NG Studios x KQ Labs Cohort 2 Demo Day
2026-12-01 · 08:00:00 · London
The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT
1 Midland Road, London, NW1 1AT
Five life science spinouts from Northern Universities pitch their ventures at The Francis Crick Institute in London, accompanied by an executive fireside chat and breakfast networking.
Meet the next generation of life science spinouts at our breakfast Demo Day & connect with investors and industry leaders shaping the sector
Join us for the NG Studios x KQ Labs Demo Day, showcasing the second cohort of five emerging life sciences spinouts from the Northern Universities.
Meet the next generation of UK life sciences ventures as their founders pitch companies built around cutting-edge research developing new cardiovascular risk prediction technologies, precision drug dosing and precision oncology, new therapeutic approaches, and more. Discover their technologies and connect with investors, industry leaders and the wider UK life sciences community over breakfast.
We’ll also be joined by two entrepreneurs who have taken UK life science innovation onto the global stage. Ed Tate, co-founder of Myricx, and Will West, CEO of CellCentric, will join Barbara Domayne-Hayman for a fireside chat about building and scaling companies from breakthrough science. The conversation comes at a particularly exciting moment, following Myricx’s recently announced agreement to be acquired by Novartis for up to $1.5bn and CellCentric’s $220m Series D financing.
Join us at the Francis Crick Institute in London to meet the founders, discover emerging technologies and hear first-hand what it takes to build globally ambitious life science companies from the UK.
We can't wait to see you there. Register today!
About the NG Studios x KQ Labs Programme
The NG Studios x KQ Labs programme
Founder brief
Who should attend
Life science, biotech, and healthtech founders will gain clear value here, particularly academic researchers planning to spin out companies or founders looking to benchmark their progress against leading UK ventures.
What happens
Proceedings kick off at 8:00 AM with breakfast networking, followed by spinout pitches focused on cardiovascular risk prediction, precision oncology, precision drug dosing, and therapeutics. Afterward, Barbara Domayne-Hayman hosts a fireside chat with Ed Tate and Will West before a final hour of open networking.
Who's in the room
Attendees gather investors, life sciences industry leaders, and the broader UK biotech community. You will share the room with cohort founders from Northern Universities as well as established operators like Myricx co-founder Ed Tate and CellCentric CEO Will West.
How to prepare
Arrive promptly at 8:00 AM to capitalize on the initial breakfast window. Formulate two or three concise questions on spinout scaling or late-stage funding for the panel, and prepare a concise explanation of your own technology to share during open networking.
Organizer: The Francis Crick Institute
At a glance
- Tickets
- Free
- Sectors
- Biotech, Healthtech, Deeptech
Agenda
- 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM · Arrivals: Breakfast and Networking
- 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM · Welcome and Pitches from 'Northern Arc' University Spinouts
- 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM · Ed Tate and Will West in conversation with Barbara Domayne-Hayman
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Networking
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