Biocatalyst Foundation

🧬𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻•𝗯𝗶𝗼 @ Wroclaw 🇵🇱 we spent yesterday at Łukasiewicz - PORT brainstorming #commercialization with 6 research teams working on neuroscience, oncology, vaccines, and biosensor projects. Been a pleasure to have Miron Tokarski of Genomtec SA and Laura Dixon of Potter Clarkson as special guests; Big thanks to Agnieszka Sok-Grochowska, Bertrand Dupont, and the rest of the PORT tech transfer team for co-creating this event!

...what 💚𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 and ⚠️𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 researchers about #startuplife? We've asked incubation.bio batch 2025. Do you feel the same?

Baltic #biotech #funding news 🧬💸 🇱🇹 The 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 to date! Microfluidics magicians Atrandi Biosciences announce their $25M Series A led by Lux Capital, with participation from Vsquared Ventures, Practica Capital, Metaplanet, and GRIDS Capital. Congratulations and full steam ahead!

Save the date: 2-3 April 2025 Are you coming to 🇵🇱 CEBioForum? 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁𝘀: https://lnkd.in/dQFBZ3rk Region's premiere #biotech event is back and bigger than ever, with half a thousand participants from 20+ countries: 🔗 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 to... well, pretty much everyone on the CEE biotech scene, be it startups, investors, service providers, clients, partners, you name it. 🔍 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 first-hand the latest trends, expert insights, best practices (and industry gossip) 📢 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 your products and services to the most relevant crowd in the CEE And psst... we are bringing our incubation.bio batch this year, so don't miss the chance to chat with some of the coolest pre-startup teams around. See you there!

Baltic Biotech 📋 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻 needs your feedback! 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 v1.0 here: https://lnkd.in/dZZnaaai Developed by the BIOCONNECT project consortium, this strategic initiative aims at creating an integrated and robust biotechnology ecosystem across 🇪🇪Estonia, 🇱🇻 Latvia, and 🇱🇹 Lithuania, building on 🇫🇮 Nordic experience. The Action Plan focuses on 15 key objectives addressing primary ecosystem needs: 🧩 Ecosystem integration - enhance cross-border and local synergies among academic institutions, startups, investors, and policymakers. 💡 Talent development - expand and upskill the regional biotech talent pool, while attracting global expertise. 🔬 Applied research - improve the focus on life sciences research with commercialization potential, as well as translational expertise 🥽 Infrastructure development - increase availability and access to labs, pilot facilities, and scale-up resources for the region's ecosystem members. 💶 Funding and investment - improve access to local and international funding, establish specialized funding instruments including biotech-specific venture capital. 🏛️ Public awareness and policy alignment - position the Baltics as a leading biotech region while actively taking part in EU policy alignment. ------------- The proposed actions are not meant to be exhaustive blueprints - rather, act as starting points in conversations between stakeholders across the region, catalyzing new projects and initiatives.

2025 is pivotal for EU's future: The 🇪🇺🧬 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗰𝘁 is coming. Let's make it worthwhile! Follow updates here: https://lnkd.in/d2_2ENVP Couldn't have put it better than Claire Skentelbery, Director General of EuropaBio - the European Association for Bioindustries: "A strong Biotech Act sends a global signal that our innovation and capacity will support healthy citizens, competitive sectors and a sustainable future."

incubation.bio: 18 interviews later... ✅ shortlist processed, finalizing batch. Some stats: • 𝟭𝟳/18 (95%) 🌱 pre-startup projects • 𝟲/18 (33%) 🙋♀️ all-female teams • 5 patents, many more to come 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲: 9 biomedical (mostly therapeutics) 3 research tools 3 environmental 2 cosmetics 2 agrifood 1 veterinary After extensive discussions with all shortlisted project teams from a 𝗱𝗼𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 across CEE/Baltics, we're now consulting our VC, industry, and expert partners to decide on the 2025 (pilot) incubation cohort - - to be introduced very soon, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘥!

🧬☕ Biotech Breakfast is coming to sTARTUp Day - Tartu 🇪🇪 Jan 30th. On the agenda: ~ keynote by 🇸🇪 Ulrika Edvardsson of AstraZeneca BioVentureHub, ~ unveiling of the 🇪🇪 🇱🇻 🇱🇹 🇫🇮 𝘉𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯 developed within the 🇪🇺 BIOCONNECT Horizon project, by Andrii Shekhirev, ~ fireside with 🇪🇪 Mart Toots (EIS - Enterprise Estonia), 🇱🇹 Laurynas Karpus (CEO Biomatter), and 🇸🇪 Ulrika Edvardsson. ~ cozy networking with life sciences enthusiasts from all around the region 💜 ~ and of course your long-time favourite, an open mic 🎙 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://lu.ma/m09evot9 We're putting this together in collaboration with Kaisa Orgusaar and Petri-Jaan Lahtvee (TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology), as well as Ilona Faustova and University of Tartu. The event has been funded by the BIOCONNECT project (𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘐𝘋 101134908).

🧬Biotech incubation launching soon 👉Apply here: https://incubation.bio ℹ️Infosession 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨: https://lnkd.in/dU4DEMsT ℹ️Infosession 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴: https://lnkd.in/dN9VAaQJ

Incubator 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 is this Thursday - 28th Nov, sign up: https://incubation.bio We are launching the first 🧬 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘂𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 focused on the Baltics and CEE region in 2025.