We help founders with breakthrough science build viable ventures
Early 2024 we decided to create The LifeScience Leadership Foundation, a non-profit foundation to educate and support promising life science founders as entrepreneurs - early, systematically and at scale.
Empowering Founders to Go Faster and Further
Platform
The nextGEN digital platform is a space where founders from across Europe engage with one another, as well as with world-class thought leaders and seasoned CEOs, sharing knowledge and best practices.
nextGEN is a forum for peer-to-peer exchange, offering tangible insights, tools for transformation, and a library of real-world case studies so founders can learn from those who have walked in their shoes.
Mentoring (TBA)
Matching high-potential founders with a team of 3 experienced leaders.
Venture Prize (TBA)
Identifying and nurturing best-in-class and first in class early-stage and high-potential founders.
Together we can transform world-class science
into groundbreaking therapies
Our Board of Trustees
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Natasha Good
Natasha has practiced law for over 30 years and is a corporate partner at international firm Freshfields where she heads up their Tech M&A practice.
Natasha has a degree in in Law from Bristol University and a diploma in French law from Rouen University, France.
Passionate about making the regulatory framework for innovation and investment more entrepreneur-friendly.
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Chris Martin
Chris is a successful serial biotech founder and CEO who founded and led Spirogen and ADC Therapeutics (ADCT) from inception to exit.
Chris has a doctorate degree in chemical engineering from Oxford University.
Passionate about innovation, he now chairs Tokamak Energy, Tagworks Pharma, Myricx Bio and is NED of Osivax.
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Diana Fox Carney
Diana is a climate & sustainability expert and adviser to Helios Investment Partners, General Atlantic’s BeyondNetZero, TechMet and Eurasia Group.
Diana has a MSc in Agricultural Economics from Oxford University.
Passionate about creating a sustainable. future, experienced at connecting thought leaders with entrepreneurs.
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Nikolai Ahrens
Nikolai is co-founder of LifeScience ORG & nextGEN. >20 years of pharma/chem investment banking, advising corporate boards, investing in early-stage life science.
Nikolai has a doctorate degree in biochemistry from Oxford University.
Passionate about elevating the leadership journey of life science entrepreneurs and connecting the ecosystem.