bio Studio program collaboration looks to create life science start-ups

The BioInnovation Institute (BII), has entered a collaboration with Imperial College London in the U.K. to launch a new translational project under its Bio Studio program. The program aims to foster the creation of new life science start-ups based on research to benefit people and society. Based in Denmark, the BII is an international commercial, […]

September 21, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Startup Scout 15 Sep 2022

Adva Biotechnology is using artificial intelligence to manufacture cell therapies

The manufacturing of cell therapies is highly complex, often depending on skilled manual labor. The Israeli startup Adva Biotechnology aims to use automation, optical sensing and artificial intelligence to remove the manual component from the process. Cancer cell therapies such as CAR-T immunotherapies have demonstrated enormous potential for treating forms of blood cancer. Currently available […]

September 15, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 15 Sep 2022

New company formed to boost life sciences in Singapore

ClavystBio, a company established by CLA Real Estate Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek, has launched, with its mission to accelerate the commercialization of life sciences discoveries and innovation in Singapore. The life sciences sector is set to be a key driver of Singapore’s future economy. The sector currently employs 25,000 workers and contributes to […]

September 15, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

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Persephone Biosciences studies the microbiome in baby poop

UK grants that can give biotech startups a vital jump-start

Big Idea Ventures announces cohort of 17 start-ups

European Science Park Group creates specialized space for innovative industries

Umeå Biotech Incubator launches international coaching program

AION Labs launches AI startup to improve drug trials

Watch: IntelliDigest using biotech to tackle food waste

Capagro launches second fund of €200M to support promising European startups

Cartography Biosciences unearths cancer immunotherapy targets

New Bio Studio program collaboration looks to create life science start-ups

Adva Biotechnology is using artificial intelligence to manufacture cell therapies

New company formed to boost life sciences in Singapore

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