Merck Accelerator partners up with Clustermarket and the Science Entrepreneur Club to support innovative startups working on novel technologies related to the three fields of Clean Meat, Bio- Sensing & Interfaces and Liquid Biopsy Technologies under the theme of ‘Connect2Innovate’.

To highlight the importance and to accelerate the newest technologies in these fields, we are hosting three Meetups and a Pitch Night. On the Pitch Night, there is an opportunity to win a cash price and Sigma Aldrich vouchers! The winner will also receive a “Golden Ticket” and will be invited to the Merck Accelerator Selection Days in Darmstadt, Germany. The Selection Days are the last selection step before joining the Merck Accelerator Program at the Merck Innovation Center in Darmstadt in January 2020.

Six exciting startups that are currently working in the innovation fields of Clean Meat, Liquid Biopsy Technologies and Bio-Sensing & Interfaces are presenting their ground-breaking technologies.

If you are a startup that works within one of these Fields and you are interested in presenting on the Connect2Innovate Pitch Night please contact us.

The prices:
1st Winner: £4.000 Cash + Sigma Aldrich Voucher + Golden Ticket to the Merck Accelerator Selection Days
2nd Winner: £1.000 Cash + Sigma Aldrich Voucher
3rd Winner: Sigma Aldrich Voucher

Agenda:
6.00-6.30 Registration
6.30-6.45 Welcome
6.45-7.00 Keynote - Oliver Hardick, CEO & Founder of Puridify
7.00-7.50 Startup "Pitch-Battle”
7.50-9.00 Networking Drinks and Nibbles
-->Winner Announcement at 8.15pm.

The Startup Finalists:
1) Cambridge Cancer Genomics
2) Rosa Biotech
3) Aksense Medtech
4) Highersteaks
5) CellularRevolution
6) Cellular Agriculture

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