The partnership empowers UK biotech start-ups
Pioneer Group has announced a collaboration agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific to support biotech founders on their journey towards commercialising intellectual property in the healthcare and sustainability sectors.
Through the collaboration, biotech startups based at Pioneer sites across the UK and Ireland, including its new landmark life sciences location at Victoria House in London in partnership with Oxford Properties, will receive access to training, events, technical support, bespoke equipment, and consumables from Thermo Fisher. In addition, companies that graduate from Pioneer’s equity-free Accelerator Programme will unlock exclusive access to Thermo Fisher’s points-based reward system, designed to assist new companies with setting up their first laboratory by helping their funding go further.
Scientists and product innovation experts from Thermo Fisher will also offer expertise to support Pioneer’s resident entrepreneurs, helping to identify and develop the right products, and advising on product design, product stocking, product availability, and new product information.
Pioneer tenants can also attend exclusive events hosted by Thermo Fisher at Victoria House, from corporate partnering and consultancy and operator training days to ‘lunch and learns’ and key opinion leader sessions.
