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From Australian benchtop science to the largest ever biotech IPO on the ASX, hear the story of how Dr Alan Taylor steered Clarity Pharmaceuticals to become a global leader in radiopharmaceuticals.

Cicada Innovations has a twenty-one year track record of supporting deep tech ventures along their journey of solving some of the world’s most pressing problems. Everyday we are fortunate to work with incredibly talented, passionate, and driven people who believe in a better future for people, planet, and prosperity.

Dr Alan Taylor and the team at Clarify Pharmaceuticals personify this. Clarity has been a resident at Cicada for 10 years, and Alan has grown the team and business from two provisional patents and no full time employees, to a global leader in radiopharmaceuticals within our four walls. 

Last year, Clarity was successful in completing the largest ever life sciences listing on the ASX. Because of lockdowns we didn’t get to properly celebrate this momentous achievement, and so we will be sitting down with Dr Alan Taylor to discuss what it took to reach this incredible milestone.

Alan has been instrumental in the growth of Clarity, being heavily involved in every facet of the business, including leading over $130 million in capital raisings. Prior to joining Clarity, he spent 15 years in investment banking, advising numerous companies in the healthcare, life sciences and technology areas and executing on capital raisings, and mergers & acquisitions amounting to approx. $2 billion worth of transactions, including the largest life sciences IPOs on the ASX prior to Clarity’s listing. Alan also holds a PhD in Medicine from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.

For our March Cicada Buzz,  Alan will share Clarity’s journey, his advice for entrepreneurs on steering a company from idea to IPO and his vision for the future of the Australian health and life sciences ecosystem.

Bench top to IPO: The story of Alan Taylor, Clarity Pharmaceuticals

We're bringing the community together for our first 'Health Tech Connect' event.

Join us for an evening with the Australian health tech ecosystem - to collaborate, reconnect, and share knowledge, and socialise with peers.

We'll kick off the Health Tech connect series, which aim to bring together Australia's health tech community, with a fireside chat with 

a Silicon Valley and Sydney-based company applying neuroscience into AI platforms and working on building assistive AI and robotic technology for the home. Right now, her assistive technology is being rolled out in Australia to some 10,000 people with disabilities – and their caregivers.

Join us as we discuss Liesl's journey as a serial entrepreneur creating technology breakthroughs with three past successes and deep dive into the U.S. and Australian entrepreneurial ecosystems.

After the fireside chat there will be an opportunity to reconnect and network with the health tech community.

Liesl Yearsley is the CEO of aKin, an AI company building assistive AI and robotic technology for the home.

aKin delivers robotic technology to NASA, is expanding rapidly in the disability sector, and will ultimately take on the 25 hour a week task of running the home, with its empathic AI and a range of intelligent devices. Prior to aKin, Yearsley was founder of Cognea, an AI platform which was acquired by IBM and now powers Watson. Prior to that, Yearsley was founder of a search engine company she took public. She has 4 patents in AI with over 600 citations. 

Cicada's Health Connect series aims to bring together Australia's health tech community to meet with key players in the ecosystem, share knowledge and opportunities, and listen to guest experts.

THE EVENT IS SPONSORED BY TECH CENTRAL, AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER INNOVATION DISTRICT.

​It brings together six neighbourhoods in Sydney which are already home to some of Australia’s most exciting startups and innovative institutions. The NSW Government is working collaboratively to catalyse this innovation ecosystem – Tech Central – connecting organisations to create a globally renowned community that pulses with inspiration and draws top tech talent from across the world to do their best work. Tech Central is on Gadigal country. 

​Keep up to date with Tech Central, Australia’s Innovation Engine on 

Health Tech Connect - November 2022

Have we found a working business model for AI in health?

Amongst the hype of AI changing the way we work and interact, there are a growing number of use cases we are exploring in the healthcare sector. But have we actually found a working business model for AI in health yet? In other words: What is hype and what are the real opportunities?

This event brings both AI founders and industry leaders together to explore:

Come and join us for an evening at Cicada Innovations and an opportunity to connect with founders, funders and industry.

Katja Beitat, our Head of HealthTech, will be in conversation with: 

Lilli de Kantzow

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