Title : Bursting to life as a Biotech Entrepreneur, Why accelerators matter
Abstract:
RebelBio is SOSV’s Cork-based global bioaccelerator initiative, which is dedicated to funding and building startups for the purpose of aiding humanity. Having founded the worlds first life sciences accelerator in Cork in 2014. SOSV now operates two accelerator programs, IndieBio based in San Francisco and RebelBio again based in Cork. These accelerators are responsible or establishing many biotech startups around the world including Perfect Day Foods, Memphis Meats, Microsynbiotix and the German based Saphium Biotech. We provide the mechanism by which young scientists, entrepreneurs and tinkerers can shape their own destiny and make something that matters. RebelBio provides seed funding and mentorship to drive the transition of science to a business in only four months, before launching its graduate companies into the world of biotechnology to make their fortune, buffered by the company’s many alumni, partners and partner investors. This years cohort contains Plantedit, a plant gene editing company founded in Italy and Swalife, who, with our help are commercialising the production of plants natural compounds for the treatment of skin cancers. Both of these companies are developing their products and business in our labs at University College Cork in 2017.
