Lab2Launch Event: Empowering Women to Build Businesses from Breakthroughs.
Are you ready to turn breakthrough research into world-changing ventures?
Join us for a high-energy half-day packed with visionary speakers, inspiring success stories, and dynamic networking opportunities. Connect with potential co-founders, investors, and global corporates—all eager to ignite the next wave of biotech and deeptech innovation.
Who should attend?
Lab2Launch is designed for women academics from leading UK and European universities, as well as biotech and deeptech investors and strategic partners from global corporates.
For academics: Gain unfiltered insights from peers who have made the leap from lab to launch, and expand your network of collaborators and backers.
For investors and strategic partners: Discover untapped potential from brilliant minds turning cutting-edge research into high-impact companies.
Leap from lab to launch—and help shape the future of science, technology, and entrepreneurship.
Proudly supported by AlbionVC, AWS, British Business Bank, Flagship Pioneering, HSBC Innovation Banking, and KQ Labs.
What to expect:
🚨 Keynote announcement
We’re thrilled to welcome Dame Lesley Regan—Women’s Health Ambassador for England and Professor at Imperial College London—to open the event with a powerful call to action.
🔬 Founder Stories Panel - LAB
Hear personal journeys from women academics who have successfully launched companies, including:
Rabia Khan – Founder & CEO of Serna.Bio
Saira Ghafur – Founder of Prova Health and Psyma
Danuta Jeziorska – Founder & ex-CEO of Nucleome Therapeutics, now in stealth with her next venture
Chair: Pam Garside – Chair of Cambridge Angels
💡 VC & Spinouts Panel - LAUNCH
Gain insights on navigating the biotech and deeptech spinout journey, and what it takes to secure funding, with:
Catherine Tralau-Stewart – Executive Director of the Milner Institute, CEO of Valirx, and Director of Ginkgo Consulting
Natalie Mount – CEO of Cytospire Therapeutics, Venture Partner at Abingworth, and Board Director at Wugen
Emma Johnson - Senior Investment Manager (Life Sciences), British Business Bank
Riam Kanso – Founder & CEO of Conception X
🤝 Meaningful networking
Connect with investors, corporate partners, and fellow academic entrepreneurs.
🎤 Closing Keynote
We’re delighted to welcome Justine Levin-Allerhand, Executive Partner of Origination and Corporate Development at Flagship Pioneering, to deliver a closing keynote. She’ll share reflections on bridging science and entrepreneurship—and why now is the time to back women leading this charge.
We look forward to seeing you there!