Bioversity

bioversity is a london-based social enterprise aimed at promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in the biotechnology sector. we organise events at different locations around the world to establish a diverse and vibrant network of entrepreneurs, doctors, designers and engineers, and support them from ideation through prototyping. our unique selling point there are considerable barriers to innovating in the biotechnology sector: niche expertise, expensive equipment and safe lab space for the development of an idea. we aim to lower these barriers by offering support in the form of space, expert guidance (via our extensive network of mentors) and exposure to early-stage investors. milestones * our first three-day hackathon was held at imperial college london in july 2015 with over 40 participants from different universities in london (imperial college london, university college london, royal college of art and king’s college london). eight teams were incubated, of which two have continue