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Life Science Day in Lower Saxony
Life Science Day in Lower Saxony
Over the past seven years, Life Science Day in Lower Saxony has become the unmissable event where people in the life science sector from the around the state get together, and many guests from further afield are welcomed as well.
“Life Sciences in Lower Saxony – BioRegioN” is sponsored by the state of Lower Saxony, providing a central point of contact for life sciences in the region. This is where representatives from the worlds of science, business, and politics meet up with the aim of bringing the great potential of excellent research rapidly to market, promoting industry locations, and reinforcing Lower Saxony’s position for the long term.
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Bits & Pretzels
meet us @ Bits & Pretzels
Bits & Pretzels is a three-day conference for folks who have founded start-ups and those who would like to, held in Munich between mid-September and early October. Speakers in past years have included both national and international founders and investors. This is primarily a networking event, with additional focal points on promoting Munich as a location for international startup activity and bolstering the position of startups throughout Germany.
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Deutsche Biotechnologietage
meet us @ Deutsche Biotechnologietage
Deutsche Biotechnologietage is a national forum for the German biotechnology sector, where entrepreneurs exchange ideas with scientists and partners from politics, funding institutions and administration. The two-day programme highlights the diverse fields of application and the potential of biotechnology, from health research to the bioeconomy.
The German Biotechnology Days are organised by BIO Deutschland and the Working Group of German BioRegions.
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Durchstarter-Preis
meet us @ Durchstarter-Preis
As part of an initiative jointly sponsored by Lower Saxony’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transport, Housing and Digitalisation; the Ministry of Science and Culture; the NBank; the “startup.niedersachsen” initiative, and the UVN – Lower Saxony’s organization of employers’ and trade associations – the state of Lower Saxony will be selecting the best startups (prerequisite: must be founded and currently headquartered in Lower Saxony) in four categories: Newcomer/Scale-up, Science Spin-off, Social Innovation.
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LIFT-OFF start-up competition
23.05.2024
meet us @ LIFT-OFF start-up competition
The LIFT-OFF start-up competition is entering its next round. This competition, sponsored by the University of Göttingen, is aimed both at people interested in creating a startup and at active founders, in all sectors. The competition will be accompanied by a number events and workshops, as well as a startup–mentoring program, throughout the entire competition period. Attractive cash and non-cash prizes await! Prizes will be awarded in the categories “Startup potential” and “Science”. There will also be “audience choice” awards in both categories. We are very pleased to support the competition by sponsoring our special “Life Science” prize. All in all, attractive cash and non-cash prizes await the winners.
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leading life science entrepreneurs talks
4x a year
About the event series
Every startup has its own unique story to tell. As part of our “Leading Life-Science Entrepreneurs Talk” series, we speak with inspiring founders and hear exciting startup stories that encourage listeners to found startups themselves, and not to give up when the going gets tough.
Previous talks we’ve hosted include:
- Avoiding Due Diligence Shock: How Investor-Ready Is Your Science?
- From research to approval: MDR/IVDR compliance without detours
- Hiring in Life Science Startups
- Branding Simplified: Why Making Life Science Understandable is a Strategic Advantage
- Negotiation Mastery for Startups
- Innovative Teams: The Backbone of Life Science Startup Success
- ESOPs for Startups – Blueprints for Life Science Startups
At these events, you learn how other founders managed to successfully position their technologies and ideas on the market, what hurdles their teams had to overcome, what financing was required, and where the biggest stumbling blocks lay.
“Straightforward questions elicit the most valuable answers” is the motto of this event series – ask us anything!
Join us next time for the opportunity to ask successful life-science founders and experts your own questions.
Previous speakers
Pharmaceutical industry expert
Molecular biologist
MedTech Specialist
Managing Partner at Genius Search Group
Co-Founder & Brand Strategist at 2spring
Leadership & Business Agility Coach
Life Science Company Building
Partner at Flick Gocke Schaumburg
Partner at Flick Gocke Schaumburg
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current events
Would you like to attend an upcoming Life Science Factory event? Check out the event calendar and sign up for any of the free events!
Nothing scheduled catches your interest? Then contact Sten – let him know what you’re interested in and we’ll find the right events for you!
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Wildcard Challenge
1x a year
Let’s develop your idea together!
Do you have a sound idea for a startup? Is your idea embedded in the field of life sciences (biotechnology, medical technology, pharmaceuticals, etc.)? Do you want to develop your idea with excellent coaches and get straightforward feedback?
