Building communities.
Enabling innovation.

Connecting the life science ecosystem.

We’re a non-profit on a mission to build meaningful communities for entrepreneurs building in bio, investors actively backing life science companies and academics looking to break into industry.

INITIATIVES

We build meaningful communities.

Senior Care

BioEntrepreneur Club

For entrepreneurs

Building a start-up is no mean feat and the value of peer-to-peer support cannot be underestimated. So we’ve built a collaborative community exclusively for the founders and C-suite of early-stage life science companies in the UK.

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Senior Care

BioCapital Network

For investors

Investment in all shapes and sizes is fundamental to growing the life science ecosystem. So we’ve established one of the largest investor communities, dedicated to the life sciences, to facilitate the exchange of high-quality deal flow at pre-seed and beyond.

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Senior Care

BioAcademic Hub

For academics

Whether you’re an undergrad or postdoc, breaking into industry can seem daunting. So we’ve developed a collation of insights and resources to demonstrate the wealth of possible life science career options outside of academia.

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insights

We highlight innovation.

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Startup Spotlight
Meatly: The First APHA Approved Cultivated Meat in Europe

Cultivated or cultured meat is an exciting technology that provides an alternative to traditional farmed, animal meat. It has various advantages in environmental impact, animal welfare, and more. Meatly is a start-up producing cultivated, lab-grown meat and what sets them apart is that they specialise in producing pet food.

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Startup Spotlight
Kadence Bio Pioneers Innovative Therapies for Sexual and Mental Health

Kadence Bio (formerly Kanna Health) is a clinical-stage drug development company pioneering new treatments for sexual health. Their lead asset, KH-001, is being developed as the first FDA-approved treatment for premature ejaculation. The company recently completed a Phase I clinical trial and is planning to initiate Phase II trials next year.

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Press Release
SEC Launches Cohort V of the Innovators Club Welcoming Eight Life Science Start-ups

London, September 2024 - The Innovators Club, a network accelerator programme run by the Science Entrepreneur Club (SEC), has today announced its fifth cohort welcoming eight life science start-ups.

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Events

We connect the life science ecosystem.

The event page is currently beeing updated - 2024 events will be added soon.

Post-Summer Investor-Founder Mixer

September 18, 2024

To mourn the end of summer, we're bringing together both our BioFounder Club and BioCapital Network communities for an Investor-Founder Mixer.

London, UK

Women in BioCapital, Launch Dinner

July 3, 2024

We're changing the status quo of low female representation in Venture Capital through our in-house community of women investors in the life sciences across the UK and beyond.

London

AI x Bio TechDrinks (co-hosted with Next Sequence)

June 10, 2024

Join us and our partner Next Sequence at London Tech Week for a combined event between BioCapital Network and the BioEntrepreneur Club focusing on all things AI within Biotech.

TBC

about us

We're a dedicated team.

The Science Entrepreneur Club (SEC) is a UK-based non-profit and volunteer-led organisation. Our dedicated team works tirelessly towards our mission of connecting the life science ecosystem through our initiatives, insights and events.

Meet the team

We give entrepreneurs, investors and academics meaningful communities to learn, collaborate, socialise, support each other and showcase innovation. We focus on the life sciences, broadly encompassing AgriTech, ClimateTech, Digital Health, Life Science Tools and Tech, Medical Devices, TechBio and Therapeutics.

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tESTIMONIALS

“The programme offered excellent opportunities for meeting with experts as well as networking with founders and investors.”- Maya Thanou, Founder of Apeikon Therapeutics

tESTIMONIALS

“The workshops with investors were extremely helpful as they provided invaluable feedback on our business plan, approach and importantly, our pitches. We can’t overstate the importance of participating in a live pitch event before starting fundraising.”
- David Ortega, Founder of Phase Biolabs

tESTIMONIALS

“Most of all, I really like the fact that I am meeting great founders that are facing similar challenges as we are.”- Sofia Giampaoli, Founder of Alt Atlas