Community is our Superpower

Powered by the team behind LifeScience ORG - the leading community of European life science CEOs - nextGEN upskills and educates founders.

We elevate the leadership journey of life science entrepreneurs

Imagine a Virtual Boston

We connect emerging entrepreneurs with thought leaders, experienced CEOs, investors, industry experts, and integrate founders into a dynamic, pan-European community of peers. nextGEN fosters invaluable relationships and encourages founders and CEOs to share critical insights.

    • A digital platform providing weekly live workshops

    • Sharing member case studies and curated reads

    • Confidential peer-to-peer exchange

    • Building relationships across Europe and the U.S.

    • Upskilling entrepreneurs to become leaders and company builders

    • A hub that provides learning and fosters collaboration

nextGEN currently supports 130+ pre-seed and seed stage founders

We collaborate with the leading innovation centers in Europe

Upcoming Events

Featured
INSIGHTS / The Experts: Tom Goodman (Cooley)/ Simon Burr & Campbell Stewart (Novo Venture Holdings) - Getting ready for Due Diligence
Nov 27
INSIGHTS / The Experts: Tom Goodman (Cooley)/ Simon Burr & Campbell Stewart (Novo Venture Holdings) - Getting ready for Due Diligence

Tom Goodman - Partner at Cooley

Mark Jones - Associate at Cooley

Simon Burr - Senior Associate at Novo Ventures Holding

Campbell Stewart - VP at Novo Ventures Holding

INSIGHTS/ The CEO: Barnaby Balmforth (BioFidelity) - Competing on the international stage
Dec 4
INSIGHTS/ The CEO: Barnaby Balmforth (BioFidelity) - Competing on the international stage

Barnaby Balmforth - CEO and Co-Founder of BioFidelity

Barnaby’s strategic approach to team building on both sides of the Atlantic - emphasizing the recruitment of top talent, fostering an agile and innovative culture, and aligning the team with BioFidelity’s global mission - has been critical to the company’s rapid growth and international success.

INSIGHTS/ The CEO: Koenraad Wiedhaup (Leyden Labs) - Building your investment case
Dec 11
INSIGHTS/ The CEO: Koenraad Wiedhaup (Leyden Labs) - Building your investment case

Koenraad Wiedhaup - Founder and CEO at Leyden Labs

Koenraad has a background in science, studying Life Sciences and Biotechnology at the Universities of Leiden and Delft and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School in New York.

Roundtable: Fundraising
Dec 19
Roundtable: Fundraising

Monthly informal lunchtime session hosted by Nikolai Ahrens.

Past Events

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INSIGHTS / The Investor: Sean Kendall (Partner Arch Ventures)- Succeeding in fundraising from US investors
Nov 13
INSIGHTS / The Investor: Sean Kendall (Partner Arch Ventures)- Succeeding in fundraising from US investors

Sean Kendall - Partner at ARCH

A chemical engineer and synthetic biologist by training, Mr. Kendall was an early employee with LS9, Inc. (acquired by Genomatica), where he developed an automated experimentation and analysis platform for their synthetic biology platform.

Roundtable: Fundraising
Nov 7
Roundtable: Fundraising

Monthly informal lunchtime session hosted by Nikolai Ahrens.

INSIGHTS / The CEO: Jan Lichtenberg (InSphero) - Thinking Bigger
Oct 29
INSIGHTS / The CEO: Jan Lichtenberg (InSphero) - Thinking Bigger

Jan Lichtenberg - Co-founder and CEO at InSphero

Jan is an engineer and laboratory automation expert with 20 years of experience in the life sciences. Jan earned his PhD in Microtechnology and Microfluidics at the University of Neuchâtel. He is a former Head of R&D and Product Management in the medical-device company Hocoma AG and Uwatec AG.

Female Founder Exchange - Marina Udier (CEO of Nouscom)
Oct 23
Female Founder Exchange - Marina Udier (CEO of Nouscom)

Marina Udier - CEO at Nouscom

In our new Female Founder Exchange Series, we will be asking seasoned life science CEOs to name the three biggest challenges (personal and/or professional) that they have encountered or are encountering by virtue of being a female leader and share what they did or are doing to overcome them.

INSIGHTS / The Experts: François Candelon & Leonid Zhukov (BCG Henderson Institute) - How can GenAI expand your workforce?
Oct 16
INSIGHTS / The Experts: François Candelon & Leonid Zhukov (BCG Henderson Institute) - How can GenAI expand your workforce?

François Candelon & Leonid Zhukov - BCG Henderson Institute

François Candelon is currently a Partner at Seven2, a French private equity firm. Previously, he served as the Global Director of the BCG Henderson Institute (2019-2024).

Leonid Zhukovis the Director of the BCG Global AI Institute, where he plays a pivotal role in exploring how artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI (GenAI), can transform industries.

Roundtable: Fundraising
Sept 26
Roundtable: Fundraising

Monthly informal lunchtime session hosted by Nikolai Ahrens.

INSIGHTS/ The CEO: Billy Boyle (Owlstone Medical) - Challenges when building your team
Sept 18
INSIGHTS/ The CEO: Billy Boyle (Owlstone Medical) - Challenges when building your team

Billy Boyle - CEO at Owlstone Medical Ltd

Billy is an engineering graduate from the University of Cambridge. He is one of the original co-founders of Owlstone Inc,.

INSIGHTS/ The Expert: Cheryl Strauss Einhorn - What kind of decision maker are you?
Sept 4
INSIGHTS/ The Expert: Cheryl Strauss Einhorn - What kind of decision maker are you?

Cheryl Strauss Einhorn - Founder of Decisive

Cheryl is an author and long time educator, having taught at Columbia Business School for over a decade and currently teaching at Cornell University’s SC Johnson School of Business and Cornell Tech.