Then you are a perfect contestant for our Accelerator Wildcard Challenge!
Together with our partners White IP and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), we’ll devote a day to input and feedback all about your idea. You will learn the Business Model Canvas and Roadmap approaches. We’ll work with you to develop a tailored roadmap for your upcoming challenges.
And the best part is: You may win a wildcard spot in the ELSA program!
Join us there and make the most of this opportunity! Will you be the next Life Science Unicorn? You’ll never know unless you try!
Goals and advantages of the Wildcard Challenge
What do we do at the Wildcard Challenge?
- Evaluate your business idea
- Create a business model canvas and a roadmap tailored to your idea
- Evaluate the innovativeness, marketability, go-to-market options, regulatory aspects, and product security options for your idea
- Offer input on investor meetings, as well as strategies for potential partnerships and understanding the customer base
What are your advantages?
- You receive free coaching from selected life science experts
- You are shown possible stumbling blocks at an early stage
- You learn to better understand your potential customers and partners
- You add valuable contacts to your personal network
Application procedure
Registration for the Wildcard Challenge is not open yet. If you are interested or have questions about the program, just fill out the contact form to get in touch with us. If you sign up for our newsletter, you will be informed as soon as registration for the Wildcard Challenge opens.
RequestProcedure of the Wildcard Challenge
09.30 to 10.00 AM: Warm-up
Status analysis based on the Business Model Canvas for idea/technology | market | IP | financing
10.00 AM – noon: Work session
Transfer from BMC to the roadmap
1:1 session between teams & coaches
Noon – 1.00 PM: Lunch break
1.00 – 4:00 PM: Work session
Transfer from BMC to the roadmap
1:1 session between teams & coaches
4.00 – 6.00 PM: Next steps
Determining the next steps from roadmap
1:1 session between teams & coaches
6:30 PM: Award ceremony & get-together
Information about the Wildcard Challenge will be published soon. Sign up for our newsletter to stay informed.
Jury 2022
Organizers of the Wildcard Challenge
High-Tech Gründerfonds
HTGF is a seed investor, seeking out and financing technology start-ups that have growth potential. With a volume of around €900 million spread across three funds and an international network of partners, HTGF has accompanied more than 650 start-ups since 2005. Their team of experienced investment managers and start-up experts supports the young companies with know-how, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion. The focus is on high-tech start-ups in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry, and related business areas. More than €4 billion in capital has been invested in the HTGF portfolio by external investors in more than 1,800 follow-on financing rounds to date. In addition, the fund has sold shares in more than 150 companies.
The fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, KfW Capital, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and 32 companies.
white ip group
White IP Business Solutions GmbH is part of the White IP Group, alongside White IP Patent & Legal GmbH. They support pioneering companies with respect to both business management and legal matters in all aspects of innovation. From intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, designs, etc.) to exploitation possibilities, strategies, and realization of business projects, their expertise is your advantage.
White IP can advise start-ups on their strategic orientation, protection and exploitation of their ideas, process design and even corporate transactions.
The White IP Group has a patent law firm and a management consulting company as legally independent entities, giving them the interdisciplinary expertise to partner with you in addressing questions concerning intellectual property rights and business management.
Patent law firm and management consultancy, Dresden | white ip (white-ip.com)
Life Science Factory
The goal of the Life Science Factory is to promote scientific progress in the life science sector and strengthen research and development of innovative technologies that have a clear application focus.
Since January 2022 we have been offering start-ups fully equipped laboratory space, including state-of-the-art equipment, in the Sartorius Quarter.
In its 3,300 m² meter facility, the new Life Science Factory is also home to innovative event and office spaces, as well as the Maker’s Factory.
Entrepreneural Life Science Accelerator ELSA Pitch Bowl – Future Life Science Innovation on stage
12 life science startups and founding teams, an expert jury with 4 personalities from the investment sector, 3 renowned program partners and plenty of room for innovation, inspiration, and exchange – welcome to this year’s ELSA Pitch Bowl!
ELSA stands for Entrepreneurial Life Science Accelerator and describes the path that our academic startup teams have taken over the last few months: Within three intensive check-ins at the Life Science Factory, the teams received 1:1 coaching sessions, impulses from industry experts and valuable support to sharpen their business model and validate their startup idea. The ELSA program is run by the partners Fraunhofer AHEAD, Helmholtz Munich and the Life Science Factory, and the ELSA Pitch Bowl is the final event in front of a broad audience.
register nowEvent Details
ELSA Pitch Bowl Event
December 15, 2026
Start: 5:30 p.m.
