Drawing on the expertise of our founders and listening to the needs of the different voices within our ecosystem, we have developed a set of activities and initiatives to support collaboration, growth and investment.
We are continuously expanding and evolving our programme offering to provide deeper, more effective collaboration and to raise awareness globally of the region’s rich life sciences cluster.
Find out more about our current programmes below or contact us if you want more information.
Collaborate to Innovate
Collaborate to Innovate identifies SMEs with innovation or applied research needs and matches them to university research groups with complementary skills or expertise.
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Advanced therapies
The Advanced Therapies Network (ATN) aims to support networking opportunities and knowledge exchange between academic organisations, life sciences companies and investors in this area.
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Investment Hub
MedCity’s Investment Hub connects SMEs with our growing community of angels and VCs focused specifically on investing in innovative life sciences and healthcare businesses.
The Investment Hub holds regular pitch events, including a day of pitch training, where innovative SMEs can secure investment. Over the past 5 years, companies attending our pitch events have collectively rasied over £30 million through the programme. Outside of our pitch events, we regularly connect companies with investors in our network.
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Digital health.London Accelerator
DigitalHealth.London is a collaborative programme delivered by MedCity, and London’s three Academic Health Science Networks – UCL Partners, Imperial College Health Partners and the Health Innovation Network.
It is supported by NHS England (London) and the Mayor’s Office. The DigitalHealth.London Accelerator is supported by the additional partner, CW+, and is part-funded through the European Regional Development Fund.
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Diagnostics Growth Hub
MedCity is convening a range of world-leading organisations to form the Diagnostics Growth Hub, a ‘one stop shop’ for diagnostics companies to be able to access all the support they need to flourish.
With Hub partners including NIHR London In Vitro Diagnostics Cooperative, Queen Mary University of London, Imperial College London, King’s College London, University College London, Asthma UK and the British Lung Foundation Partnership, Health Services Laboratories, and NIHR Clinical Research Network North West London, we can connect companies with the right expertise to support them on their journey to commercialisation.
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