Spinning out your research – the journey of an academic entrepreneur

  • Are you considering spinning out your research?
  • Taking a ground-breaking innovation through to product and services that create impact?
  • Interested to hear from experienced founders who have taken the same journey?

Join us for talks, case studies and advice to inspire academics and researchers to create impact from research through the formation of spin out companies.

Jointly hosted by Cambridge Innovation Capital and Cambridge Enterprise

The event is at 14.45-17.30 plus networking 

This event brings together entrepreneurs from a variety of backgrounds, who will share their enterprise experiences and spin-out journeys, together with the networks, accelerators and investors who helped and advised them. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions, and to network during the breaks and at the drinks reception.

As this event has been oversubscribed in previous years, priority will be given to early stage academic entrepreneurs and academic researchers, PostDocs and PhDs.

Agenda

14.45 – Registration and refreshments

15.15 – Welcome

Professor Andy Neely, Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor, and Professor of Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge

15.25 – Founder talk – NoBACZ Healthcare

Dr Jonathan Powell, Founder and CEO
Dr Laura Donnelly, Commercialisation Manager at Cambridge Enterprise

15.45 – Founder talk – Nu Quantum

Dr Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Founder and CEO
Desmond Cheung, Senior Investment Analyst, Cambridge Enterprise

16.05 – Founder talk – StemBond Technologies

Dr Andrew Hodgson, Founder and CEO
Dr Jason Mellad, Founder and CEO, Start Codon

16.25 – Founder talk – Mosaic Therapeutics

Dr Adrian Ibrahim, Co-Founder and SVP
Dr Anne Horgan, Partner, Cambridge Innovation Capital

16.45 – Q&A panel – Founders

Dr Jonathan Powell, Founder and CEO, NoBACZ Healthcare
Dr Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Founder and CEO, Nu Quantum
Dr Andrew Hodgson, Founder and CEO, StemBond Technologies
Dr Adrian Ibrahim, Co-Founder, Mosaic Therapeutics
Facilitated by Dr Phil Elstob, Commercialisation Director, Cambridge Enterprise

17.05 – Q&A panel – Accelerators, investors and advisors

Dr Laura Donnelly, Commercialisation Manager, Cambridge Enterprise
Desmond Cheung, Senior Investment Analyst, Cambridge Enterprise
Dr Jason Mellad, Founder and CEO, Start Codon
Dr Anne Horgan, Partner, Cambridge Innovation Capital
Facilitated by Dr Robert Tansley, Partner, Cambridge Innovation Capital

17.25 – Closing comments

Dr Christine Martin, Head of Seed Funds, Cambridge Enterprise

17.30 – Networking drinks

View or download the agenda and programme here

Presentation slides from the event