Life Science Factory Munich
@Helmholtz Pioneer Campus
Ingolstädter Landstraße 1
85764 Oberschleißheim
Format
In 3-minute pitches, the 12 founding teams present their development in the areas of idea, market, and team, and receive on-stage feedback and critical questions from an experienced investor jury, which awards a prize to the most promising team.
The event offers the opportunity to experience the innovative power of the life sciences startup scene firsthand and gain an exclusive insight into the results of the ELSA Accelerator Program. Following a welcome address and brief overviews of the program, the focus shifts to the teams presentations, followed by the jury’s decision and the audience vote. The evening concludes with a get-together featuring snacks and drinks. The networking provides the ideal setting to make new connections, discuss ideas, and get to know the life sciences ecosystem.
Agenda
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17:30
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Admission |
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17:45
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Welcome & Insights into the ELSA program |
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18:00
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Pitches |
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19:15
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Jury Decision & Audience Voting |
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19:30
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Networking |
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1x a year
In Germany, startups are gaining more attention all the time, and “startup founder” is now widely seen as a realistic career option. However, researchers and startups in the life sciences face special challenges when it comes to implementing technology transfer and establishing themselves in the market.
The Life Science Start-up Day is a conference for those who have founded a company and those who wish to, as well as for scientists and other network partners, with the purpose of facilitating exchange within the life science community.
On the day of the event, the program will feature exciting startup presentations, expert panels, and interactive discussion sessions, as well as insights from industry and academia and direct interaction with investors and entrepreneurs from the life sciences sector. In addition to expert presentations and discussions, networking and matchmaking sessions will provide opportunities for new partnerships, ideas, and business opportunities.
More about the Life Science Start-up Day can be found here.
Cooperation partners
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Would you like to know more about the initiators and the programme? Then take a look at the website!
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Sprind podcast live on stage in göttingen
September 2023
Live podcast with SPRIND
The renowned SPRIND Podcast of the Federal Agency for Leap Innovations for the first time live on stage
On September 06, 2023, the Life Science Factory invites innovation lovers, startup enthusiasts, and visionaries nationwide when the renowned SPRIND Podcast from the Federal Leap Innovation Agency will be recorded live on stage for the first time.
Join us for two exciting sessions interviewing two of the brightest minds of our time. Innovators with a drive to revolutionize the life sciences industry will share first-hand with the audience how their inventions are advancing humanity and how they are overcoming obstacles and taking innovative approaches on the startup journey. After the podcast recordings, we invite you to join us for networking. Over snacks and drinks, you can interact with other participants and guests of the Innovation Ecosystem. We look forward to an engaged and inspiring audience!
? Event
SPRIND Live Podcast
September 06, 2023 starting at 4:30 p.m.
Shed Roof Hall
Annastrasse 29
37075 Goettingen
?️ Format
The SPRIND Podcast serves as a platform to discuss breakthrough innovations, new technologies and forward-thinking ideas.
2x 30 minute live interviews will take place on stage followed by an interactive Q&A session for your questions from the audience.
Our podcast guests are Amelie Reigl from Tiger Shark Science and Prof. Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmermann from the University Medical Center Göttingen. They will be interviewed by host and journalist Dr. Thomas Ramge.
? Registration
First come, first serve – register with just two clicks and secure your place in the audience!
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Sign up here for the SPRIND Live Podcast on 06.09.2023!
registerSpeakers
SPRIN-D
Co Founder Tiger Shark Science
University Medical Center Göttingen and Serial Entrepreneur
Schedule
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16:00 - 16:30
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AdmissionWelcome to the live podcast event of SPRIND in cooperation with the Life Science Factory in Göttingen! |
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16:30 - 17:00
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Live Podcast with Amelie ReiglCo Founder Tiger Shark Science |
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17:00 - 17:15
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Q&A SessionIn the interactive Q&A session you can ask the speakers live questions.. |
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17:15 - 17:45
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Live Podcast with Prof. Wolfram-Hubertus ZimmermannInstitute of Pharmacology and Toxicology University Medical Center Göttingen and Serial Entrepreneur |
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17:45 - 18:00
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Q&A SessionIn the interactive Q&A session you can ask the speakers live questions. |
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Afterwards
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Get TogetherYou can exchange ideas with the other participants over snacks and drinks. |
Contact
Irina Foerster
Venture & Program Manager
Life Science Factory
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